PINARELLO Paris Team Telekom – authentic bike of J.HEPPNER (Team Telekom 1999) – SOLD

Giovanni Pinarello was born in Catena di Villorba, Italy in 1922. He was the eighth of 12 brothers. At the age of fifteen, Giovanni began making bicycles at the factory of Paglianti. After a successful amateur career he turned professional in 1947. After his carrer, in 1952 he founded Cicli Pinarello S.p.A. in Treviso, Italy.

Pinarello has sponsored several professional teams – Team Banesto (Indurain), Team Telekom (Ullrich), Caisse d’Epargne(Valverde), Fassa Bortolo (Petacchi), Team Sky (Froome), Movistar (Quintana) among the others. In the last 30 years Pinarello bikes won incredible 13 Tour de France titles.

In 1995, Pinarello launched their new top level model, the ”PARIS” , first Pinarello’s model with oversized oval section tubing, which immediately claimed the title of ”winning machine”. Pinarello Paris was used by one of the strongest team in mid 1990s – Team Telekom with many famous rider on board: J.Ullrich, B.Riis, E.Zabel, S.Wesemann, R.Aldag, J.Heppner.  German rider,

Here we are proudly offering legendary Pinarello Paris Team Telekom bike, ridden by Jens Heppner, back in season 1999. The frame is a work of art, made of tig welded Deddacciai Vires 7003 aluminium, marked with K12 under the bottom bracket, equipped with number holder. Built with Campagnolo Record Titanium 9s groupset, 3T cockpit, Selle Italia Flite saddle. A museum piece!

Frame & Fork: PINARELLO Paris Team Telekom  (Vires Deddacciai aluminium / marked with K12)

Size:

– seat tube (c-t): 56 cm

– top tube (c-c): 54.2 cm

– headset tube: 13.5 cm

– standover: 78.5 cm

Crankset: Campagnolo Record Titanium 9s (175mm , 53/41)

Bottom Bracket: Campagnolo Record Titanium 9s

Front Derailleur: Campagnolo Record Titanium 9s

Rear Derailleur: Campagnolo Record Titanium 9s

Levers: Campagnolo Record Titanium 9s

Brakes: Campagnolo Record Titanium 9s

Hubs: Campagnolo Record Titanium 9s

Cassette: Campagnolo Record 9s

Chain: Campagnolo 9s

Seatpost: Pinarello carbon 27.2mm

Saddle: Selle Italia Flite

Stem: 3T

Handlebar: 3T

Pedals: Campagnolo

Tubulars: Continental Competition

Condition: Used, but very good condition. Original paint and decals. All parts are working fine.

Year: 1999

Weight: 8.4 kg

Price: SOLD (August 2025)