This year’s eagerly anticipated Tour de France will see Bollé riders debuting the brand’s new Volt+ lens. According to the company, this is ‘the first sunglass lens ever created using artificial intelligence.’
Bollé reportedly tested over 20 million combinations to develop a patented solution that delivers ‘a richer colour experience than is humanly possible.’
‘Volt+ offers 30% superior colour enhancement to help you see colours you’ve never perceived before while maintaining white balance. This revolutionary new lens technology will allow the riders to see their surroundings more vibrantly than ever before.’
Speaking about his Volt+ experience, Bollé rider Jakob Fuglsang said “With these lenses, colours become really spectacular, it’s amazing. On the road they also give the huge advantage of helping me to distinguish more clearly if there are some spots that are wet, or damp and they enable me to see the different surfaces of asphalt better.
Also, I’m able to see whether there’s some dirt, some oil spots or similar hazards. It’s not only a spectacular lens when it comes to colours, but also a very good one to help improve your vision, and your safety on the bike. In addition to wearing my sunglasses in the TDF, I’m looking forward to wearing Volt+ and seeing things from a new and even more colourful perspective.”
Team B&B Hotels p/b KTM will also be wearing Bollé in this year’s TDF. The team’s riders Cyril Barthe, Franck Bonnamour, Maxim Chevalier, Bryan Coquard, Cyril Gautier, Cyril Lemoine, Quentin Pacher and Pierre Rolland will use the Lightshifter Volt+ Acid Yellow and also Phantom lensed cycling sunglasses with Bollé Furo Mips helmets.
Victor de la Parte (team Total Direct Énergie) completes the Bollé line up and will also stand out in his Lightshifter Volt+ Acid Yellow.
Bollé’s new Volt+ lens is available in four lens variations. These claim to offer high contrast vision, improved depth perception and high performance polarization. The Volt+ lens is available in models throughout the Bollé range.
The Lightshifter Acid Yellow with Volt+ Gun Polarized lenses will be available to retailers later this year as part of the SS22 collection.
