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Despite decades of carefully adapted cobble-ready bikes taking the stage at Paris-Roubaix, Dylan van Baarle (Ineos Grenadiers) 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:won this year's edition aboard a Pinarello🎀 Dogma F - an aero-focussed bike with only its tubeless tyre setup and a second wrap of bar tape distinguishing it from the team’s regular setup. 

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Van Baarle rode on the Shimano new Dura-Ace 9200 groupset, using tubeless tan wall Continental GP5000 S TR tyres, with many riders crediti🦹ng the shift to wider tubeless as completely changing the dynamic of the tech and bikes in the race.

Conversely the previous day, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:won the second-eꦬver Paris-Rou💞baix Femmes while riding an unreleased Trek Domaneඣ specifically designed for Roubaix, so our attention was piqued around other specially-adapted tech on show at the men's race on Sunday.

Amongst the men’s bikes, the first to catch🎐 our eye was Trek Segafredo's bikes. Just as the women, the men's team are using a yet-to-be-released Trek Domane, with a🃏 few minor tweaks compared to the women.

Most notably, the men are also running a 1x groupset, but with a front chainring size of 54-teeth. That represents a fairly hard range of gear♑ing for the team, with the easie🙈st gear combination likely being a 54-36 ratio. However, the single chainring will make for a straighter chainline and less chance of chain drop on the cobbled sectors of the race - further helped by the K-Edge chain guide.

Amongst the innovations that had been much discussed ahead of the race, Team DSM's tyre pressure management system was undoubtedly the most exciting. However, after their recon rides ahead of the weekend's racing, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:DSM decided they⛎ were not yet comfortabl🔯e enough with the new technology to risk using them at such a prestigious race as Paris-Roubaix, a mechanic at the start explained to Cyclingnews.

Mohorič's no-concession aero Merida

Perhaps most striking was Matej Mohorič's (Bahrain Victorious) Merida Reacto, which offered little or no concessions to the cobbled terrain. 

The Reacto is a highly aero-dedicated build and Mohorič sided for a one-piece Vision Metron 5D bar, slammed, and without any bar tape whatsoever on the handlebar tops.

Mohorič's bike was otherwise identical to his normal endurance racer, save for the slightly wider tubeless Continental GP5000 S TR tyres, which we believe to be 32mm in width. 

It follows a trend of major teams opting for aero-focussed bikes rather than those adapted for cobbled riding, as wider tubeless tyres have slightly bridged the gap in comfort compared to a decade ago when 28mm was the widest tyres 𝐆size we would see at the race.

Ineos Grenadiers opted to ride an aero-focussed Pinarello Dogma F across the team this year, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Michal Kwiatowski’s bike mirroring Van Baarle’s racing setup, including the tubeless Continen💟tal setup.ꦅ 

Specialized has used the race as an opportunity to showcase new tyres on Quickstep-Al𒁃phaVinyl's bikes, using a new tubeless rim and tyre combo that the brand currently simply labels 'Project Black.'

Jumbo-Visma Cervélo bikes

We noticed several bikes sporting older generation componentry. Jumbo-Visma's Cervélo Caledonia bikes appeared to be mo🌠re or less identical to last year's fleet, including the Shimano Dura-Ace 9170 groupsets.

In a nod to traditionalism, Jumbo sided with Vittoria Corsa tan wall tubular tyre𒁏s, shunning the en vogue tubeless technology that many of their competitors opted for. 

Elsewhere, EF Education-EasyPost had mildly adapted Cannondale SuperSix bikes, and were one of few teams to be riding on the new Shimano Dura-Ace. While some 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:teams expressed concern over mixing Dura-Ace 9100 cranksets with Dura-Ace 920🤪0 groupsets, Cannondale has opted for an FSA SLK crankset.&n🐻bsp;

With Paris-Roubaix ever the unpredictable race, 𝐆we look forward to more stories still to come around the unique tech used by the riders.