Bumper Tour of Flanders Tech Gallery: All the hot tech from the start of the race

The Tour of Flanders is probably the biggest one-day race of the year, though you’d hear just as many people claiming the same about Paris-Roubaix. Both races feature sections of hellishly rough cobbles, but while Roubaix is almost entirely flat, Flanders is the opposite. As such it requires bikes equipped to deal with the cobbles, but still be a competitive weight to help deal with the climbs.

I spent some time in the team enclosure at the start of the race, while the teams were going in and out for the presentations, trying to find any key setup changes the riders were making for the big day. There are tyre changes, the top four bikes, newly adopted tyre tech, unusual gear ratios, new chainrings, different cockpits, and a better look at the new Canyon Aeroad. Dive in, it’s a big one!