Paris-Roubaix Femmes tech gallery: Over 80 nerdy highlights from the women's race

(Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Paris-Roubaix Femmes is certainly one of if not the most demanding races on the women's WorldTour calendar. The challenging cobbles sections take their toll on the body and bike and are a serious test for even the best equipment.

Canadian Alison Jackson took the win this year from an earlier breakaway topping the podium ahead of Katia Ragusa and Marthe Truyen respectively.

Cyclingnews was at the race and snapped a huge gallery of all the interesting tech and components choices used in the women's race. There are a mixture of tyre choices both tubular and tubeless, double-wrapped handlebar tape and the use of grip tape in key places like bottle cages, not to mention a rather special pair of pedals.

Grab a brew, take a seat, and scroll down to enjoy our tech tidbits from the women's race.

Roval wheel with turbo hell of the north tyre — SD Worx used some Specialized Turbo 'hell of the north' special edition tyres for the race (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Jumbo - Visma Cervelo s5 team bike — Some Jumbo-Visma Cervelo S5 bikes were fitted with 1x Sram chainsets and chain keeper devices for the relatively flat race (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Trek Domane team bike at Paris Roubaix — Elynor Bäckstedt used a Trek Domane with 1X chainset and K-Edge chain keeper for the race (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Sram 1x chainset with K-Edge chain keeper — A neat K-Edge chain catcher helped minimise the risk of the chain bouncing off over the cobblestones (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Trek Domane rear end — Trek-Segafredo mechanics used an elastic band to prevent the Sram Red rear derailleur batteries from rattled loose or falling out (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Pirelli tubular tyre mounted on a Bontrager carbon wheel — Plenty of tubular tyres were used in the womens race. Here, a Pirelli tubular is mounted to a Bontrager rim (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

A mechanic inflating a Vittoria tyre with a Bosh cordless inflator — A Jumbo-Visma mechanic inflated a Vittoria tyre with a cordless Bosch inflator (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

A canyon aeroad post race with some mud splatter — A Canyon Aeroad complete with post race mud splatter, note the inner tube on the fork leg to protect the race transponder and make it a bit more aero (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

The winning Cannondale Superix evo from the femmes race — Alison Jackson's race winning Cannondale Supersix Evo post-race (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Arkea-Samsic Dura-Ace C36 wheel — A shallower Dura-Ace C36 wheel fitted to a Team Arkea Bianchi shod in a Continental GP5000 Tyre (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Jumbo-Visma team bike on a roof rack — A Jumbo-Visma Cervelo bike racked and ready on a team car (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Trek Madone on a roof rack at Paris-Roubaix femmes — Trek-Segafredo riders seemed to be using a mix of Madone and Domane bikes from Trek. The aero focused Madone is pictured here (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Trek Domane on a roof rack at Paris-Roubaix femmes — A Domane for Balsamo here, note the IsoSpeed decoupler unit at the rear of the seat tube (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Rear end of a Jumbo-Visma team bike — A Jumbo-Visma Cervelo, this time with a WolfTooth chain keeper device (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Look integrated handlebar and stem — Look's integrated handlebar and stem for the Cofidis Women's team, note the race notes on the stem (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Corima carbon wheel and Michelin tubular tyres — Corima carbon wheels shod with Michelin tubular tyres (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Look bike before the race fitted with a range of saddles — A range of saddles could be seen fitted to the Look bikes (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Scott Foil aero front end with integrated bar — The purposeful looking cockpit of the DSM Scott Foil bike (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Liv bike on the podium — Katia Regusa raced her Liv bike to second place (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Magnus Backstedt hugs his daughter — Paris-Roubaix winner in 2004 Magnus Bäckstedt hugs his daughter Zoe at the end of the race after her first participation (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

A Canyon Aeroad featuring stem notes — A Canyon Aeroad with stem notes attached to the handlebar stem (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

A Cannondale Supersix after the race — Alison Jacksons Cannondale Supersix Evo (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

A Cannondale Supersix after the race with Vision metron wheels — Jackson appears to have run tubular tyres on her Metron carbon wheels (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Uno X Dare team bikes — Uno X Pro Cycling's stealthy Dare bikes (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Liv carbon handlebar stem — A carbon fibre stem and round handlebar with stem notes and Fouriers computer mount (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Vittoria Corsa tubular tyres again. And we thought tubulars were dead (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Liv round handlebars and stem at Roubaix — A round handlebar and stem and exposed cabling looks almost dated now in the WorldTour, but it works just fine for Liv Racing TeqFind (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Ribble team bikes on a roof rack at Roubaix — Team Lifeplus-Wahoo were using Ribble Endurance bikes, not the hyper-aero Ultra SLR model (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Cannondale supersix evo team bike — Here we have a Vittoria Corsa Contral tyre set up tubless, and a bike roof rack from Roof Racks Chantal who supplies a lot of pro teams (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Alison Jacksons Cannondale supersix evo team bike — A name sticker lets the world know this one is Alison Jacksons (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Backstedt's Supersix Evo — Zoe Bäckstedt's nickname, given to her by one of the team mechanics, is the Pink Panther. The same mechanic then printed the stickers. (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Prologo saddle on a Supersix Evo — A Prologo saddle complete with anti slide grippers and PAS - Perineal Area System technology (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Hope disc rotors on RIbble's Mavic front wheels — LifePlus-Wahoo were using Hope disc brake rotors despite running Shimano groupsets (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Ribble team bikes with aluminum bottle cages — Ultegra cranks, aluminum bottles cages and Wahoo power meter pedals (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

FSA chainset on Cannondlale Supersix evo — EF Education-Tibco-SVB bikes had the FSA K-Force Team edition chainset fitted with one-piece chainrings (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Canyon/SRAM Team bikes — The paint on the Canyon-SRAM team bikes really stands out (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Arkea Bianchi Specialissima — Marie-Morgane le Deunff had a Bianchi Specialissima at her disposal (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Factor tram bike with Black Inc stem — A factor bike fitted with a fairly short Black Inc stem (their own in house componentry brand) and K-Edge computer mount. Note the rearward facing stem bolts (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Factor team bike with selle italia saddle — A healthy saddle cutout for Caroline Baur (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Maxxis tubular tyres on Black in wheels — Maxxis tubular 'Yalla Academy' team issue tyres on this Factor bike (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Roval wheels with s works 30mm tyres — 30mm S-Works turbo tyres for SD Worx and a sneaky peak at an CeramicSpeed OSPW (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Roval wheels with Specialized Mondo tyres — Paris Roubaix also saw a new Specialized S-Works Mondo tyre break cover (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Vittoria Corsa Pro Tyres — Still-unreleased Vittoria Corsa Pro tyres here set up tubeless (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Cervelo S5 team bike — A 50T Sram X-Sync 1x chainring with pro edition silver logos (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Marianne Vos Cervelo S5 team bike — Marianne Vos's Cervelo Caledonia bike with traditional handlebar stem (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Bontrager Aeolus spare wheels — A variety of spare Bontrager Aeolus wheels waiting to be called upon, these all looked to be tubular (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Pirelli tubular tyres — The iconic P-Zero logo, you guessed it: tubular (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Jumbo Cervelo 25 team bike — Another shot of Marianne Vos's bike, complete with 1x setup and non-integrated bar and stem (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Look team bikes — Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin had a different Look model to call on from her teammates, this one had a little more exposed cabling, but was perhaps a bit more forgiving on the rough stuff (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Team DSM bikes on the roof — Dura-Ace 9100 chainsets are still being used, despite R9200's existence (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Team DSM bikes on the roof with Ultegra wheels fitted — A Team DSM Scott bike with Ultegra C36 wheels, not the Dura-Ace you would expect to find (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Team DSM scott bike with notes on the stem — Shifters turned slightly inward here and stem notes taped to the stem again (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

S works SL7 team bikes — Supacaz bar tape and aero K-Edge mount for this Tarmac SL7 (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Uno X pro cycling team bikes — The short head tube on this Dare has meant the brake hose has had to be kept a little longer (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Grace Browns Lapierre — One of Grace Brown's Lapierre team bikes on the team car roof (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Lapierre Team bike on roof rack — Dura-Ace 9100 cranks again, these ones look like they have seen some action (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Lapierre Team bikes racked before the start — Grace Brown raced the no.31 bike (Image credit: Peter Stewart)

Specialized SL7 with Roval integrated handlebar — More still-unreleased stuff, this time the Roval integrated bar and stem that we've seen all season. This time with climber switches (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Specialized SL7 with anti slip tape on the saddle — Some sort of anti slip tape could be seen on this saddle (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

A mechanic checks the tyre pressure on a roval wheel — These tyre pressures are being checked with a digital pressure gauge (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Backsted's old Speedplay pedals — Zoe Bäckstedt used her father Magnus's old Speedplay pedals from his time racing Paris-Roubaix the open design is meant to shed mud more easily, the axles look quite long too (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

White dot on race wheel — The white dot may just make it easier for mechanics to find the valve in a hurry (Image credit: Peter Stuart)

Tom joined the Cyclingnews team in late 2022 as a tech writer. Despite having a degree in English Literature he has spent his entire working life in the cycling industry in one form or another. He has over 10 years of experience as a qualified mechanic, with the last five years before joining Cyclingnews being spent running an independent workshop. This means he is just as happy tinkering away in the garage as he is out on the road bike, and he isn’t afraid to pull a bike apart or get hands-on with it when testing to really see what it’s made of.

He has ridden and raced bikes from an early age up to a national level on the road and track, and has ridden and competed in most disciplines. He has a keen eye for pro-team tech and enjoys spotting new or interesting components in the wild. During his time at Cyclingnews, Tom has already interviewed some of the sport's biggest names including Mathieu van der Poel, Tadej Pogačar and Alberto Contador. He's also covered various launches from brands such as Pinarello, Ridley, Specialized and more, tackled the Roubaix Challenge sportive aboard his own rim-brake Cannondale SuperSix Evo, tested over 20 aero helmets in the wind tunnel, and has created helpful in-depth buying advice relating to countless categories from torque wrenches to winter clothing.

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