As I write this I am in the (new) Roubaix velodrome, which is doing a pretty convincing impression of the inside of an oven. The dust, of which there was plenty, has settled following an electric day of racing, which culminated with Pauline Ferand-Prévot (Visma-Lease a Bike) going one better than her result at the Tour of Flanders and bagging herself a giant cobblestone for what is already a very full trophy cabinet.
Before the racing got underway though, I spent some time roaming the pits, sniffing out the best mods, hacks, and coolest bikes for what is probably the best race of the year for tech nerds.
