I’m back at my desk after covering my third Paris-Roubaix, already a second coffee into my morning and somewhat feeling like I’ve come back from a festival rather than a bike race.
There was some incredible tech on show at both the men’s and women’s races, and as always, both delivered sensational racing. However, standing in the velodrome after the men’s field had finished and dissipated, waiting for the women to arrive I couldn’t help notice a distinct vibe shift that was definitely a consequence of the race moving to the same day as the men; a decision that has been contentious to say the least, compounded by the fact the women’s TV coverage was then curtailed to ‘only whatever was left after the men had finished’.
