It’s understood by now that laces, from an aerodynamic perspective, are faster than BOA dials. They may not have the ease of adjustment on the fly, but one or two large circular protrusions on a part of your body that hits clean air is going to be detrimental compared to a system that sits flat along the centre line, especially when covered by an overshoe.
Tadej Pogačar exclusively uses lace-up DMT shoes, and while Remco Evenepoel has his own BOA-dialled Specialized shoes that retail at 700 dollars, he’s often seen in S-Works Torch lace-ups in both road racing and in the time trial.
