Paris-Roubaix tech gallery: 101 images from the Hell of the North

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The 2018 edition of Paris-Roubaix was won by Peter Sagan's (Bora-Hansgrohe) powerful attack with 50 kilometres remaining was unmatched and ultimately unbeatable despite a heroic effort from Swiss national champion Silvan Dillier (AG2R La Mondiale), who finished second to Sagan in a sprint after surviving a full day in the breakaway.

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The Paris-Roubaix 2018 podium bikes: Sagan's S-Works Roubaix, Dillier's Factor O2 and Terpstra's S-Works Tarmac

The race and day was overshadowed by the tragic death of 23-year-old Michael Goolaerts who suffered a cardiac arrest after around 100 kilometres of racing. The Belgian was racing his first Paris-Roubaix in his fourth season with the Verandas Willems-Crelan team.

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Wider tyres

 

Mitchelton-Scott riders had the largest variance within a team for tyre choice

The season's third Monument has the reputation for the toughest one-day race on the calendar for good reason. Over 50 kilometres of brutal pavé litters 29 secteurs, with punctures more a probability than just bad luck during the race.

Supplementary brakes and discs

 

Trek-Segafredo raced aboard Trek Domane Discs with the new Bontrager Aeolus XXX wheels

Handlebar suspension and rear suspension

 

Team Sky raced aboard Pinarello Dogma K10-S with electronic rear suspension

Double-wrapped handlebars and taped wrists, knuckles and fingers

 

Trek-Segafredo's Koen de Kort also taped his fingers up for the race

Shimano Ultegra everywhere and Dura-Ace 9000 makes a resurgence

 

A rider for WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic raced with a full Shimano Ultegra groupset

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