{"id":48332,"date":"2023-04-13T21:03:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T19:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/?p=723901"},"modified":"2023-04-13T21:35:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T19:35:42","slug":"mechanical-shifting-unreleased-tyres-and-modified-future-shock-for-peter-sagans-final-paris-roubaix-bike","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/rss_feed\/mechanical-shifting-unreleased-tyres-and-modified-future-shock-for-peter-sagans-final-paris-roubaix-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"Mechanical shifting, unreleased tyres and modified Future Shock for Peter Sagan\u2019s final Paris-Roubaix bike"},"content":{"rendered":"

Could this be the last bike with a mechanical groupset raced at men’s WorldTour level? <\/p>

By Jack Luke\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 13 April 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Peter Sagan rode a Specialized S-Works Roubaix equipped with a modified Future Shock damper and unreleased Specialized Mondo tyres at his last-ever Paris-Roubaix.<\/p>\n

The former world champion, who is due to retire at the end of 2023, didn\u2019t play a part in the day\u2019s action, crashing out of the race on the second set of cobbles after just 100km of racing.<\/p>\n

A rare sighting of the Roubaix at Roubaix<\/h2>\n
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Will we see the Specialized Roubaix again at Paris-Roubaix?<\/span><\/figcaption> Matt Grayson \/ Our Media<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Sagan\u2019s final Roubaix bike itself was a fitting nod to the past decade, in which he has been one of the key protagonists at the cobbled Classics, winning the Tour of Flanders in 2016 and Paris-Roubaix in 2018.<\/p>\n

Riding the Specialized Roubaix endurance bike, Sagan\u2019s TotalEnergies team was a notable outlier among the sea of aero bikes that now dominate Paris-Roubaix<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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An endurance bike with exposed cables \u2013 a rarity in the pro peloton in 2023.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Indeed, some Specialized\u2019s sponsored teams were on the usual race-day Tarmac SL7 \u2013 and it certainly cuts a sleeker figure than the Roubaix.<\/p>\n

The Roubaix can make a claim to being the first endurance road bike<\/a>, having been launched way back in 2004. It was also Specialized\u2019s first carbon road bike.<\/p>\n

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Lotte Kopecky\u2019s SD Worx team was on the Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7 for Paris-Roubaix Femmes.<\/span><\/figcaption> James York \/ Matt Grayson \/ Our Media<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

With a more relaxed geometry, it marked a new direction for road bikes, and the Roubaix is now on its sixth iteration.<\/p>\n