Lorena Wiebes powered to a 3rd place at this year’s Paris-Roubaix Femmes aboard a Specialized S-Works Tarmax SL8 custom-painted to honour her European road championships win.
Wiebes ran a 1x setup, with a 50t chainring paired to a 10-32 cassette. A Wolf Tooth Gnarwolf chainguide helped keep things in check on the devastatingly rattly cobbles of northern France.
Sprint shifters in the form of SRAM’s AXS Wireless Blips are hiding under the white bar tape. These gave her another hand position to shift the 12 gears available.
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The tyres have been changed from the team’s usual Specialized Turbo Cottons – one of the oldest things still being used in pro road racing – to the Specialized S-Works Mondo in a 32mm size.
These tubeless endurance tyres are designed to provide more puncture protection without sacrificing too much rolling resistance – key to staying at the sharp end of this race.
They’re fitted to the Roval Rapide CLX II wheelset with gloss white decals, which work nicely with the look of the bike.
Wiebes has forgone the SL8's one-piece cockpit instead of a traditional two-piece setup, which also looks to be wrapped with thicker – possibly double-wrapped – bar tape with a generous amount of tape across the tops.
