[jyl]

I wonder how much tire technology the teams have?

If this were F1, they’d have rubber compounds for different weather conditions, rain tires, multiple compounds on each tire.

Instead, I *think* they just run the same tire whether it’s 95F and bone dry, or 50F and pouring rain, or 40F and freezing cold winds. Whether it’s a long flat stage, or a stage with hair-raising twisty descents. I guess they have a special TT tire, and a wider cobbles tire.

I also wonder why they don’t run sealant in their tires. I don’t know that they don’t, but flats are so common that I don’t think they do. Yes sealant weighs something, but might allow a thinner tire.