For every other race, there's Pelotan.

That's been the line for years. Paris-Roubaix — mud, rain, cobblestones, chaos. The one race where sunscreen is the last thing on anyone's mind.

Then this video surfaced.

Tadej and the UAE Team Emirates squad, minutes before the start of Paris-Roubaix, applying Pelotan.

It might look surprising. It isn't.

The pros don't think about sun protection as a response to today's weather. They think about it as part of the daily routine — the same way they think about nutrition, recovery, and hydration. It doesn't get skipped because the sky is grey. UV penetrates cloud cover. A four-hour ride on an overcast April day still takes a toll. And that toll builds — session after session, week after week — showing up as fatigue that lingers longer than it should and recovery that doesn't quite land.

That's why the soigneurs at UAE Team Emirates, EF Pro Cycling, Canyon–SRAM Zondacrypto, and FDJ–SUEZ pack sunscreen alongside the race radios and the rice cakes. Every stage. Every race. Rain or shine.

Tadej finished second. Franzi Koch — riding for our partners FDJ–SUEZ — won the women's race. Different results, same preparation.

The best team in the world does it before the Hell of the North. You can do it before your Tuesday ride.