If you happen to be unfortunate enough to be listening to Phil Liggett calling Sunday’s race, you’re odds on to hear him utter the phrase “You can’t win the race here, but you can lose it here” as the riders tackle the brutal pavé of the Troueé d’Arenberg secteur. And he’s right on this one; many a rider has been taken out of race contention or altogether due to crashes or mechanicals in ‘the trench’.

David Millar may never have been a contender for a win in the Hell, but he knows how harsh the stones are in the Forest. Millar knows style and this Brooks advertorial still delivers on that front.