2025 Paris - Roubaix (World Tour)

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Compiègne - Roubaix: 259.2 kilometers. 30 sectors of pavé totalling 53.7 km

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Weather at the finish city of Roubaix at 2:10 PM, local time: 14C (57F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 24 km/hr (15 mph). There is a 1% chance of rain. The was some light rain on the start city of Compiègne early in the morning and did rain during the night, so some cobbles may still be wet and slippery.

The race: This is bound to be a day to remember, as two of the best cyclists of this century are chasing both victory and history in the Hell of the North. All eyes are set on defending champion Mathieu van der Poel and the world’s current number one rider Tadej Pogacar, yet there is a deep field of challengers hoping to upset them and this is the Hell of the North - a race where anything can happen.

175 riders began the race at 11:25 AM.

Early in the race, Manlio Moro & Albert Torres (both Movistar) abandoned after crashing.

Here's the race organizer's 2025 Paris-Roubaix summary:

Three out of three for Mathieu van der Poel, who in this 2025 Paris-Roubaix became the third rider in history to win three consecutive editions of this race after Octave Lapize (1909, 1910, 1911) and Francesco Moser (1978, 1979, 1980). The Alpecin-Deceuninck rider went toe-to-toe in Mons-en-Pévèle with current Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar, who impressed on his debut in the Hell of the North by playing for victory until being forced to settle with second place by a crash inside the final 40 kilometres. With this result, Van der Poel and Pogacar are now tied at 8 Monuments each, 6th and 7th in the legendary ranking of Classic winners at age 30 and 26. They were joined in the podium at the Vélodrome André Pétrieux by Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), who finished 3rd as he already did last year.

On the start line. ASO photo

175 riders took the start on the 122nd edition of Paris-Roubaix at 11:25, off to ride 259,2 kilometres between Compiègne and the Vélodrome André Pétrieux in Roubaix with 30 cobbled sectors to be covered. It had rained overnight and the skies were cloudy, yet it was not a cold nor remarkably wet race for the riders.

It's time to race. ASO photo

It took 22 kilometres for a breakaway to go clear with Kim Heiduk (Ineos Grenadiers), Oier Lazkano (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Markus Hoelgaard (Uno-X Mobility), Jonas Rutsch (Intermarché-Wanty), Max Walker (EF Education-EasyPost), Jasper De Buyst (Lotto), Rory Townsend (Q36.5) and Abram Stockman (Unibet Tietema Rockets). The eight riders built a gap that peaked at 3’05” as they were 90 kilometres into the race. The peloton then began to speed up with the first cobbled sector of the day, Troisvilles to Inchy (km 95.8 — 2.2 km) ***, in sight.

26 kilometers into the race a break of eight goes clear. By kilometer 59 they were three minutes up the road. The riders in the break are: Kim Heiduk (Ineos Grenadiers), Oier Lazkano (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Markus Hoelgaard (Uno-X Mobility), Jonas Rutsch (Intermarché-Wanty), Max Walker (EF Education-EasyPost), Jasper De Buyst (Lotto), Rory Townsend (Q36.5) and Abram Stockman (Unibet Tietema Rockets).

Tense chase for Philipsen and Ganna
Ineos Grenadiers was driving the peloton when its leader Filippo Ganna suffered a mechanical that forced him to chase along with his teammates for more than 30 kilometres. The British team found the company of riders like Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) or Dylan van Baarle (Visma | Lease a Bike), who were also affected by different incidents. They finally managed to rejoin the bunch during sector 25, Verchain-Maugré to Quérénaing (km 128 — 1.6 km) ***. The gap for the eight men at the front was steadily reduced to 50”, clocked at the entrance of Haveluy to Wallers (km 154.5 — 2.5 km) ****.

The break riding on the Arenberg cobbles.

Race-defining attack by Van der Poel
It was there that Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) launched their first attacks of the day, whittling the peloton down to around 20 riders. They insisted on accelerating in the Trouée d'Arenberg (km 164,4 - 2,3 km) *****, reeling the breakaway back into the favorites group. The key attack, though, was made by Van der Poel at the exit from Wallers to Hélesmes (km 167.4 — 1.6 km) ***. Only Pogacar, Pedersen, his teammate Philipsen and Decathlon-Ag2r La Mondiale’s Stefan Bissegger managed to follow the defending champion in order to form a five-strong group at the front of the race.

The break of five with 75km to go

Pogacar and Van der Poel alone at the front
At ​​Tilloy to Sars-et-Rosières (km 187.7 — 2.4 km) ****, Pedersen punctured and fell out of contention for the win while Pogacar accelerated to establish a duo at the front along with Van der Poel. Shortly after, Bissegger suffered a flat too and Philipsen dug deep in his own to regain the head of the race. The newly-formed trio cooperated all the way to Mons-en-Pévèle (km 210.6 — 3 km) *****, where Van der Poel hit the afterburners and Pogacar made good use of this to drop Philipsen off the front. Meanwhile, a chasing group with Bissegger, Pedersen, Hoelgaard, Rutsch, Florian Vermeersch (UAE Team Emirates) and Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike) trailed 1’30” behind.

The lead trio with 66.7 kms to go: Mathieu van der Poel, Tadej Pogacar & Japer Philipsen.

Unfortunate crash for Pogacar
Pogacar was putting the hammer down at sector 9 from Pont-Thibault to Ennevelin (km 220 — 1.4 km) *** when he misjudged a right-hand turn and crashed as a result.

Both van der Poel and Pogacar mis-judge a corner, but Pogacar goes down.

He rode out of the sector 20” in arrears of Van der Poel, with whom he sustained a duel all the way to the finish. The toe-to-toe, though, finished with 21 kilometres to go when the Slovenian had to change bikes and the gap went up to 50”.

Not his day. Tadej Pogacar changes bikes with 20.8 kms to go.

Despite a late puncture for Van der Poel midway through the Carrefour de l'Arbre (km 242.1 — 2.1 km) *****, the race was sealed for him to finish first and Pogacar second.

The near instantaneous bike change.

Mathieu van der Poel off the front with 10kms to go, trying to make it three Paris-Roubaix victories in a row. ASO photo

As for the third spot in the podium, Philipsen was brought back by the chasing group, from which Vermeersch, Pedersen and Van Aert powered away at Bourghelles to Wannehain (km 234.9 — 1.1 km) ***. The trio sprinted for third place in the Vélodrome André Pétrieux, with the Dane taking the best out of his Belgian breakaway companions.

He does it. Mathieu van der Poel won his third consecutive Paris-Roubaix.

And he is clearly well-pleased with his victory. Sirotti photo

Complete results:

259.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.921 km/hr

1	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5hr 31min 27sec
2	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 1min 18sec
3	Mads Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	2:11
4	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
5	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
6	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	3:46
7	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
8	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
9	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	4:35
10	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	4:36
11	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:38
12	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:43
13	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	4:45
14	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
15	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
16	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
17	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
18	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
19	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
21	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ	4:48
22	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	5:20
23	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	5:41
24	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
25	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
26	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
27	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
28	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
29	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
30	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
32	Frederik Frison	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
33	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
34	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	5:48
35	Dylan van Baarle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	5:52
36	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	6:22
37	Giacomo Nizzolo	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Jenthe Biermans	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
39	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
40	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	s.t.
41	Damien Touzé	Cofidis	6:27
42	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X Mobility	7:03
43	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	8:18
44	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	8:58
45	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	10:55
46	Lukas Kubis	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
47	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
48	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
49	Vlad Van Mechelen	Bahrain Victorious	10:58
50	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	11:40
51	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	s.t.
52	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	11:42
53	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
54	Joshua Giddings	Lotto	s.t.
55	Andreas Stokbro	Unibet Tietema Rockets	12:16
56	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
57	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
58	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
59	Max Walscheid	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
60	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
61	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
62	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	s.t.
64	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
65	Riley Sheehan	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
66	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
67	Yevgeniy Fedorov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
68	Gijs Van Hoecke	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
69	Julien Vermote	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
70	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
71	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
72	Alessandro Romele	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
73	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
74	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
75	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
76	Rory Townsend	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
77	Abram Stockman	Unibet Tietema Rockets	12:19
78	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	12:21
79	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
80	Matteo Moschetti	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
81	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
82	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
83	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
84	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	s.t.
85	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	12:24
86	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Tietema Rockets	13:26
87	Alec Segaert	Lotto	s.t.
88	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	13:29
89	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	s.t.
90	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
91	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	13:32
92	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
93	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
94	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
95	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
96	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
97	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	14:03
98	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
99	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
100	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
101	Jonathan Milan	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
102	Giosue Epis	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
103	Robert Donaldson	Team Jayco-AlUla	14:57
104	Aivaras Mikutis	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
105	Oded Kogut	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
106	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
107	Jack Rootkin-Gray	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
108	Colby Simmons	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
109	Alexys Brunel	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
110	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
111	Baptiste Veistroffer	Lotto	s.t.
112	Miles Scotson	Arkea-B&B Hotels	15:01
113	Pierre Thierry	Arkea-B&B Hotels	16:20
114	Daniel Skerl	Bahrain Victorious	16:57
115	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	17:49
116	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	18:04
117	Oier Lazkano	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	21:45

 

2025 Paris-Roubaix race photos by Photoreporter Sirotti: April 13, 2025

The peloton on the first cobbled sector, Troisvilles a Inchy

Filippo Ganna leads a group on the Troisvilles a Inchy cobbles.

Closer view of the riders on the Troisvilles a Inchy cobbles.

Wout van Aert leads a group over the cobbles.

Biniam Girmay on the on the Troisvilles a Inchy cobbles.

Mathieu van der Poel attacking on the Arenberg cobbles.

Tadej Pogacar leads Mads Pedersen on the Arenberg cobbles.

Wout van Aert (in yellow) on the Arenberg cobbles.

Stefan Küng on the Arenberg cobbles.

Mathieu van der Poel has left the finest bikes racers in the world far behind.

A joyous Mathieu van der Poel celebrates his win.

1min 18sec later Tadej Pogacar finishes second.

Third-place Mads Pedersen leads in Wout van Aert & Florian Vermeersch

Fourth-place Wout van Aert before the sprint.

Van der Poel is the center of attention after his race win.

Pogacar has joined van der Poel on the infield.

The podium, from left: Tadej Pogacar (2nd), Mathieu van der Poel (1st) & Mads Pedersen (3rd).

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Teams presentation ceremony, April 12, 2025:

Tadej Pogacar is the center of attention.

2024 winner Mathieu van der Poel

Mads Pedersen

Filippo Ganna

Team Soudal Quick-Step with Tim Merlier

Wout van Aert

Stefan Küng

Team Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe

The always popular Biniam Girmay. He won Gent-Wevelgem in 2022. Can he add Paris-Roubaix to his Classics win list?

Team Jayco-AlUla

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Pre-race photos by Sirotti of riders checking out the course.

A close-up of some cobbles in the Arenberg sector. Ouch!

The Arenberg sector of cobbles.

A pair of Visma | Lease a Bike rides on the Arenberg cobbles.

It may that I'm simply getting older, but it looks like the riders are getting younger every year.

Intermarché-Wanty riders in the Arenberg sector.

A Decathlon AG2R rider

Nils Politt and Tadej Pogacar on the Arenberg cobbles.

Another shot of Pollit and Pogacar in the Arenberg sector

Israel-Premier Tech riders on the Orchies sector.

Tadej Pogacar leads his teammates over the Orchies cobblestones.

Riders training on the Orchies cobbles.

Arkea-B&B Hotels riders on the Orchies cobbles

Here are some Groupama-FDJ riders on the Orchies cobbles.

In the Templeuve sector, Adren Petit leads riders by the famous Moulin De Vertain

Unsung heroes, getting the Carrefour De L'Arbre sector that comes late in the race ready for race day.