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2026 Paris - Roubaix Hauts-de-France (World Tour)

123rd edition: Sunday, April 12, 2026
Complete results

Paris-Roubaix podium history, race database | 2025 edition | Race photos | Rider presentation ceremony photos | Pre-race photos of riders on the course | Course map & profile | List of cobblestone sectors | Race preview | Start list | Paris-Roubaix Femmes | P-R history video

Compiègne - Roubaix: 258.3 kilometers. 30 sectors of pavé totalling 54.8 km

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Weather at the finish city of Roubaix at 2:35 PM, local time: 16C (60f), cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 21 km/hr (13 mph). There is just a 4% chance of rain.

The race: The official start was given to the 175 riders at 11:07 AM.

Here's the race organizer's summary of the 2026 Paris- Roubaix:

The 2026 Paris-Roubaix Hauts-de-France was bound to make history. Either UAE’s Tadej Pogacar completed his Monument set, or Alpecin’s Mathieu van der Poel claimed his fourth victory in a row at the Vélodrome André Pétrieux to become a recordman in this race … or somebody else upset them, so we could speak time and again in the coming years about who and how managed to do it. After overcoming two punctures in key moments of the race and still not falling out of contention, Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) went clear with Pogacar in sector 12 from Auchy-lez-Orchies to Bersée, with 53 kilometers to go.

Afterwards, the Belgian powerhouse managed to match all the accelerations unleashed by the world champion, trying to drop him, while keeping at bay a chasing group led by Van der Poel, who had to survive through a nightmare of mechanicals in the Arenberg Forest and fell just short of playing for the win after all. Come the final sprint, Van Aert proved to be much faster than Pogacar in order to claim his first cobblestone trophy following two podium finishes (2nd in 2022 and 3rd in 2023). This also marked Visma-Lease a Bike’s first triumph in the Hell of the North after 42 straight, winning-less participations since 1984. Jasper Stuyven (Soudal-Quick Step) finished third, sealing an astute performance to round out the podium of an unforgettable race that awarded his already decorated winner with the victory of a lifetime.

The peloton with 209 kilometers to go. Attacks had been firing off (as in the picture), one after another, but the pack was basically intact.

The story:
175 riders took the start on the 123rd edition of Paris-Roubaix Hauts-de-France at 11:07, off to ride 258,3 kilometres between Compiègne and the Vélodrome André Pétrieux in Roubaix with 30 cobbled sectors to be covered on the way. The opening 90 kilometres of the race played out as an exciting back and forth between the many riders trying to establish a breakaway that never actually came to fruition. A full bunch entered the first sections of cobbles, led and strung out by UAE Team Emirates-XRG. Just 60-odd riders were left at the front after sector 26 in Briastre (km 114,9 - 0,8 km) ***, including all the main favorites despite punctures for Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) and Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike).

Tadej Pogacar on the first cobbled sector, Troisville a Inchy, 95 kms into the race.

Mechanicals galore
Mechanical problems are the most diabolical dimension of the Hell of the North, and they took their toll on most of the main riders. Race favorite Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) had to get a spare bike from the Shimano neutral service with 121 kilometres to go, midway through sector 22 from Quérénaing to Maing (km 137,5 - 2,5 km) ***. After falling nearly 1’00” behind the head of the race, he was helped by three teammates to regain the front group 98 kilometers from the finish. Shortly after, the peloton went into the Arenberg Forest (km 163 - 2,3 km) ***** and it was Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech) who had to endure a nightmare scenario, with a string of mechanical issues that made him stop up to three times and leave this iconical sector more than two minutes behind the head of the race.

Wout van Aert leads at the start of the Arenberg sector of cobbles, 163 kms into the race.

Pogacar and Van Aert overcame two punctures each
Seven men came out of the Arenberg Forest in the lead: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), Wout van Aert, Christophe Laporte (Visma-Lease a Bike), Stefan Bissegger (Decathlon-CMA CGM), Jasper Stuyven (Soudal-Quick Step) and Laurence Pithie (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe). Two more riders, Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) and Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe), managed to bridge back with 84 kilometers to go, yet ended up falling out of contention later, with the Italian suffering several mechanicals and even a rough crash. Both Pogacar and Van Aert would have a second puncture each later on, during ​​sector 16 from Warlaing to Brillon (km 183,3 - 2,4 km) ***. They both managed their way back into the head of the race - the former at the exit of sector 15, from Tilloy to Sars-et-Rosières (km 186,8 - 2,4 km) ****, the latter ahead of sector 13 in Orchies (km 198,2 - 1,7 km) ***.

Wout van Aert & Tadej Pogacar lead with Mads Pedersen chasing.

Van der Poel nearly bridged back after mechanical nightmare
The front group reached sector 12 from Auchy-lez-Orchies to Bersée (km 204,3 - 2,7 km) **** with a 25” gap on a chasing group led by an impressive Mathieu van der Poel, who nearly succeeded to rejoin the head of the race. At the entrance of the sector, Van Aert and Pogacar accelerated and went clear, with Pedersen falling just short of holding their wheel.

Pogacar leads Van Aert in sector 10, 38 km to go. A group of Van der Poel, Laporte, Bisseger, Stuyven & Van Dijke chase 43 seconds back.

The world champion and the Belgian powerhouse managed to build a 42” lead through Mons-en-Pévèle (km 209,7 - 3 km) *****, where Van der Poel and Tim Van Dijke (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) bridged back with Pedersen, Laporte, Bissegger and Stuyven, while Pithie crashed out of the fight for podium. The leading duo managed to keep the six chasers at bay, even if they were as close as just 25” back after sector 5, Camphin-en-Pévèle (km 238,4 - 1,8 km) ****.

Pogacar and Van Aert in sector 5, Camphin-en-Pévèle, with a 36-second lead on the Van der Poel group.

Pogacar leads Van Aert in sector 2 (Willems à Hem) with the nearest chasers about 30 seconds back.

A breathtaking finale in the Vélodrome André Pétrieux
The always-decisive Carrefour de l'Arbre (km 241,2 - 2,1 km) ***** proved fatal for the ambition of the chasers, who lost some terrain and were 40” in arrears at the exit of this iconic sector after Pogacar unleashed some accelerations to try and drop a defensive Van Aert.

The Flamme Rouge, Pogacar and van Aert have 1 km to go.

From then on, the leading duo cooperated their way into the Vélodrome André Pétrieux for a breathtaking final sprint in which the Belgian overpowered the Slovenian, launching his effort with 200 meters to go and winning by a clear margin. Meanwhile, Stuyven deployed a canny attack 3 kilometres from the finish in order to climb onto the podium, with just a few meters on Van der Poel and Laporte.

Wout van Aert beats Tadej Pogacar on the Roubaix velodrome.

A dusty Wout van Aert celebrates an impressive victory.

Complete Results:

258.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 48.910 km/hr. Fastest Paris-Roubaix ever!

1	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	5hr 16min 52sec
2	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
3	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 13sec
4	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:15
5	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
6	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Mads Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
8	Stefan Bissegger	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	0:20
9	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:36
10	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
11	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	3:46
12	Gianni Vermeersch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	Guillaume Boivin	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
14	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
15	Daan Hoole	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
16	Alec Segaert	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
17	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	5:43
18	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
19	Brent Van Moer	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Dries van Gestel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
21	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
22	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	5:51
23	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ United	7:20
24	Iván García Cortina	Movistar Team	7:29
25	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	7:32
26	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
27	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	8:01
28	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
29	Aimé De Gendt	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
30	Matyas Kopecky	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
31	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
32	Huub Artz	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
33	Frits Biesterbos	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
34	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
35	Robert Donaldson	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
36	Matys Grisel	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
37	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
38	Toon Aerts	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
39	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
40	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
41	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
42	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
43	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
44	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
45	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
46	Axel Huens	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
47	Ben Oliver	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
48	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
49	Frederik Frison	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Jonas Rutsch	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
51	Dylan Teuns	Cofidis	s.t.
52	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
53	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
54	Filip Maciejuk	Movistar Team	s.t.
55	Dries De Bondt	Team Jayco-AlUla	8:14
56	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
57	Clement Izquierdo	Cofidis	8:22
58	Zak Erzen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
59	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	8:34
60	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
61	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Rose Rockets	8:38
62	Arne Marit	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	9:18
63	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	s.t.
64	Jonathan Milan	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
65	Brem Deman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
66	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
67	Bastien Tronchon	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
68	Luca Mozzato	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
69	Dillon Corkery	Team Picnic PostNL	9:23
70	Alessandro Borgo	Bahrain Victorious	9:25
71	Martijn Rasenberg	Unibet Rose Rockets	9:37
72	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	9:59
73	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
74	Colby Simmons	EF Education-EasyPost	10:42
75	Jakob Söderqvist	Lidl-Trek	10:45
76	Cédric Beullens	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
77	Aivaras Mikutis	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
78	Arjen Livyns	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
79	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
80	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
81	Dylan van Baarle	Soudal Quick-Step	12:00
82	Alessandro Romele	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
83	Ferre Geeraerts	Team Flanders-Baloise	12:39
84	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	13:00
85	Lukas Kubis	Unibet Rose Rockets	13:03
86	Tom Van Asbroeck	NSN Cycling Team	13:50
87	Luke Lamperti	EF Education-EasyPost	13:57
88	Emils Liepins	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	14:46
89	Victor Vercouillie	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
90	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
91	Aaron Gate	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
92	Michiel Lambrecht	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
93	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
94	Albert Torres	Movistar Team	s.t.
95	Henri-Francois Haquin	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
96	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
97	Yevgeniy Fedorov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
98	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
99	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
100	Camille Charret	Cofidis	s.t.
101	Callum Thornley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
102	Sam Welsford	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
103	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
104	Leander Van Hautegem	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
105	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	s.t.
106	Artem Shmidt	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
107	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
108	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
109	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
110	Hugo Page	Cofidis	s.t.
111	Cole Kessler	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
112	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
113	Robin Carpenter	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
114	Mark Stewart	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	s.t.
115	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.

 

Paris-Roubaix race photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti, April 12, 2026:

Groupama-FDJ United riders before the start.

Mathieu van der Poel with a flat tire in the Arenberg cobble sector.

Wout van Aert on the Arenberg cobbles with Laurance Pithie & Tadej Pogacar following.

A Groupama-FDJ United rider leads a group over the Arenberg cobbles.

Tadej Pogacar on the Tilloy à Sars-et-Rosières sector

Wout van Aert on the Tilloy à Sars-et-Rosières sector

Mads Pedersen

Filippo Ganna on the Tilloy à Sars-et-Rosières sector

Mathieu van der Poel

A large group of riders has arrived at the Roubaix velodrome

Tadej Pogacar leads Wout van Aert on the Roubaix velodrome.

Wout van Aert outsprints Tadej Pogacar.

The 2026 Paris-Roubaix podium, from left: Tadej Pogacar (2nd), Wout van Aert (1st), & Jasper Stuyven (3rd)

Race winner Wout van Aert with his cobblestone trophy.

Rider and teams presentation ceremony photos by Sirotti, April 11, 2026:

Jasper Philipsen

Mathieu van der Poel. Note that he has rainbow stripes on his cuffs and collar, a privilege of being a former World Road Champion (2023 Glasgow Scotland).

Tadej Pogacar and his UAE Team Emirates squad.

Tadej Pogacar and some young fans.

Filippo Ganna

Wout van Aert

Biniam Girmay

Jonathan Milan

Team Groupama-FDJ United

Matej Mohoric

Luca Mozzato

Tim Merlier

2026 Pre-race photos by Sirottii of riders checking out the course:

These were taken in the Arenberg & Tilloy à Sars-et-Rosières sectors April 9 & 10.

World Champion Tadej Pogacar and a couple of teammates.

Another shot of Pogacar.

Anthony Turgis

Cofidis riders in the Arenberg sector

Danny Van Poppel

Team Tudor riders

Jasper Philipsen

Madis Mihkels

An NSN rider

A trio of Groupama-FDJ United riders

Course map:

2026 Paris-Roubaix map

List of cobblestone sectors: 30 sectors totaling 54.8 kilometers

The number of asterisks by each sector is the organizer's difficulty rating, five being the most challenging.

Race preview: February 12, 2026.

The 123rd edition of the Queen of the Classics, which will start from Compiègne on Sunday 12 April, will cover a total distance of 258.3 km (vs. 259.2 km in 2025). The 30 cobbled sectors account for 54.8 km, but the changes made to the route could accelerate the racing.

The 6th edition of the women’s race will also be the first to be held on the same day as Paris-Roubaix Hauts-de-France. The women’s peloton will once again start from Denain and will discover the Haveluy sector, one of three additional cobbled sections on the programme this year. This time, it will be the women riders who will have the honour of closing the day at the Roubaix velodrome.

In total, five events are scheduled for cobblestone lovers over the weekend, which will begin on Saturday with the participation of several thousand amateur cyclists, invited to take on one of three distances as part of the Paris-Roubaix Challenge. As an opening act to the men’s race, the juniors will head to the velodrome from Avesnes, covering 105 km and 17 cobbled sectors, while the U23 riders will battle over 155 km and 23 cobbled sectors between Le Cateau-Cambrésis and Roubaix.
Twenty-five teams have been invited to take part in Paris-Roubaix Hauts-de-France, and 21 teams in Paris-Roubaix Femmes Hauts-de-France.

It may seem like an exact science, but in cycling not all kilometres are created equal. More precisely, they do not all carry the same weight in shaping a race scenario. And when it comes to Paris-Roubaix Hauts-de-France, it is of course when the cobbles appear that the “perceived distance” tends to fluctuate. This crucial moment will come, as it does every year, in Troisvilles after around one hundred kilometres, but the sequence of the opening sectors has been modified to return to a layout already tested in 2024… one that had blown the race apart, as explained by Thierry Gouvenou: “By veering slightly east towards the village of Briastre, we arrive at a situation where the first four sectors follow one another in quick succession, with almost no asphalt in between, creating an unmatched density of cobbles. Two years ago, Alpecin-Deceuninck had already begun to scatter the peloton at this stage. And at the end of this sequence, we are adding sector #26, even more rarely used and featuring an 800-metre climb.”

All the ingredients will therefore be in place for an early pre-selection likely to trap outsiders, and above all to harden the race ahead of the decisive moments to come. On the five-star sectors, the number of title contenders drops at lightning speed. There is always a before and an after Arenberg, with the Trouée appearing at km 163 (2,300 m). The five-star rating is then applied to the particularly irregular cobbles of Mons-en-Pévèle (km 209.7 / 3,000 m), followed by the Carrefour de l’Arbre (km 241.2 / 2,100 m). By then, only a handful of riders, sometimes just one, remain with a genuine chance of victory at the velodrome.

Start list with back numbers, April 11, 2026:

2026 Paris-Roubaix Femmes Hauts-de-France
6th edition

Sunday, April 12: Denain - Roubaix, 143.1 km. 18 sectors of pavé totalling 33.7 km

Course map & list of cobblestone sectors | Start list with back numbers

Franziska Koch just beats Marianne Vos.

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Weather at the finish city of Roubaix at 2:35 PM, local time: 16C (60f), cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 21 km/hr (13 mph). There is just a 4% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the organizer's Paris-Roubaix Femmes race summary.

Paris-Roubaix Femmes Hauts-de-France was won in fine style by Franziska Koch (FDJ United - SUEZ) on Sunday evening in the famous Andre-Petrieux Velodrome, as she just beat Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) to the line. Koch’s win in the Hell of the North made it six different winners of six different nationalities in the sixth edition of the race.

Last year’s winner Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Team Visma-Lease a Bike) finished third at +6'' having ridden hard in the attacking trio for her teammate Vos in the final kilometres, but Koch proved just too strong in the final sprint in front of the buoyant crowds. The top five in the Queen of the Classics was completed by Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) in fourth at +1'30'', just ahead of Megan Jastrab (UAE Team ADQ).

122 riders at the start
There were 122 riders present at the start of the 2026 Paris-Roubaix Femmes Hauts-de-France, representing 21 teams as the action got underway at 2.45pm local time in Denain. Rosa Maria Kloser (Canyon//Sram zondacrypto) created a small gap at km 9 and by the time the peloton reached the first paved sector Alison Jackson (St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93) was at the front of the bunch, 50 seconds behind the solo breakaway rider. The group therefore headed onto the cobbles (km 29.3 - Solesmes à Haussy - Length: 0.8 km - Difficulty:**) en masse. 

Battling over the cobbles
Jackson then suffered a puncture but was able to quickly rejoin the bunch as they arrived at the second cobbled sector (km 36.1 - Saulzoir à Verchain-Maugré - Length: 1.2 km - **) 40 seconds adrift of Kloser. As the race reached the fourth paved section (km 60.7 - Hornaing à Wandignies - Length: 3.7 km - ****) Kloser’s lead had been reduced to 15 seconds. Kloser was caught by the bunch before the fifth sector of cobbles (km 68.1 - Warlaing à Brillon - Length: 2.4 km - ***) after a solid effort at the front from the 29 year-old German.

Typical mechanical chaos
Over the rough cobblestones several big name riders suffered mechanical problems, with the likes of Jackson, Elise Chabbey (FDJ United - SUEZ) and Elisa Balsamo (Lidl – Trek) amongst those affected as the peloton was reduced to about 50 riders with 55 km to go.

A four-midable lead group
Franziska Koch (FDJ United - SUEZ) accelerated at the end of the tenth cobbled sector (km 94.5 - Mons-en-Pévèle - Length: 3.0 km - *****) and Blanka Vas (SD Worx-Protime), Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Team Visma-Lease a Bike) responded, to form a strong quartet at the front. Those four attackers were over a minute clear with seven cobbled sectors remaining and with 13 paved sectors already covered.

The race to the hallowed Velodrome
With 24 km to go Koch attacked again, with Vos initially the only rider able to stay with her, before Ferrand-Prevot caught the leading duo with 22 km remaining, as Vas was distanced. With 4.5km remaining Koch and Vos again went clear, with ‘PFP’ appearing to have left it all out there for her Visma colleague, only for Ferrand-Prevot to rejoin them before the trio headed into the velodrome. As the huge crowd roared them on, Koch and Vos pulled away once more but it was the 25 year-old German who got the inside line and ultimately the victory in an enthralling final sprint.

Coimplete results:

143.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.834 km/hr

2026 Paris-Roubaix Femmes map & list of cobblestone sectors:

2026 Paris-Roubaix Femmes map

List of cobblestone sectors. 20 sectors totaling 33.7 kilometers.

Race preview, February 12, 2026:

The theory of the relativity of kilometres also applies to the Paris-Roubaix Femmes Hauts-de-France route. The five kilometres less than last year represent little more than the nominal value of the course. In reality, the riders will have three additional sectors to contend with, amounting to 33.7 kilometres of bone-rattling cobbles (+4.5 km), including the introduction of the four-star Haveluy sector (km 52.4 / 2,500 m). “We have removed the loops around Denain,” explains T. Gouvenou, “to take the peloton a little further south and add more cobbles, and Haveluy is one of the sectors that could prove decisive.”

This evolution of the women’s route, which once again converges with the men’s course for the final seventeen sectors, is accompanied by another major decision. The queens of the cobbles will also take centre stage on Sunday, and will even benefit from a prime television slot, with the finish at the velodrome expected at around 6.20 pm. One of them will be destined to light up the screen.

Women's 2026 Paris-Roubaix start list, April 11, 2026:

Cycle historian Les Woodland tells about Paris-Roubaix: