Paris-Roubaix

Former world champion entering new chapter of career with fresh motivations and mindset.

British star says a rising younger generation and wave of new races give momentum to women's sport, though some hurdles remain.

Promising Dane not bitter despite missing chance at wearing world champion's jersey in northern classics.

Belgian cross-discipline star focused on conquering the cobbles, recalls mental battle of comeback from time trial crash.

The Dutch classics specialist says targets such as Flanders and Roubaix fit nicely with the Tour de France in cycling's new program.

Trek-Segafredo's Stuyven and Deignan also putting 'fall classics' and grand tours at center of revised 2020 calendars.

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While few would confuse Nibali with the specialists of the Hell of the North, he rode brilliantly over the same cobbles during the 2014 Tour de France.

Classics specialist left considering career options if he doesn't get the opportunity to ride Flanders and Roubaix this year.

Richard Plugge of Jumbo-Visma recounts his battle with COVID-19, and then explains why he supports the UCI's racing calendar. Ellen van Dijk discusses the importance of Paris-Roubaix.

Dutch rivals on season-opener Strade Bianche, the importance of a first-ever Paris-Roubaix, and the difficulties of a Giro-worlds clash.

Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio says that Zwift racing's equal broadcast and media exposure places it ahead of women's road races as an opportunity to grow the sport.

Frenchman Bardet eyes Paris-Roubaix and Tour of Flanders in reshuffled race schedule for the year.

Clashing races, an October piled high with events, and a first-ever women's Paris-Roubaix — the UCI's new-look 2020 calendar offers plenty to pick over. Let's roundtable!

The UCI's new calendar sees October stacked with one-day races as the fall takes on a new complexion in 2020

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The Giro d'Italia moves to October and overlaps with the cobbled classics and the first week of the 18-stage Vuelta a España. The UCI Women's WorldTour calendar sees the addition of ladies Paris-Roubaix.

Belgian cross-discipline star hoping to race Tour de France and classics then transition straight into 'cross season.

Retired classics king and master of Paris-Roubaix believes both Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert could win Roubaix multiple times.

Stybar, Lampaert and others talk suffering and survival on Roubaix's toughest cobblestone sectors.

When it comes to bike racing tactics no one is better than Belgian veteran Philippe Gilbert.

Everyone tipped Boonen to win a record fifth stone trophy, but the stars aligned for the journeyman Australian.

Photojournalist James Startt has been to every edition of Paris-Roubaix since 1993 but one. Here are a few of his favorite cobble sectors.

On this week's episode of The VeloNews Podcast we examine Paris-Roubaix editions from 2014, 2016, and 2019.

Cobbles veteran Vanmarcke hopes to see season goals Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix raced later in the year.

Must the 2021 Tour-Olympic clash be fixed? Will Froome win the Tour again? Flanders vs Roubaix - which is the best? Time to argue it out.

Roubaix winner is advising riders from Mitchelton-Scott how to use online platforms and indoor training to keep fit during lockdown.

Simmons knows he has the horsepower to make it count in the WorldTour, the next step is to hone the racecraft.

Race organizers maintain that they are working with the UCI to find alternate dates for these pro cycling races in the 2020 calendar.

ASO boss Christian Prudhomme positive that Paris-Nice will complete all eight stages, refuses to commit to future races as coronavirus epidemic intensifies.

The Outer Line examines the growing impact of COVID-19 on the pro cycling season and what team managers can do.

The multi-faceted star changes gear from ’cross to pavement this week ahead of the spring classics

American Quinn Simmons has big ambitions for his WorldTour debut, including starts in Paris-Roubaix, Strade Bianche, and gravel racing's biggest event, the Dirty Kanza 200.

Key features of Milano-Sanremo, Paris-Roubaix, and Tour of Flanders all at risk due to landslides or red tape.

Four months after a career-threatening injury, van Aert and four teammates test equipment on the cobbles.

Roubaix, Flanders, Vuelta all on provisional road schedule for 2020 alongside challenge for Olympic mountain bike title.

Phinney's talents on the bike were matched by his ability to express himself off it. We trace the key threads that ran through his career, as he told them to us.

The American superstar confirmed that he didn't have the same drive and will move on to pursue art

Words and Images by James Startt

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Lulled into a false sense of security, my bike was stolen at one of the biggest cyclosportives in Europe. Please learn from my mistake, because it could happen to you too.

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To handle the season's roughest, toughest classic race, riders and teams resort to all manner of tech tricks to smooth out the ride at Paris-Roubaix.

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Wout Van Aert dropped off the four-inch lip where the Roubaix velodrome’s concrete banking ends and the grass infield begins, then dropped his bike on the grass and dropped himself on his back, surrendering by every means available to the pull of gravity.

Crashes, mechanicals, and other mishaps spoil the day for some, but Philippe Gilbert prevails, riding a perfect race to win his fourth of cycling's five monument classics.

After playing his cards perfectly when the decisive breakaway went up the road, an untimely mechanical leaves Sep Vanmarcke sprinting for fourth at Roubaix.

The cycling equivalent to a mid-life crisis leads Gilbert to the cobbled classics, and in a span of just 24 months, he wins cycling's two biggest monument classics.

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The legs were there for the cyclocross champion, but the fortune wasn't: Van Aert picks over a race that could have been.

Phillipe Gilbert takes victory in fourth different monument, coming into the velodrome with Nils Politt and powerfully outsprinting the German.

Nobody, it seems, has a boring day at Paris-Roubaix. Here are a few of the most memorable stories from previous editions of the Hell of the North.

Team Rwanda alumni Joseph Areruya didn't make the time cut at Paris-Roubaix, but he did make history as the first black African to start the cobbled monument.

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Chasing the pavé is an annual rite of spring for many cycling photographers. It’s an intense and wildly rewarding day in the car in pursuit of cycling’s 'Hell of the North.'

Mental grit, a never-say-die approach, and the all-important Arenberg are essential to Roubaix success, but there is no one winning formula.

This Sunday the pro peloton takes on the infamous "Hell of the North." This episode is a full preview of Paris-Roubaix with insight from former winner Dirk Demol.

Due to their length, the five monuments of cycling are in a class of their own when it comes to the physical demands. Paris-Roubaix may be the hardest of all.

Though Team Sky dominates the grand tours, it has struggled to shine in the northern classics. The team has never won a Paris-Roubaix title. Could this be the year?

The Belgian super team hasn't won Paris-Roubaix in five years. It's hoping it can keep its classics season's winning streak alive at the "Hell of the North."

Three-time world champion Peter Sagan and a crop of other stars, including Van Avermaet, Stybar, Degenkolb, and Kristoff, are set to battle at this year's Paris-Roubaix.

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With its punishing pavé and hard-man racing style, Paris-Roubaix favors the toughest men in the peloton. We look at five dark horses for Sunday.

It's been one year since Taylor Phinney's breakthrough ride at Paris-Roubaix, where the American gained valuable experience.

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Each cobbled classic is distinct, and pro riders see this up close every season. Here's their perspective on the Tour of Flanders vs. Paris-Roubaix

After a top-10 result in Paris-Roubaix 2018, expectations are high for Phinney, but a nagging knee injury has limited his racing in the early classics.

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Facing a €10,000 shortfall and imminent cancellation, the under-19 edition of Paris-Roubaix found itself a saviour in the form of Roubaix winner John Degenkolb, and in a legion of Roubaix fans. The race will go on.

Andrea Tafi is searching for a team that will sign him so he can commemorate his 1999 Paris-Roubaix win by racing it this year.

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The Italian won the 1999 edition of Paris-Roubaix and wants to return to the race next season to challenge for another title.

The Italian who won three monuments is considering a return to the 'Hell of the North' to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his win.

Cobblestones add some much-needed excitement to the Tour de France, writes Fred Dreier.

Let’s suppose you, big Koen, were instead tiny Koen, a little climber type. Let’s suppose you were aiming for yellow in Paris. How would you feel about Sunday’s cobblestones? How would you approach them?