The Hell of the North. The Queen of the Classics. First held in 1896, Paris-Roubaix is without question the hardest, most brutal one-day road race in the world. Starting from Compiègne just north of Paris and heading to Roubaix in northern France, the route tackles a number of cobblestone sectors in the latter half of its roughly 280km distance. The pavé sectors make or break many a riders’ race, most often the latter.
Teammates for six seasons and classics winners both, but Mads Pedersen and Jasper Stuyven have yet to go into the northern classics with both of them at their best. Is that set to change?
Coloradan racer stuck with seventh after all-aggressive race on the Tuscan gravel.
Ranking the spring’s biggest classics: Tuscany’s dirt-road throwdown sits second only to the cobblestone carnage of Paris-Roubaix.
Israel-Premier Tech rider finished off 2021 in a flourish, winning the national title and posting Canada's best Paris-Roubaix finish in a generation.
Czech superstar will skip Strade Bianche and try to hit form when it counts during the spring classics.
'It was easy to decide to retire:' Belgian star isn't feeling nostalgic yet, and brings big ambitions into his 20th and final season in the pro peloton.
Peter van Petegem maybe wasn't one of the biggest winners in his era, but he was always a player in the spring classics, winning Omloop a record-tying three times.
What Belgium's 'opening weekend' can tell us, and why the results sheet isn't always the best barometer of classics success.
Belgian superstar hopes to rediscover his winning legs just in time for a renewed assault on spring classics.
Van Aert puts Paris-Roubaix at the center of spring with intention to peak late for cobblestone classic.
Peter Sagan will begin a new chapter Friday when he debuts in TotalEnergies team colors.
Danish dynamo has started the season on a tear as he goes on a mission to right the wrongs of last spring.
Olympic and world champion set for debuts at Paris-Nice and the Tour de France as he targets Paris-Roubaix and the Hour Record.
Will big watts be enough for Ganna to take on monuments?
The unique-looking, mid-depth wheel is designed for the punishing cobbles of the ‘Hell of the North.’
Organizers confirm the 24 women's and 25 men's teams set to clatter over the cobbles this April.
French law requires all athletes to provide proof of vaccination.
Sicilian veteran to race all five monuments, Giro d'Italia and Tour de France in first season back with Astana-Qazaqstan.
Wout van Aert will skip the CX worlds in Fayetteville and Strade Bianche as he aims to be fresher for key classics races.
Van Aert closed out his 'cross season with nine wins from 10 and the Belgian title, setting home hype to warp-speed for cobbled classics.
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Danish star shrugs off reported widespread use of ketones in the peloton, and confirms he will not defend Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne title in 2022.
France's national elections are pushing back the 'Hell of the North' by an extra week in 2022 — how much of a difference will it make on race day? We asked the pros.
Paris-Roubaix and Tour of Flanders are still on the table for the Italian as he plans out his 2022 season.
The 2021 season delivered some big moments, including Julian Alaphilippe's second world title, a wet Paris-Roubaix, and a dominant Tadej Pogačar in yellow.
All-terrain ace sketches out ambitious 2022 race program in journey toward triple world title bid.
You could fill a book with all the drama and action from the 2021 season, but VeloNews has picked just seven moments. Which moments made the cut?
Double world champion prioritizes monuments for second-half of career, pushes back against pressure to race GC at Tour de France.
The Belgian has come as close as anyone in the modern era to completing the monument sweep, and will have one last shot at Milano-Sanremo in his final season as a pro.
Bust or boom? Peter Sagan brings his familiar entourage with him in a high-profile transfer that will define his next chapter — our editors debate his prospects.
The finish order of the riders in the Hell of the North mirrored the finish order of their tires in our rolling resistance test.
The big Swiss time machine won just about everything, and his long-running rivalry with Tom Boonen ushered in a new generation of fans into the cobblestone classics.
‘Sometimes I just put my head down, closed my eyes and hoped for the best:’ Aussie veteran recounts the mayhem of an unforgettable muddy Roubaix.
Sicilian veteran looks to expand ambitions in what could be final pro season, discusses struggles adapting to life at Trek-Segafredo.
Haussler returns to CX to add spring to his 2022 ambitions: ‘You need to train harder and harder to keep up with riders that are basically little kids’
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What does it take to make Roubaix veteran Haussler a little emotional? A top-10 at his favorite race and having teammate Sonny Colbrelli score the win, that's what.
The worlds-Paris-Roubaix combination delivered absolutely thrilling racing — should cycling consider keeping it that way?
Paris-Roubaix served up quite a few exciting tech talking points. Shoddy Dave walked the pits in Compiègne.
Digging into the Paris-Roubaix dirt.
How were Van der Poel's feet so very clean, when he was so very not?
Pro racer, history student and town council member — how Florian Vermeersch nearly won Paris-Roubaix.
Our first-ever tech video from the first-ever women's Paris-Roubaix.
We dive into the power numbers of Florian Vermeersch and Matteo Jorgenson at the 2021 Paris-Roubaix.
Paris-Roubaix builds idols, sometimes out of nothing, sometimes chiseled from the already great
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For the first time in nearly two decades, racers encountered wet roads en route from Paris to the Roubaix velodrome.
Dutch star went down swinging with trademark panache, but ran into a faster and stronger Sonny Colbrelli in his Paris-Roubaix debut.
After an almost two-decade wait, the men's peloton got a taste of riding a wet Paris-Roubaix. We asked Matteo Jorgenson, Mikkel Bjerg, Zdeněk Štybar, and more, what it was like.
A ramble on Paris-Roubaix's big weekend: Was a wet Roubaix a good Roubaix? How to handle Gianni Moscon? And give us more retro kits please.
After breaking his elbow a month ago, whether Docker could even start his 10th and final Paris-Roubaix was not assured.
Paris-Roubaix runner-up Florian Vermeersch seems to have a lot in common with Tom Boonen, but he’s determined to focus on his own path.
After getting into the breakaway at his debut Paris-Roubaix, Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) finished strong despite an ill-timed "number two".
903 days after it was last raced, the 118th edition of Paris-Roubaix ended in victory for Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Victorious) in his debut.
Heinrich Haussler dubs his teammate a 'f***ing beast' after Italian tops stellar summer with monument win.
The American had to stop twice for a 'nature break' after developing stomach problems mid-race. He also crashed in training the day before.
Here's what Florian Vermeersch, Gianni Moscon and Wout van Aert said after Sunday's thrilling edition of Paris-Roubaix.
Florian Vermeersch kicks to second and Mathieu van der Poel rounded out podium in thrilling three-up sprint.
Two Treks and a Cervelo filled the podium at Paris-Roubaix Femmes. We get a before and after look at the bikes.
Happy stories and sad stories. Dreams realised and dreams dashed. Life in microcosm.
Check here throughout the race for updates of key moments in the 118th edition of the 'Hell of the North'
Heavy rain through Saturday night and into Sunday morning will see the peloton take on 55 kilometers of mud-sodden pavé.
Bye bye tubular tyres. Is this the end for tubulars now that tubeless has a Roubaix win?
Deignan made history winning the first Paris-Roubaix Femmes, and her solo move was the best way to tackle such an unpredictable day.
Deignan becomes the first woman and the first Brit ever to win Paris-Roubaix after leading the race from 82 km to go.
Docker will retire after riding Roubaix one last time Sunday. The Aussie veteran knows that 'Hell' awaits him, but he wouldn't have it any other way.
Teniel Campbell is winding down her first season in the WorldTour, and on Saturday, she will race the inaugural Paris-Roubaix Femmes.
Elisa Balsamo's new custom painted Cannondale SuperSix Evo with rainbow bands, and Ultegra groupset.
Wout van Aert, Mathieu van der Poel, and plenty of other big names will be in action on the pavé on Sunday.
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Women from Trek-Segafredo, Liv Racing, Movistar Team, Jumbo-Visma, and other teams discuss the significance of the first Paris-Roubaix Femmes.
Paris-Roubaix is James Startt's favorite race in the world, as it is capable of packing all of the action of the three-week Tour de France into a six-hour race.
Follow along with Trek-Segafredo, Movistar, and Liv Racing as they prepare for the first-ever women's Paris-Roubaix.
Here's the latest on team selections and updates for Paris-Roubaix Femmes and Paris-Roubaix this weekend.
Men's and women's teams anticipate mayhem this Paris-Roubaix weekend after carrying out initial recons of muck-slicked cobblestones.
On the eve of the first Paris-Roubaix Femmes, Gracie Elvin writes about why this race carries such symbolic weight.
Veteran greats Sagan, Gilbert, Van Avermaet face-off against new cobblestone kings this weekend – can the old guard unseat the pups of the pavé?
Peter Sagan will once again ride Dura-Ace mechanical at Paris-Roubaix. Has he lost his marbles?