Overview
- The 123rd Paris-Roubaix rolls Sunday with Tadej Pogacar targeting the only Monument missing from his résumé and Mathieu van der Poel seeking a fourth Roubaix win after three straight titles.
- Organizers grouped five early pavé sectors to spark action sooner on the 258.3 km route from Compiègne to the Roubaix Velodrome, which includes about 54.8 km of cobblestones across 30 sectors.
- Rough, uneven stones reward power and bike handling over climbing skill, so positioning and luck loom large for lighter riders like Pogacar against cobbled specialists such as van der Poel, Wout van Aert and Mads Pedersen.
- The race carries new official naming as Paris-Roubaix Hauts-de-France, and fans in the United States can stream live coverage on Peacock rather than traditional TV.
- Paris-Roubaix Femmes holds its sixth edition on Sunday on a 143 km Denain-to-Roubaix course with 20 cobbled sectors that exclude the famed Arenberg, with start time set after the men’s race.