Overview
- Van Aert outsprinted Pogacar in the Roubaix Velodrome on Sunday to take the men's title, with Jasper Stuyven third and Mathieu van der Poel fourth.
- On a 258.3 km route with 30 cobbled sectors adding up to 54.8 km, the pair broke away about 50 km from the finish and held off the chase.
- Mechanical problems steered the outcome, as Pogacar punctured about 120 km from home and swapped bikes twice and van der Poel suffered two front-wheel defects in the Forest of Arenberg and lost more than two minutes.
- Van Aert dedicated his win to Michael Goolaerts, a former team-mate who died during Paris–Roubaix in 2018, calling the victory a long-sought tribute.
- In the women's race run the same day, Germany's Franziska Koch won a surprise sprint in the Velodrome over Marianne Vos, with Pauline Ferrand-Prévot third.