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Paris-Roubaix 2026

🇫🇷Sunday, April 12, 2026

1 elite races
Race Day WeatherFrance
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15° / 7°C

Partly cloudy

Rain

0 mm

Wind

9 km/h

Good racing conditions — 15°C and dry with light winds.

Race Profile

Distance

257km

Elevation

1,600m

Cobble sectors

29

First edition

1896

Surface

Road + cobblestones (pavé)

Hell of the North. The hardest cobbled race in the world — 29 sectors of medieval pavé where bike handling, power, and luck all matter equally. The Arenberg trench (5-star sector) at 100km to go sets the selection; the Carrefour de l'Arbre with 17km left decides the winner.

  • 29 cobble sectors (55km total)
  • Carrefour de l'Arbre (5 stars, 2.1km)
  • Trouée d'Arenberg (5 stars, 2.3km)
  • Forest of Arenberg danger zone
  • Velodrome finish in Roubaix

Recent winners

2025Mathieu van der PoelAlpecin-Deceuninck
2025Mathieu van der PoelAlpecin-Deceuninck
2024Mathieu van der PoelAlpecin-Deceuninck
2023Mathieu van der PoelAlpecin-Deceuninck
2022Dylan van BaarleIneos Grenadiers
2021Sonny ColbrelliBahrain Victorious