Every single year, Paris-Roubaix delivers a race that we could talk about for hours, days even – far longer than the cumulative nine and a half hours the men’s and women’s pelotons spent on the roads of northern France on Sunday afternoon.
It’s a cliché, but every single rider who finishes, and every one who doesn’t, has their own story at Roubaix. It’s a brutal, challenging day out for every man and women, whether they finish first or 101st.
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The Roubaix roar – Patrick (Deputy Editor)
Patrick was on the ground, reporting on his first Roubaix since 2016.
The Roubaix roar is surely one of the most electrifying sounds in professional cycling, if not all of sport.
It had been 10 years since I’d last heard it, a full decade since I’d last stepped foot in the middle of the iconic outdoor velodrome that hosts the finish of Paris-Roubaix. On that day, Tom Boonen swung onto the track in the company of Mat Hayman – a race of the ages, and a roar for the ages.
Road races usually take place in straight lines. You might get huge crowds but what’s unique about the Roubaix velodrome is that it’s a 360-degree arena – a circle of noise surrounding the action. Like with the…
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