'Fewer minutes but more eyeballs' – ASO race director defends reduction in women's Paris-Roubaix broadcast and his 'moron' comments on Rockets boss Bas Tietema

The elite women's peloton, Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, racing on a sunny day at the 2025 Paris-Roubaix Femmes.

Paris-Roubaix race director Thierry Gouvenou has defended the decision to reduce the level of broadcast coverage of the women’s race this year, amid criticism from the women’s peloton.

For the first time since its inception in 2021, Paris-Roubaix Femmes is taking place on the same day as the men’s race, with the women's race finishing roughly an hour and a half later today.