Wout van Aert finally added a cobbled monument to his palmares this year when he beat Tadej Pogačar to victory in the Roubaix velodrome. Van Aert's team meat Marianne Vos almost made it two out of two for Visma-Lease a Bike a few hours later, but was pipped to the line by FDJ Suez's Franziska Koch in what was a surprise win .
2026 brought both men's and women's races together on the same day for the first time; done for security and financial reasons, according to the race organisers ASO. However it resulted in less TV coverage for the women's race.
