The chicane added to the entrance of Paris-Roubaix’s Trouée d’Arenberg last year will not return this April, and will instead be replaced by a “small detour”, it was confirmed on Wednesday.
The peloton-slowing measure was introduced in 2024 in response to concerns about the bunch’s speed into the forested sector, which previously exceeded 60km/h. The chicane stopped riders from barrelling straight onto the cobbles, forcing them to brake and follow a large bend in the road beforehand.
