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Patrick Fletcher

Reflections and highlights from Paris-Roubaix – What we witnessed and felt on the ground and at home

Composite image of Wout van Aert and Franziska Koch, both on the Paris-Roubaix 2026 podium holding cobblestone trophies.

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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