“Paris-Roubaix is a horrible race to ride but the most beautiful one to win,” Sean Kelly said of the Sunday in Hell and we’re not going to argue with him. Who has never been grateful for watching this classic on TV instead of riding out there in the mud and rain? The race has such a unique mix of breath-taking action and unpredictability that it feels like it belongs to an entirely different era of cycling. And with its long heritage going as far back as 1896, it may very well be true. That is the thing that makes it so interesting though and the photos below prove it.
