This year’s version of the so-called Hell of the North, the Paris-Roubaix, proved yet again how exciting (because dangerous and unpredictable) a one-day bike race can be, especially if there are lots of cobblestones to traverse.
The second edition of Paris-Roubaix Femmes went down yesterday, on April 16th, and saw Italian champion Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) crowned second-ever Queen of the Cobbles. She launched a solo attack on the Templeuve cobblestone sector with 34 kilometres to go and took the title…
The race director of Paris-Roubaix Thierry Gouvenou went on his traditional reconnaissance ahead of the famed Classic. To his surprise, he found the rough cobblestone farm roads in surprisingly good condition. ASO even went on to strip one star of difficulty from the 2022 Paris-Roubaix.
