The Paris-Roubaix race marks the climax of the cobbled Spring Classics season. The finale will be held on April 12-13.
This will be this year’s third Monument after Milan-San Remo and the Tour of Flanders.
While the Paris-Roubaix men’s race enters its 122nd edition, this will be the fifth of the women’s competition.
Mathieu van der Poel of the Netherlands and Lotte Kopecky of Belgium claimed victory in the men’s and women’s events, respectively last year.
Paris-Roubaix 2025: Routes
The men’s race will start in Compiègne in a course that will feature 30 cobbled sectors (all packed in the last 165km) over a total of 259.2 km before concluding in the Roubaix velodrome. The course features two new sectors (Artres, 1.3km, and Famars, 1.2km) around the 130km mark, along with a different speed-slowing section before the iconic Forest of Arenberg but remains largely unchanged from last year.
The route hasn’t changed for the women’s race from the one in 2024. It will start in Denain and finish in Roubaix after 148.5 km, with nearly 30 km (17 sectors) of cobbles, including the sections of Mons-en-Pévèle and Carrefour de l’Arbre.
Paris-Roubaix 2025: Riders To Watch
In the men’s race, two-time defending champion van der Poel starts as the favourite, as he aims to match the three titles of legends Francesco Moser and Octave Lapize.
However, Tadej Pogačar will be the centre of attraction as he makes his debut. He will be eyeing one of the two Monuments (along with Milan-San Remo) missing from his trophy cabinet.
In the women’s race, four different winners in as many editions so far will take part, making the competition wide open. Among this year’s contenders are defending champion Lotte Kopecky, Olympic medallists Chloe Dygert, and Marlen Reusser, while Dutch rider Puck Pieterse.
Paris-Roubaix 2025: Key Riders
Men’s
- Ineos Grenadiers (Filippo Ganna)
- XDS Astana Team
- Bahrain-Victorous (Matej Mohoric)
- Jayco AlUla
- Picnic PostNL
- Movistar
- Groupama-FDJ (Stefan Kung)
- Lidl-Trek (Mads Pedersen)
- Intermarché-Wanty (Biniam Girmay)
- EF Education-EasyPost
- Visma-Lease a Bike (Wout van Aert, Dylan van Baarle)
- Arké-B&B Hotels
- Alpecin-Deceuninck (Mathieu van der Poel, Jasper Phiipsen)
- Cofidis
- Soudal–Quick-Step (Tim Merlier)
- UAE Team Emirates-XRG (Tadej Pogacar)
- Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
- Decathlon AG2R Mondiale
- Lotto
- Uno-X Mobility
- Israel-Premier Tech
- Q36.5 Cycling Team
- Team TotalEnergies
- Tudor Pro Cycling
- Unibet Tietema Rockets
Women’s
- FDJ-Suez
- Lidl-Trek
- Movistar (Marlen Reusser, Cat Ferguson)
- Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto (Chloe Dygert)
- AG Insurance-Soudal Team
- Visma-Lease a Bike (Marianne Vos)
- SD Worx-Protime (Lotte Kopecky, Lorena Wiebes)
- Winspace Orange Seal
- Ceratizit Pro Cycling
- Fenix-Deceuninck (Puck Pieterse)
- Human Powered Health
- Liv AlUla Jayco
- Roland
- Picnic PostNL
- UAE Team ADQ
- Uno-X Mobility
- Akéa-B&B Hotels
- Cofidis Women Team
- EF Education-Oatly
- St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93
- VolkerWessels Women’s Pro Cycling
- DD Group Pro Cycling
- Lotto Ladies
- Team Coop-Repsol
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Paris Roubaix 2025: Start time and schedule
All times Central European Summer Time / CEST (GMT+2).
Saturday 12 April
- 13:10 – Start Women race
- 16:58 – Expected Finish (39km/h average)
Sunday 13 April
- 11:10 – Start Men race
- 17:18 – Expected Finish (44km/h average)
Paris-Roubaix 2025: How to watch live
Both the men’s and women’s Paris-Roubaix will be broadcast on a variety of international channels and streaming platforms. Some are given below:
| Country | TV Coverage | Streaming |
| Australia | SBS Viceland | SBS On Demand |
| France | France 3 | FranceTV |
| Belgium (Flemish) | VRT1 | VRT Max, Sporza.be |
| Belgium (French) | RTBF | Auvio |
| Italy | RAI 2 (Women), RAI Sport (Men) | RAI Play |
| Netherlands | NOS | NPO Start |
| Spain | Teledeporte | RTVE Play |
