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2020 Paris-Roubaix, Features, Photo galleries, Rides - October 27, 2020

What you missed at the Paris-Roubaix that never happened

There’s no race as ardently mythologised as Paris-Roubaix. Raced through the working-class heartland of France on narrow farming roads and rough sectors of cobbles, the Hell of the North has run for 117 editions, interrupted only by world wars and, this year, coronavirus. With France suffering through an escalating second wave of COVID-19 and the …

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Paris-Roubaix 101: The history and tech of the Hell of the North

I think we all must be feeling it. A terrible weight in the base of your stomach, that cold feeling that rushes through you, the disappointment that smacks you like a cobble to the face. Yeah, there’s no Paris-Roubaix this year, and it’s just a tiny bit upsetting. Just take a look at the site, …

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2020 Paris-Roubaix, Features, News, Racing - October 9, 2020

Paris-Roubaix has been cancelled

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Paris-Roubaix has been cancelled. The 118th edition of the iconic race was due to have its first women’s version this season, and was scheduled for October 25. Due to the worsening COVID-19 situation in the region around Lille, close to the finish in Roubaix, the French regional and national authorities have requested the cancellation of …

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The classics are coming: A Paris-Roubaix recon gallery

It’s been so long since we last saw the world’s best bike racers duke it out. Paris-Nice was the last race of note, way back in mid March. Since then it’s been months of waiting for lockdown restrictions to end and for racing to start back up again. Now, finally, racing is just around the …

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Roubaix, Liège, and Flèche Wallonne postponed

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The ASO has announced that Paris-Roubaix, La Flèche Wallonne, and Liège-Bastogne-Liège will all be postponed “as part of the fight against the spread of coronavirus.” The one-day races join a growing list of events that will not take place as initially planned due to the pandemic. Most of this year’s Spring Classics have now called …

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