Welcome to this direct dedicated to the 120e edition of Paris-Roubaix.
What is it about ? From a mythical cycling event; the only French “monument” – the most prestigious one-day races on the calendar –; of the ” more beautiful “ classics for Belgian legend Eddy Merckx. With its sectors with disjointed, irregular and rutted cobblestones, it is also one of the most unpredictable meetings for the peloton. As proof: the last eleven editions have known as many different winners.
Or ? From Compiègne (Oise) to the Roubaix velodrome: 256.6 kilometers of racing including nearly 54 kilometers of cobbled sections.
At what time ? Fictitious departure at 11:10 a.m., for an official flag drop at 11:25 a.m.
On which channels? For the unencrypted broadcast, the live broadcast will start on France 3 (from 10:55 a.m. to 11:40 a.m.), followed by a hook on France 4 (from 11:35 a.m. to 12:55 p.m.), before returning to France 3 around 1 p.m. and until arrival. Eurosport 1 also broadcasts the race, live and in full, from 11 a.m.
Who is hosting this live? Valentin Moinard, Jérôme Porier and Gabriel Richalot stationed at the Austerlitz crossroads, a key point in the unpaved sector of avenue Pierre-Mendès-France.
What we probably won’t talk about? Unseen archives of “Super Mario Bros, the movie”, the slimy nanar of 1993
To read while waiting for the departure:
After the Grand Tours, the ogre Jumbo-Visma now devours the classics
The Roubaix velodrome, between myth and anachrony
Tadej Pogacar wins the solo Tour of Flanders, his fourth career “monument”
Wout van Aert offers his French teammate Christophe Laporte his first classic
Is the current generation more versatile than before?
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