Sun 13 April 2025 (men's), Sat 12 April 2025 (women's)
Total distance
259.2km (men's), 148.5km (women's)
Start location
Compiègne, France (men's), Denain, France (women's)
Finish location
Roubaix, France
UCI ranking
WorldTour
Edition
122nd (men's), 5th (women's)
Cobbles
30 sectors (men's), 17 sectors (women's)
Last winner
Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) (men's), Lotte Kopecky (Bel) (women's)
TV coverage (UK)
Eurosport/discovery+
TV coverage (US)
TBC
Paris-Roubaix 2025 will be held on 13 April, with the women's race held on 12 April.
One of the oldest, most prestigious, and most popular races on the calendar, the 'Hell of the North' – or 'Queen of the Classics' if you prefer – can be in turn dusty and dry, or wet and muddy, but it is always a spectacle. The race is infamous for its pavé, or cobbled, sections and incredibly difficult conditions.
The men's race has not started in the French capital of Paris for some time, but rather a few miles north in the town of Compiègne. From there, the riders will embark on a gruelling ride to Roubaix. The women start at Denain, which is roughly south of Roubaix and the winding parcours takes in many of the famous sectors.
The finish is a unique one, with the riders coming onto Roubaix's outdoor velodrome to do a lap and a half to the line. Signifying the end of the Northern cobbled Classics, its finale being in the iconic Roubaix velodrome on the Belgian border only adds to the show.
This will be the fifth edition of the women's race – the Paris-Roubaix Femmes – which was won last year by Belgian Lotte Kopecky of SD Worx-Protime.
Mathieu van der Poel won back-to-back editions, sealing victory in 2024 with an audacious 60km solo attack, the longest successful solo move of the 21st century. The 2024 race also saw the first time that both men's and women's rainbow jerseys lifted the prestigious cobblestone trophy.
Paris-Roubaix 2025 doesn't differ hugely from the 2024 edition: the men's route has one additional cobbled sector compared to last year's, bringing the total to 30. One of the early sectors has been binned, and two have been added around Quérénaing: a 1.3km sector at Artres and a 1.2km sector at Famars, both shortly after the 130km mark.
The major change is just before the Trouée d’Arenberg, which raised eyebrows and made headlines in 2024 when a chicane was introduced on the approach to the sector for safety reasons. The highly controversial chicane has been replaced this year with "a small detour" along the Arenberg mining site, according to the organisers, which packs in four right-angle corners into the kilometre just before the cobbles.
The women's route is unchanged from last year's: 148.5km from Denain to the famous Roubaix velodrome, featuring 17 cobbled sectors - the last 17 on the men's route - including the challenging sections of Mons-en-Pévèle and Carrefour de l’Arbre. In total, the women will tackle 29.2km of cobbles, although once again the Arenberg doesn't make the cut - the infamous sector has never featured in the women's race.
