2025 Paris–Roubaix
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The 2025 Paris–Roubaix was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 13 April 2025 in France. It was the 122nd edition of Paris–Roubaix and the 16th event of the 2025 UCI World Tour.
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| Dates | 13 April 2025 | ||||||||||||
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| Distance | 259.2 km (161.1 mi) | ||||||||||||
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The race was won by Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel of Alpecin–Deceuninck for the third year in succession, after a battle with world champion Tadej Pogačar. The two riders were alone out front until they both went into a corner too fast. Pogacar crashed while Van der Poel just made it round.[1] Tadej Pogačar was further hampered by having to change his bike twice after the crash. Drama was heightened when Van Der Poel was hit in the face by a full water bottle thrown by a member of the crowd[2] and then needing to change his bike due to a puncture on the Carrefour de L'Arbre secteur. Ultimately neither slowed him enough to enable a tiring Pogacar to catch him and thus became the eighth rider to win the race three times,[3] and the third rider to win three times in succession after Octave Lapize in the early 1900s and Francesco Moser in the late 1970s.
Route
Starting in Compiègne, the race finished on the velodrome in Roubaix after covering 259.2 kilometres (161.1 mi), with 55.3 kilometres (34.4 mi) of cobblestones spread out over 30 sectors.[4] A "small detour" before the entrance of the Trouée d'Arenberg sector (with the objective of slowing the speed of riders and improving safety) replaced the chicane used in the 2024 edition.[4]
Teams
All eighteen UCI WorldTeams and seven UCI ProTeams took part in the race.[5]
UCI WorldTeams
- Alpecin–Deceuninck
- Arkéa–B&B Hotels
- Cofidis
- Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
- EF Education–EasyPost
- Groupama–FDJ
- Ineos Grenadiers
- Intermarché–Wanty
- Lidl–Trek
- Movistar Team
- Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe
- Soudal–Quick-Step
- Team Bahrain Victorious
- Team Jayco–AlUla
- Team Picnic PostNL
- UAE Team Emirates XRG
- Visma–Lease a Bike
- XDS Astana Team
UCI ProTeams
Race summary
Summarize
Perspective
In March 2025, world champion Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) announced he would take part in Paris–Roubaix for the first time.[6] Pogačar had previously raced the junior editions of Paris–Roubaix in 2015 and 2016.[7] The last time a reigning Tour de France winner took part in Paris–Roubaix was in 1991 (Greg LeMond), and the last time Paris–Roubaix was won by the reigning Tour de France winner was in 1973 (Eddy Merckx).[8]
Prior to the race, media considered that 2023 and 2024 winner Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin–Deceuninck) was favourite for the win,[9][10] with Cycling News noting that he had "a new challenge in the form of Tadej Pogačar".[9] Other contenders included Mads Pedersen (Lidl–Trek), Wout van Aert (Visma–Lease a Bike), Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) and Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin–Deceuninck).[10]
A total of 175 riders started at Compiègne, of which 58 did not complete the course to Roubaix Velodrome, with 5 finishing outside the time limit. The race was marked by decisive attacks by van der Poel, Pogačar and Pedersen. Of note, Pogačar crashed in sector 9 of pavé with 38 km (24 mi) left, eventually had to change his bicycle and lost contact with van der Poel. Despite puncturing late in the race, van der Poel won for a third consecutive time, with Pogačar 2nd and Pedersen 3rd, thus becoming the third cyclist to achieve this feat.[11][12][13]
Following the race, Pogačar stated that the race "was one of the most difficult races of my career".[14] During the race, a spectator threw a water bottle at van der Poel, striking him in the face. Van der Poel expressed anger following the race, calling the incident "attempted manslaughter" and stating that it is "something we have to take legal action against".[15] The spectator's behaviour was condemned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), as well as by the riders union and other groups.[16] The UCI and van der Poel's team Alpecin–Deceuninck both stated they wished the spectator would be punished for their actions.[16] A man handed himself in to West Flanders police on the following Monday.[17]
Result
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 |  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) |
Alpecin–Deceuninck | 5h 31' 27" |
| 2 |  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) |
UAE Team Emirates XRG | + 1' 18" |
| 3 |  Mads Pedersen (DEN) |
Lidl–Trek | + 2' 11" |
| 4 |  Wout van Aert (BEL) |
Visma–Lease a Bike | + 2' 11" |
| 5 | Florian Vermeersch (BEL) |
UAE Team Emirates XRG | + 2' 11" |
| 6 |  Jonas Rutsch (GER) |
Intermarché–Wanty | + 3' 46" |
| 7 |  Stefan Bissegger (SUI) |
Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale | + 3' 46" |
| 8 |  Markus Hoelgaard (NOR) |
Uno-X Mobility | + 3' 46" |
| 9 |  Fred Wright (GBR) |
Team Bahrain Victorious | + 4' 35" |
| 10 | Laurenz Rex (BEL) |
Intermarché–Wanty | + 4' 36" |
References
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