4 weeks ago by Oskar Scarsbrook

Gallery: Roubaix calling

The calm before Paris-Roubaix Femmes

Beneath iron skies, Paris-Roubaix Femmes unfolds as a brutal pageant of speed and survival. Riders clash with ancient cobbles, enduring mud, crashes, and savage blowouts. Defiance and dust, where legends are carved through suffering, and every hard-won metre echoes with history, courage, and relentless, unyielding resolve.

Tomorrow, Katia Ragusa, Lily Williams, Kathrin Schweinberger, Maggie Coles-Lyster and debutants Wiktoria Pikulik and Jente Koops will enter that unruly ampitheter of cobbles, grit and sweat.

 

Cobbles from Verge Sport

 

This is your final chance to win a Verge 2026 Classics Collection kit—and get 25% off just for signing up.

Verge, our official apparel partner, is giving away 5 complete kits, and everyone who enters receives a 25% discount.

Each design draws inspiration from the colors of our team, combining performance with a distinctive race-day aesthetic, with ‘Cobbles’ celebrating Sunday’s race. 

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