It’s the most brutal race of the year – 29.2km of the worst cobbles northern France has to offer, over 17 agonising sectors, starting in Denain and finishing in the iconic Roubaix velodrome. For the men, it’s referred to as a Sunday in Hell, but for us, hell comes a day early.
I have raced all four Paris-Roubaix Femmes, each with very different