{"id":592520,"date":"2026-04-09T13:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/592520\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:08:13","slug":"paris-roubaix-femmes-2026-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/592520\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Roubaix Femmes 2026 Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paris-Roubaix Femmes<\/a> was one of the few races that still held the women’s race on the Saturday, something that changes this year. Just like the men, the women’s peloton will take on the cobbles of northern France on Sunday. IDL Pro Cycling brings you up to speed on everything you need to know.The Hell of the North is relatively new for the women. 2026 we will see only the sixth edition of the race. Lizzie Deignan was the first winner of Paris-Roubaix<\/a> Femmes in 2021, after which big names such as Elisa Longo Borghini<\/a> and Lotte Kopecky<\/a> have won the race.Last year it was the rock-solid Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot<\/a> who struck gold. The Frenchwoman from Visma | Lease a Bike<\/a> crashed, got back on, broke away and soloed<\/a> to the line. We are looking for a successor to Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot this year \u2014 or are we?Practical information Paris-Roubaix women 2026Sunday, April 12, 2026, 2:45pmClassification: WorldTour<\/p>\n

In this article<\/p>\n

Latest winnersCourse, weather and timesFavoritesTV informationLatest winners Paris-Roubaix women<\/p>\n

2025 Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot<\/p>\n

2024 Lotte Kopecky<\/a>
2023 Alison Jackson
2022 Elisa Longo Borghini
2021 Lizzie Deignan<\/p>\n

Course, weather and times Paris-Roubaix Femmes 2026The organisation has shaved five kilometres off the route<\/a> compared to last year, with the riders facing 143 kilometres on Sunday. We still start in Denain, known from the GP Denain, also referred to as the ‘mini-Roubaix’. As the riders are by now accustomed to, we will first head in a southerly direction.<\/p>\n

Where there were seventeen last year, the organisation now presents twenty cobbled sectors. Totalling just under 30 kilometres, the two-star sector from Solesmes to Haussy is the first. The women again face two five-star sectors, namely Mons-en-P\u00e9v\u00e8le and the Carrefour de l’Arbre, at 48 and 17 kilometres from the finish respectively.<\/p>\n

The finale is virtually identical to the men’s race and so the short cobbled sector in Roubaix is the last difficulty of the day. After that, the V\u00e9lodrome Andr\u00e9-P\u00e9trieux and finish line soon looms.<\/p>\n

\"Parijs-Roubaix-vrouwen-parcours\"\/<\/p>\n

Cobbled Sectors<\/p>\n

\"kasseistroken-parijs-roubaix-vrouwen\"\/<\/p>\n

Weather
It will be warm all week, from Denain to Roubaix. Temperatures above 20 degrees should leave the course completely dry. However, on Sunday the mercury will drop considerably, to around 11 degrees.<\/p>\n

Times
Start: 2:45 p.m.
Finish: approximately 6:20 p.m.<\/p>\n

Favorites Paris-Roubaix 2026<\/p>\n

Please note: the start list is not yet official, so changes may still follow.<\/p>\n

In terms of depth, SD Worx-Protime<\/a> appears, as is often the case in the women’s peloton, to bring the strongest team to the start. Both Lorena Wiebes<\/a> and former winner Lotte Kopecky will line up on Sunday, with Blanka Vas in support.<\/p>\n

While SD Worx may be stacked, UAE Team ADQ will also be a force to be reckoned with. The team from the Emirates boasts the 2022 winner Elisa Longo Borghini, as welll as the strong sprint card of Lara Gillespie.<\/p>\n

Defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot has announced her participation at Paris-Roubaix via the team website<\/a>, even though it was not originally on her schedule. With a second place in the Tour of Flanders she showed that she is in excellent form.Visma | Lease a Bike<\/a> are also bolstered by the return for Marianne Vos<\/a>. The Dutchwoman skipped the Tour of Flanders after the death of her father, but seems ready to get back to racing. ‘This week, I\u2019ve tried to get back to normal life again, and of course the bike is an important part of that,’ she said on the Visma website.\"lotte-kopecky<\/p>\n

Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) is another big name on the start list, finishing ninth last year. 2025 runner-up Letizia Borghesi (AG Insurance-Soudal), then racing for EF, also looks to go one better this year. She will be supported by Belgian Shari Bossuyt, who has recorded some strong results this year.<\/p>\n

No Demi Vollering this time at FDJ-SUEZ, and so the team is counting on Elise Chabbey on Sunday. She finished seventh last year and showed incredible strength to win Strade Bianche this year. The French team can also count on Franziska Koch. The German champion finished fifth in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad this year and third in the Strade Bianche.<\/p>\n

Movistar is counting on the talented Cat Ferguson, who will be pushing for a better result after failing to finish on her debut last year. And keep an eye on Linda Zanetti (Uno-X), who is always capable of a good result in the spring.<\/p>\n

Who are the favorites for Paris-Roubaix Femmes 2026?Top favorites: Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) and Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Outsiders: Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) , Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek), Marianne Vos (Visma | Lease a Bike) and Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE team ADQ)<\/p>\n

Longshots: Lara Gillespie (UAE Team ADQ), Letizia Borghesi, Shari Bossuyt (both AG Insurance-Soudal), Elise Chabbey, Franziska Koch (both FDJ-Suez), Cat Ferguson (Movistar) and Linda Zanetti (Uno-X)<\/p>\n

TV Paris-Roubaix Femmes 2026<\/p>\n

This year the women will race on the same day as the men, which comes at the expense of TV airtime.<\/p>\n

Below you can find where to watch Paris Roubaix Femmes in English by country<\/p>\n

United Kingdom<\/p>\n

HBO Max now carries all of the UK cycling coverage. Live footage will be shown after the men’s race finishes<\/p>\n

United States of America<\/p>\n

You will need a subscription to Peacock to watch the racing in the USA. coverage start times depend on time zone.<\/p>\n

Canada<\/p>\n

FloBikes carries the stream for Canadian fans. Again you will need a subscription, and times vary depending on location.<\/p>\n

Australia<\/p>\n

Australian fans can watch both the men’s and women’s races for free on SBS on Demand.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paris-Roubaix Femmes was one of the few races that still held the women’s race on the Saturday, something…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,187797,25419,19490,21277,58563,19492,143735,82,10761],"class_list":{"0":"post-592520","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-elisa-longo-borghini","12":"tag-lorena-wiebes","13":"tag-lotte-kopecky","14":"tag-marianne-vos","15":"tag-paris-roubaix","16":"tag-pauline-ferrand-prevot","17":"tag-sd-worx-protime","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-visma-lease-a-bike"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}