With Classics season around the corner and routes for the major races starting to be announced, wildcards for the spring races are also getting unveiled.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, the new-look routes for the 2026 men’s Paris-Roubaix<\/a> and Paris-Roubaix Femmes<\/a> were revealed by organisers ASO alongside the list of teams invited to both races.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The pair of races will feature the full complement of men’s WorldTour and Women’s WorldTour teams \u2013 18 and 14, respectively. Seven second-division ProTeams received invites to the Hell of the North, too.<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n In the men’s race, there’s a first invite for the US squad, Modern Adventure Pro Cycling<\/a>, who add the Queen of the Classics to invitations to Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, the Ename Samyn Classic, and Nokere Koerse, as well as other WorldTour events in the UAE Tour and Volta a Catalunya.<\/p>\n The team is managed by one-time US Roubaix hope, George Hincapie, who finished in the top 10 seven times during his career, including a second place in 2005.<\/p>\n Hincapie posted on his Instagram story<\/a>, “Over the moon excited with Modern Adventure Pro Cycling’s Paris-Roubaix invite!! Thank you ASO!”, while the team posted a throwback video of him imparting advice about the race during his racing days.<\/p>\n “Having the opportunity to race Paris-Roubaix in our first season as a professional team is both unique and hugely exciting. It’s a race that’s close to my heart, one I have great memories of as a rider and now, together, we get to experience this from a whole new angle,” Hincapie said in a team release.<\/p>\n \u201cIt’ll also be a great opportunity to showcase the strength of our equipment partners on the biggest stage. It’ll be a big test for all the team, but we’ll continue to approach it with diligent preparation and as a collective unit. Once again, we thank the ASO for their belief in our mission as a team and for giving us this opportunity.”<\/p>\n French squads Cofidis, TotalEnergies, and, for a second time, Unibet Rose Rockets, also get invitations. Filling out the men’s team lineup are Swiss squads Pinarello-Q36.5<\/a> and Tudor, plus Belgian team Flanders-Baloise.<\/p>\n Over in the women’s peloton, the top-level squads will be joined by a quartet of home invitees \u2013 Cofidis, Mayenne Monbana My Pie, Ma Petit Enterprise, and St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93, who boast former race winner Alison Jackson<\/a> among their ranks in 2026.<\/p>\n Representatives from Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands \u2013 Laboral Kutxa-Fundaci\u00f3n Euskadi, Lotto-Intermarch\u00e9, and Volkerwessels \u2013 round out the selection for the women’s race.<\/p>\n