The 2020 edition of Paris-Roubaix is going to be raced on Sunday, October 25 after it was postponed due to the global pandemic.
There will be 25 teams taking part, with six wildcard teams included in that. The wildcard teams are Nippo Delko Provence, Total Direct Energie, Team Arkéa-Samsic, B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM, Alpecin - Fenix and Circus - Wanty-Gobert.
There is a lot of excitement with this race as it will see the debut of Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin - Fenix), who will no doubt be one of the main favourites.
Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) will be his main challenge in the first showdown between the two cyclo-cross stars since Milan-San Remo.
Sep Vanmarke (EF Pro Cycling) and Oliver Naesen (AG2R - La Mondiale), Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck - Quick-Step) and Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) are just some of the names down to take to the start line in Compiègne.
The biggest and most notable absence is 2018 winner, Peter Sagan (Bora - Hansgrohe), who is keeping his word and riding the Giro d'Italia, which along with La Vuelta a España, overlaps the race.
This year also sees the first ever women's Paris-Roubaix. This has been pushed for over many years, especially as the female peloton already has the Tour of Flanders, amongst other classics, in the calendar.
Ellen Van Dyck (Trek-Segafredo) and Anna van der Breggen (Boels-Dolmans) are early favourites, this may change as the start list is put out.
You would imagine that Marianne Vos' CCC-Liv team will be there in full force, with the Dutch woman leading the charge to the velodrome. They have yet to announce who is dow to ride for them though.
Annemiek van Vleuten will always be an interesting rider to watch as well as the European champion looks to get back to winning ways.
Paris-Roubaix 2020 men's race start list
Bora-Hansgrohe
SCHACHMANN Max
OSS Daniel
DRUCKER Jempy
Total - Direct Energie
TERPSTRA Niki
VAN GESTEL Dries
TURGIS Anthony
EF Pro Cycling
VANMARCKE Sep
BETTIOL Alberto
LANGEVELD Sebastian
KEUKELEIRE Jens
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
LAPORTE Christophe
CLAEYS Dimitri
ALLEGAERTS Piet
Arkéa - Samsic
BARGUIL Warren
DECLERCQ Benjamin
Alpecin - Fenix
VAN DER POEL Mathieu
MERLIER Tim
DE BONDT Dries
VERMEERCH Gianni
UAE Team Emirates
KRISTOFF Alexander
MARCATO Marco
PHILIPSEN Jasper
BYSTRØM Sven Erik
Circus - Wanty - Gobert
Bahrain-McLaren
Jumbo-Visma
VAN AERT Wout
TEUNISSEN Mike
WYNANTS Maarten
JANSEN Amund Grøndahl
AG2R La Mondiale
NAESEN Lawrence
VANDENBERGH Stijn
NAESEN Oliver
VENTURINI Clément
Astana Pro Team
DE VREESE Laurens
CCC Team
TRENTIN Matteo
VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume
Deceuninck - Quick-Step
JUNGELS Bob
ASGREEN Kasper
ŠTYBAR Zdenek
LAMPAERT Yves
SÉNÉCHAL Florian
DECLERCQ Tim
Groupama - FDJ
KÜNG Stefan
MADOUAS Valentin
GENIETS Kevin
SARREAU Marc
Lotto - Soudal
DEGENKOLB John
VAN GOETHEM Brian
Mitchelton-Scott
Movistar Team
NTT Pro Cycling
BOASSON-HAGEN Edvald
TILLER Rasmus
NIZZOLO Giacomo
Israel Start-Up Nation
WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads
GREIPEL André
POLITT Nils
BOIVIN Guillaume
HOFSTETTER Hugo
Ineos Grenadiers
MOSCON Gianni
KWIATKOWSKI Michał
Team Sunweb
BENOOT Tiesj
EEKOFF Nils
SÜTTERLIN Jasha
BOL Cees
Trek-Segafredo
STUYVAN Jasper
THEUNS Edward
PEDERSEN Mads
KIRSCH Alex
Nippo Delko Provence
B&B Hotels-Vital Concept p/b KTM
Paris Roubaix 2020 women's race start list (unofficial)
Alé BTC Ljubljana
Canyon SRAM Racing
CCC-Liv
FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope
FAHLIN Emilia
WIEL Jade
KITCHEN Lauren
GROSSETÊTE Maëlle
DUVAL Eugéie
CHAPMAN Brodie
Mitchelton-Scott
Annemiek van Vleuten
Movistar Team
Team Sunweb
WIEBES Lorena
MACKAIJ Floortje
Trek-Segafredo Women
VAN DIJK Ellen
BRAND Lucinda
Astana Women's Team
Boels-Dolmans Cycling Team
VAN DER BREGGEN Anna
D'HOORE Jolien
Bepink
Lotto-Soudal Ladies
KOPECKY Lotte
VANDENBULKE Jesse
Valcar-Travel & Service
Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling
Rally Cycling Women
Hitec Products
Aromitalia Vaiano
COLLINELLI Sofia
Charente-Maritime Women Cycling
Cogeas-Mettler Pro Cycling Team
Équipe Paule Ka
Team Tibco-SVB
Team Arkéa
VERHULST Gladys
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