The cobbled Classics season reaches it peak on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 April at Paris-Roubaix Femmes and Paris-Roubaix, with the elite men and women set to tackle the brutality of the pavé of northern France.
Below, Cycling Weekly has compiled everything you need to know about broadcasters and live streams, so you can watch Paris-Roubaix wherever you are in the world.
Free live stream: SBS (Australia) and others (see below)
Anywhere: Watch your usual stream from abroad with NordVPN
How to watch Paris-Roubaix in the UK
In the UK, Paris-Roubaix Femmes and Paris-Roubaix, like pretty much all pro cycling, will be shown on TV on TNT Sports and online on Discovery+. Both platforms are owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and require a subscription.
The women's Paris-Roubaix is live on TNT Sports 4 from 1:15pm BST on Saturday April 12, but coverage starts earlier on Discovery+ from 12.45pm BST on Saturday. The men's Paris-Roubaix is live on TNT Sports 1 and Discovery+ from 10am BST on the Sunday.
Online viewers, head to Discovery+, where you'll find both races ready to stream at the times noted above.
Discovery+ costs £30.99 a month since the price rise one month ago. TNT Sports is also £30.99 a month, but is cheaper with certain TV packages.
How to watch Paris-Roubaix in the US and Canada
For North American viewers, this year's coverage of Paris-Roubaix is split across Peacock and FloBikes.
Peacock, which is the streaming platform of NBC, has the rights to show Paris-Roubaix in the US. Subscriptions start at $7.99 a month, or $79.99 a year, for the 'Premium' offering with ads. Viewers can pay a little bit more to watch without ads thanks to 'Premium Plus', priced at $13.99 a month, or $139.99 a year. A longer subscription will secure your Tour de France streaming.
FloBikes is in charge of broadcasting Paris-Roubaix in Canada. Subscriptions cost CA$39.99 a month, with big savings for long-term plans. The Flobikes TV app is available on Roku, Fire TV, Chromecast and Apple TV, as well as on iOS and Android.
In both cases, Paris-Roubaix Femmes coverage starts at 8:40am EDT on Saturday, while Paris-Roubaix coverage starts at 5:05am on Sunday.
Can I watch Paris-Roubaix for free?
Fans in Australia can watch Paris-roubaix for free, as can those in the host country of Belgium, and in France, the Netherlands, Italy, and Spain too.Fans in Australia can watch the Paris-Roubaix for free, as can those in the host country of France, as well Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, and Spain.
In Australia, Paris-Roubaix is part of public broadcaster SBS's portfolio of races, with live streaming available on their free platform, SBS On Demand.
Details on all the free options, wherever you are, in the table below.
Most streaming platforms have geo-restrictions these days, which means they only work in certain countries. But being locked out of the races is a thing of the past thanks to a VPN, so you can continue to watch Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Roubaix Femmes while on the move.
A Virtual Private Network is a piece of internet security software that can alter your device's location, so you can unblock your usual streaming services, even when you're abroad.
With super-fast connections, multi-device support, and compatibility with Android, Apple, Roku, Amazon, and more, there's a reason why NordVPN is considered the best VPN for streaming. There's a money-back guarantee, 24/7 support, and it's currently on offer at a huge discount – that's a win!
Paris-Roubaix today, April 13, starts at 10:25 BST / 05:25 EDT, and is expected to finish between 16:00-16:45 BST / 11:00-11:45 EDT.
UK coverage of Paris-Roubaix starts at 10:00 on Discovery+ and TNT Sports 1.
In North America, Peacock's coverage of Paris-Roubaix starts at 05:05 EDT, while Flobikes' starts at 05:00.
In Australia, Paris-Roubaix coverage starts at 20:00 and runs into the early hours of Monday morning.
What to expect from Paris-Roubaix
The women's race, the fifth edition, starts in Denain, 50km southeast of Lille, and finishes in the famous Roubaix velodrome, just north of Lille. The men, meanwhile, start in Compiègne, 100km north of Paris, and finish in the velodrome too.
The women will ride 17 cobbled sectors totalling 29.2km, with two five star sectors included, while the men ride 30 totalling 55.3km, including three five stars - the Trouée d'Arenberg, Mons-en-Pévèle, and the Carrefour de l'Arbre
This year's Paris-Roubaix is the fifth for women, and the 122nd for men, and is organised by ASO, the same organisers as the Tour de France.
Both are WorldTour events, with star male riders including Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek).
Meanwhile, Lotte Kopecky and Lorena Wiebes (both SD Worx-Protime), Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) and Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) will be present in the women's race.
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