{{short description|Cycling race}} {{use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{For|the women's race|2025 Paris–Roubaix Femmes}} {{Infobox cycling race report | name = 2025 Paris–Roubaix | series = 2025 UCI World Tour | race_no = 16 | season_no = 36 | image = 2025 Paris–Roubaix.jpg | image_caption =Official event poster | image_size = | date = 13 April 2025 | stages = 1 | distance = 259.2 | unit = km | time = | speed = | first = Mathieu van der Poel | first_nat = NED | first_team = {{UCI team code|ADC|2025}} | second = Tadej Pogačar | second_nat = SLO | second_team = {{UCI team code|UAD men|2025}} | third = Mads Pedersen | third_nat = DEN | third_team = {{UCI team code|LTK men|2025}} | previous = 2024 | next = 2026 }} The '''2025 Paris–Roubaix''' was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 13 April 2025 in France. It was the 122nd edition of Paris–Roubaix and the 16th event of the 2025 UCI World Tour.
The race was won by Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel of {{UCI team code|ADC|2025}} for the third year in succession, after a battle with world champion Tadej Pogačar of {{UCI team code|UAD men|2025}}. Van der Poel became the eighth rider to win the race three times, and the third rider to win three times in succession after Octave Lapize in the early 1900s and Francesco Moser in the late 1970s.
The race was marked by decisive attacks by van der Poel, Pogačar and Pedersen. Pogačar crashed with around {{convert|40|km|abbr=on}} remaining, falling back after having to change his bicycle. Leading the race solo, van der Poel was hit in the face by a water bottle thrown by a member of the crowd, before puncturing on the Carrefour de l'Arbre sector of cobblestones. Ultimately neither slowed van der Poel enough to enable a tiring Pogačar to catch him before the finish.
== Route == Starting in Compiègne, the race finished on the velodrome in Roubaix after covering {{convert|259.2|km}}, with {{convert|55.3|km}} of cobblestones spread out over 30 sectors.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-04-12 |title=121st Paris-Roubaix Results |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/paris-roubaix/2025/result |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=Pro Cycling Stats |language=en}}</ref> A "small detour" before the entrance of the Trouée d'Arenberg sector (with the objective of slowing the speed of riders and improving safety) replaced the chicane used in the 2024 edition.<ref name=":0" />
== Teams == All eighteen UCI WorldTeams and seven UCI ProTeams took part in the race.<ref>{{cite web |title=2025 Paris–Roubaix Startlist |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/paris-roubaix/2025/startlist |website=procyclingstats.com |access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref>
'''UCI WorldTeams''' {{div col|colwidth=20em|style=margin-right:20%;}} * {{UCI team code|ADC|2025}} * {{UCI team code|ARK men|2025}} * {{UCI team code|COF men|2025}} * {{UCI team code|DAT|2025}} * {{UCI team code|EFE|2025}} * {{UCI team code|GFC|2025}} * {{UCI team code|IGD|2025}} * {{UCI team code|IWA|2025}} * {{UCI team code|LTK men|2025}} * {{UCI team code|MOV men|2025}} * {{UCI team code|RBH|2025}} * {{UCI team code|SOQ|2025}} * {{UCI team code|TBV|2025}} * {{UCI team code|JAY men|2025}} * {{UCI team code|TPP men|2025}} * {{UCI team code|UAD men|2025}} * {{UCI team code|TVL men|2025}} * {{UCI team code|XAT|2025}} {{div col end}}
'''UCI ProTeams''' {{div col|colwidth=20em|style=margin-right:20%;}} * {{UCI team code|IPT|2025}} * {{UCI team code|LOT|2025}} * {{UCI team code|Q36|2025}} * {{UCI team code|TEN|2025}} * {{UCI team code|TUD|2025}} * {{UCI team code|RKT|2025}} * {{UCI team code|UXM men|2025}} {{div col end}}
== Race summary == In March 2025, world champion Tadej Pogačar ({{UCI team code|UAD men|2025}}) announced he would take part in Paris–Roubaix for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Farrand |first=Stephen |date=2025-03-26 |title=Tadej Pogačar confirms he will race Paris-Roubaix |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tadej-pogacar-confirms-he-will-race-paris-roubaix/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en}}</ref> Pogačar had previously raced the junior editions of Paris–Roubaix in 2015 and 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ostanek |first=Dani |date=2025-04-09 |title=Tadej Pogačar and Paris-Roubaix: A decade of history |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/tadej-pogacar-and-paris-roubaix-a-decade-of-history/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en}}</ref> The last time a reigning Tour de France winner took part in Paris–Roubaix was in 1991 (Greg LeMond), and the last time Paris–Roubaix was won by the reigning Tour de France winner was in 1973 (Eddy Merckx).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Ewan |date=2025-04-09 |title=Can Tadej Pogačar actually win Paris-Roubaix 2025? |url=https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/tadej-pogacar-paris-roubaix-favourite |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=Cyclist |language=en}}</ref>
Prior to the race, media considered that 2023 and 2024 winner Mathieu van der Poel ({{UCI team code|ADC|2025}}) was favourite for the win,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Giuliani |first=Simone |date=2025-04-08 |title=Paris-Roubaix 2025 men's contenders – Can Tadej Pogačar stop Mathieu van der Poel making it three in a row? |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-roubaix-2025/preview/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Cotton |first=Jim |date=2025-04-09 |title=Paris-Roubaix Weekend Primer: The Worst Cobbles, The Top Favorites, the Key Timings, and More |url=https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/paris-roubaix-quick-guide-cobbles-favorites-timings/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=Velo |language=en-US}}</ref> with ''Cycling News'' noting that he had "a new challenge in the form of Tadej Pogačar".<ref name=":1" /> Other contenders included Mads Pedersen ({{UCI team code|LTK men|2025}}), Wout van Aert ({{UCI team code|TVL men|2025}}), Filippo Ganna ({{UCI team code|IGD|2025}}) and Jasper Philipsen ({{UCI team code|ADC|2025|nolink=y}}).<ref name=":2" />
A total of 175 riders started at Compiègne, of which 58 did not complete the course to Roubaix Velodrome, with 5 finishing outside the time limit. The race was marked by decisive attacks by van der Poel, Pogačar and Pedersen. Of note, Pogačar crashed in sector 9 of pavé with {{convert|38|km|abbr=on}} left, eventually had to change his bicycle and lost contact with van der Poel. Despite puncturing late in the race, van der Poel won for a third consecutive time, with Pogačar 2nd and Pedersen 3rd.<ref name=":4">{{cite web |last1=Skelton |first1=Jack |title=Van der Poel wins third Paris-Roubaix in a row |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/articles/ckgx5eev4nvo |website=BBC News |access-date=13 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Van der Poel puts third cobblestone in path to legend |url=https://www.paris-roubaix.fr/en/news/2025/stage-1/van-der-poel-puts-third-cobblestone-in-his-path-to-legend/4752 |website=Paris-Roubaix |access-date=13 April 2025}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Fotheringham |first=Alasdair |date=2025-04-13 |title=Paris-Roubaix: Mathieu van der Poel powers to third win in a row as runner-up Tadej Pogačar deals with crash, puncture |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-roubaix-2025/elite-men/results/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en}}</ref> Van der Poel became the eighth rider to win the race three times, and the third rider to win three times in succession after Octave Lapize in the early 1900s and Francesco Moser in the late 1970s.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />
Following the race, Pogačar stated that the race "was one of the most difficult races of my career".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-13 |title=Paris-Roubaix 2025 : "Une des courses les plus difficiles de ma carrière"... Pour Tadej Pogacar, une première frustrante mais électrique sur l'Enfer du Nord |trans-title=Paris-Roubaix 2025: "One of the toughest races of my career"... For Tadej Pogacar, a frustrating but electric first race in the Hell of the North |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/sports/cyclisme/paris-roubaix/paris-roubaix-2025-une-des-courses-les-plus-difficiles-de-ma-carriere-pour-tadej-pogacar-une-premiere-frustrante-mais-electrique-sur-l-enfer-du-nord_7187373.html |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Franceinfo |language=fr-FR}}</ref> During the race, a spectator threw a water bottle at van der Poel, striking him in the face. Van der Poel expressed anger following the race, calling the incident "attempted manslaughter" and stating that it is "something we have to take legal action against".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ostanek |first=Dani |date=2025-04-13 |title='This is attempted manslaughter' – Mathieu van der Poel vows legal action against bidon-throwing Paris-Roubaix spectator |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/this-is-attempted-manslaughter-mathieu-van-der-poel-vows-legal-action-against-bidon-throwing-paris-roubaix-spectator/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Cyclingnews |language=en}}</ref> The spectator's behaviour was condemned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), as well as by the riders union and other groups.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Weislo |first=Laura |date=2025-04-14 |title=UCI, Alpecin-Deceuninck to pursue bidon thrower 'so that such behaviour is severely punished' |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-alpecin-deceuninck-to-pursue-bidon-thrower-so-that-such-behaviour-is-severely-punished/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Cyclingnews |language=en}}</ref> The UCI and van der Poel's team {{UCI team code|ADC|2025|nolink=y}} both stated they wished the spectator would be punished for their actions.<ref name=":3" /> A man handed himself in to West Flanders police on the following Monday.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mallows |first=Tom |date=2025-04-14 |title=Man hands himself in after bottle hits Van der Poel |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/cx25p6lx1qqo |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Result == {{cyclingresult start|title=Result<ref name=":0" />}} {{cyclingresult|1|Mathieu van der Poel|NED|{{UCI team code|ADC|2025}}|5h 31' 27"}} {{cyclingresult|2|Tadej Pogačar|SLO|{{UCI team code|UAD men|2025}}|+ 1' 18"}} {{cyclingresult|3|Mads Pedersen|DEN|{{UCI team code|LTK men|2025}}|+ 2' 11"}} {{cyclingresult|4|Wout van Aert|BEL|{{UCI team code|TVL men|2025}}|+ 2' 11"}} {{cyclingresult|5|Florian Vermeersch|BEL|{{UCI team code|UAD men|2025}}|+ 2' 11"}} {{cyclingresult|6|Jonas Rutsch|GER|{{UCI team code|IWA|2025}}|+ 3' 46"}} {{cyclingresult|7|Stefan Bissegger|SUI|{{UCI team code|DAT|2025}}|+ 3' 46"}} {{cyclingresult|8|Markus Hoelgaard|NOR|{{UCI team code|UXM men|2025}}|+ 3' 46"}} {{cyclingresult|9|Fred Wright|GBR|{{UCI team code|TBV|2025}}|+ 4' 35"}} {{cyclingresult|10|Laurenz Rex|BEL|{{UCI team code|IWA|2025}}|+ 4' 36"}} {{cyclingresult end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Paris–Roubaix}} {{Paris–Roubaix winners}} {{2025 UCI World Tour}}
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