2021 Paris - Roubaix (World Tour)

118th edition: Sunday, October 3, 2021

Complete results

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Weather at the finish city of Roubaix at 2:30 PM, local time: 12C (54F), cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 14 km/hr (8 mph). The forecast is for a 40% chance of rain during the rest of the afternoon. It has been raining, so the cobbled sectors will stay wet and muddy all day.

The race:

Compiègne - Roubaix: 257.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.719 km/hr

174 riders were given their official start at 11:14 AM.

Here's the race organizer's telling of this muddy edition of Paris-Roubaix:

Riding his first Paris-Roubaix at the age of 31, European champion Sonny Colbrelli of Bahrain Victorious rode to glory on the André-Pétrieux velodrome as he outsprinted his two breakaway companions, Florian Vermeersch and Mathieu van der Poel, two other debutants in the Hell of the North. The race was marked by wet and muddy conditions and the solo breakaway of another Italian, Gianni Moscon, who looked like having his grip on the race but was victim of a puncture and a crash in the money time.

Sonny Colbrelli wins the 118th edition of Paris-Roubaix. Bettini photo

31 riders at the front
174 riders took the start of the 118th Paris-Roubaix at 11.14. Riding his last race ever, Australia’s Mitch Docker (EF Education-Nippo) was involved in the first crash in the first kilometre along with Jonas Van Genechten (B&B-KTM). Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo), Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates) and Max Kanter (DSM) managed to form a leading trio after 10km of racing but Trentin sat up while the peloton was very active.

It was all together again at km 29. A group of 31 riders was formed at km 47: Florian Vermeersch, Harry Sweeny, Tosh Van der Sande (Lotto-Soudal), Daniel Oss (Bora-Hansgrohe), Davide Ballerini, Tim De Clercq (Deceuninck-Quick Step), Edoardo Affini, Timo Roosen, Nathan Van Hooydonck (Jumbo-Visma), Tom van Asbroek (Israel-Start Up-Nation), Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Fenix), Tom Skujins (Trek-Segafredo), Marco Haller, Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious), Greg Van Avermaet (AG2R-Citroën), Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), Stefan Bisseger (EF Education-Nippo), André Carvalho (Cofidis), Vegard Stake Laengen (UAE Team Emirates), Owain Doull, Gianni Moscon, Luke Rowe (Ineos Grenadiers), Florian Maître (Totalenergies), Luke Durbridge, Robert Stannard (BikeExchange), Edvaldas Siskevicius (Delko), Nils Eekhoff (DSM), Max Walscheid (Qhubeka-NextHash), Imanol Erviti, Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) and Luca Mozzato (B&B Hotels-KTM). Successively, Doull and Küng were swallowed by the pack after a flat tyre and a crash respectively.

Here's Peter Sagan about halfway into the race after falling hard. This is a true L'Enfer du Nord (Hell of the North) day of racing. Photo: ASO/Pauline Ballet

Vermeersch and Eekhoff at the front in Arenberg
After Haller sustained a flat tyre, 28 leaders entered the first cobbled sector with an advantage of 1’50’’ over the peloton. At the exit of the sector 27, Walscheid, Rowe, Vermeersch and Eekhoff took the lead with 143km to go. After Rowe got dropped and Walscheid crashed on the sector 24, Vermeersch and Eekhoff formed a leading duo with 127km to go. The Belgian and the Dutchman entered the Trouée d’Arenberg with an advantage of 40’’ over their former breakaway companions 1’40’’ over the favourites’ group. At the exit, van der Poel was accompanied by Guillaume Boivin, Sonny Colbrelli and Jorgenson while van Aert was timed 20’’ behind them. The Belgian national champion came across before the Pont Gibus. 83km before the end, Vermeersch and Eekhoff were reeled in by the 11 first chasers.

Moscon goes solo with 52km to go
Vermeersch, Sweeny, Van der Sande, Roosen, Van Hooydonck, Van Asbroek, Philipsen, Van Avermaet, Bisseger, Moscon, Siskevicius, Eekhoff, and Walscheid formed a front group that split with 75km to go. Van der Poel attacked on the cobbled sector 15 with 70km yet to be covered. Vermeersch, Van Asbroek and Moscon rode away 63km before the end. Moscon went solo on the sector 12 with 52km to go. He had 1’ lead over van der Poel, Boivin and Colbrelli at the 50km to go mark. Moscon was flying on the 5-stars iconic sector of Mons-en-Pévèle despite the mud remaining after the weather conditions became sunny. He had 1’20’’ lead over van der Poel, Vermeersch, Boivin, Van Asbroek and Colbrelli when he sustained a flat tyre with 29km to go. The Italian crashed on the cobbled sector 7. His advantage got reduced to 9’’ but went up again.

At the Carrefour de l'Arbre sector: There are three racers under that mud, Mathieu van der Poel, Florian Vermeersch & Sonny Colbrelli. They are in the lead at this point and held that lead until the end where Colbrelli won the race.

Moscon got reeled in on the Carrefour de l’Arbre by a trio of neophytes: van der Poel, Colbrelli and Vermeersch who kept going without him. Moscon got caught by the van Aert group within 5km to go while the leading trio was out of reach. Van der Poel entered the velodrome in first position. Vermeersch launched the sprint after the first passage on the line. Colbrelli sprinted in the middle of the road to beat his two companions by a very little margin.

Complete results:

Race photos

174 starters, 94 classified finishers
List of 80 riders who abandoned or finished outside time limit

1	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	6hr 1min 57sec
2	FLORIAN VERMEERSCH	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
3	MATHIEU VAN DER POEL	ALPECIN-FENIX	s.t.
4	GIANNI MOSCON	INEOS GRENADIERS	@ 44sec
5	YVES LAMPAERT	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1' 16''
6	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	COFIDIS	s.t.
7	WOUT VAN AERT	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
8	TOM VAN ASBROECK	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
9	GUILLAUME BOIVIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
10	HEINRICH HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
11	JONAS RUTSCH	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
12	MAXIMILIAN  WALSCHEID	QHUBEKA-NEXTHASH	3' 17''
13	ANTHONY TURGIS	TOTALENERGIES	s.t.
14	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	4' 40''
16	SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	4' 45''
17	MARCO HALLER	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	6' 21''
18	AMAURY CAPIOT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
19	BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
20	LUCA MOZZATO	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
21	LAURENZ REX	BINGOAL-WB	s.t.
22	NATHAN VAN HOOYDONCK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
23	SEP VANMARCKE	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
24	SØREN KRAGH ANDERSEN	TEAM DSM	6' 26''
25	JASPER STUYVEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
26	ZDENĚK ŠTYBAR	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
27	IVAN GARCIA CORTINA	MOVISTAR	7' 14''
28	CONNOR SWIFT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	7' 22''
29	PHILIPPE GILBERT	LOTTO SOUDAL	7' 26''
31	DRIES VAN GESTEL	TOTALENERGIES	8' 37''
32	GREG VAN AVERMAET	AG2R-CITROEN	9' 23''
33	EVALDAS SISKEVICIUS	DELKO	s.t.
34	ARNAUD DEMARE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
35	CLÉMENT DAVY	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
36	LUDOVIC ROBEET	BINGOAL-WB	s.t.
37	TOSH VAN DER SANDE	LOTTO SOUDAL	9' 26''
38	BERT DE BACKER	B&B HOTELS	9' 29''
39	HARRISON SWEENY	LOTTO SOUDAL	10' 03''
41	BRAM WELTEN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	10' 52''
42	TOMS SKUJINS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	11' 06''
43	JONAS RICKAERT	ALPECIN-FENIX	11' 11''
44	NILS EEKHOFF	TEAM DSM	12' 24''
45	JENTHE BIERMANS	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
46	TIM MERLIER	ALPECIN-FENIX	s.t.
47	SILVAN DILLIER	ALPECIN-FENIX	s.t.
48	CEES BOL	TEAM DSM	s.t.
49	FRED WRIGHT	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
50	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R-CITROEN	s.t.
51	JOHN DEGENKOLB	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
52	LUKE DURBRIDGE	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
53	SIMON CLARKE	QHUBEKA-NEXTHASH	s.t.
54	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
55	PETER SAGAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
57	CYRIL LEMOINE	B&B HOTELS	12' 28''
59	JULIUS VAN DEN BERG	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	12' 37''
60	STEFAN BISSEGGER	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
61	TIMO ROOSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	13' 19''
62	ARJEN LIVYNS	BINGOAL-WB	16' 21''
63	MATTEO JORGENSON	MOVISTAR	16' 25''
64	JACK BAUER	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	17' 59''
65	LUKE ROWE	INEOS GRENADIERS	20' 28''
66	KASPER ASGREEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
67	TIM DECLERCQ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
68	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
69	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
70	TOM BOHLI	COFIDIS	s.t.
71	CLÉMENT RUSSO	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
73	LAWRENCE NAESEN	AG2R-CITROEN	s.t.
75	MAXIMILIAN SCHACHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
76	MIKKEL BJERG	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
77	WESLEY KREDER	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
78	TOM SCULLY	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
79	DYLAN GROENEWEGEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
80	EDOARDO AFFINI	JUMBO-VISMA	22' 50''
81	ROBERT STANNARD	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	22' 53''
82	SZYMON SAJNOK	COFIDIS	23' 04''
83	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	24' 33''
84	MATHIAS JØRGENSEN	MOVISTAR	26' 09''
85	PIET ALLEGAERT	COFIDIS	26' 14''
86	REINARDT VAN RENSBURG	QHUBEKA-NEXTHASH	26' 18''
87	JORDI MEEUS	BORA-HANSGROHE	27' 22''
88	RUDY BARBIER	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	28' 36''
89	CHRISTOPHE NOPPE	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
90	TIMOTHY DUPONT	BINGOAL-WB	s.t.
91	EDDY FINE	COFIDIS	s.t.
92	FREDERIK FRISON	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
93	LUIS GUILLERMO MAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
94	EMILS LIEPINS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	28' 46''

Starters abandoning the race or finishing outside the time limit:

4	GRIGNARD SÉBASTIEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	OUTSIDE TIME LIMIT
12	POLITT NILS	BORA-HANSGROHE	ABANDON
13	BODNAR MACIEJ	BORA-HANSGROHE	OUTSIDE TIME LIMIT
15	OSS DANIEL	BORA-HANSGROHE	ABANDON
23	BALLERINI DAVIDE	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	ABANDON
33	EENKHOORN PASCAL	JUMBO-VISMA	ABANDON
45	HOFSTETTER HUGO	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	ABANDON
46	SCHMIDT MADS WÜRTZ	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	ABANDON
53	LEYSEN SENNE	ALPECIN-FENIX	ABANDON
55	PHILIPSEN JASPER	ALPECIN-FENIX	ABANDON
62	KIRSCH ALEX	TREK-SEGAFREDO	ABANDON
64	PEDERSEN MADS	TREK-SEGAFREDO	ABANDON
65	SIMMONS QUINN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	ABANDON
67	THEUNS EDWARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	ABANDON
74	MILAN JONATHAN	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	ABANDON
75	MOHORIC MATEJ	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	ABANDON
76	SIEBERG MARCEL	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	ABANDON
86	SCHÄR MICHAEL	AG2R-CITROEN	ABANDON
87	TOUZE DAMIEN	AG2R-CITROEN	ABANDON
88	VAN HOECKE GIJS	AG2R-CITROEN	ABANDON
93	KÜNG STEFAN	GROUPAMA-FDJ	ABANDON
94	LE GAC OLIVIER	GROUPAMA-FDJ	ABANDON
95	LIENHARD FABIAN	GROUPAMA-FDJ	ABANDON
96	SINKELDAM RAMON	GROUPAMA-FDJ	OUTSIDE TIME LIMIT
97	STEWART JAKE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	ABANDON
101	HUNDAHL MICHAEL VALGREN	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	ABANDON
103	DOCKER MITCHELL	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	ABANDON
114	DRUCKER JEAN-PIERRE	COFIDIS	ABANDON
116	RODRIGUES DE CARVALHO	COFIDIS	ABANDON
123	BYSTRØM SVEN ERIK	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	ABANDON
124	GAVIRIA FERNANDO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	ABANDON
125	LAENGEN VEGARD STAKE	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	ABANDON
126	OLIVEIRA RUI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	ABANDON
127	TRENTIN MATTEO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	ABANDON
131	VAN BAARLE DYLAN	INEOS GRENADIERS	OUTSIDE TIME LIMIT
132	BASSO LEONARDO	INEOS GRENADIERS	ABANDON
134	GOLAS MICHAL	INEOS GRENADIERS	ABANDON
142	TERPSTRA NIKI	TOTALENERGIES	OUTSIDE TIME LIMIT
144	MAITRE FLORIAN	TOTALENERGIES	OUTSIDE TIME LIMIT
146	SOUPE GEOFFREY	TOTALENERGIES	ABANDON
153	BEWLEY SAMUEL	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	ABANDON
154	JUUL JENSEN CHRISTOPHER	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	ABANDON
155	PEÁK BARNABÁS	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	ABANDON
162	BARBIER PIERRE	DELKO	ABANDON
163	CARISEY CLÉMENT	DELKO	ABANDON
164	DELETTRE ALEXANDRE	DELKO	ABANDON
165	JENSEN AUGUST	DELKO	ABANDON
166	RAJOVIC DUSAN	DELKO	ABANDON
167	TRARIEUX JULIEN	DELKO	ABANDON
172	ARNDT NIKIAS	TEAM DSM	ABANDON
175	KANTER MAX	TEAM DSM	ABANDON
176	PEDERSEN CASPER	TEAM DSM	ABANDON
177	SÜTTERLIN JASHA	TEAM DSM	ABANDON
182	DE GENDT AIME	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	ABANDON
183	DEVRIENDT TOM	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	ABANDON
186	VAN MELSEN KEVIN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	ABANDON
187	VANSPEYBROUCK PIETER	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	ABANDON
191	CAMPENAERTS VICTOR	QHUBEKA-NEXTHASH	ABANDON
192	CLAEYS DIMITRI	QHUBEKA-NEXTHASH	ABANDON
194	GOGL MICHAEL	QHUBEKA-NEXTHASH	ABANDON
196	NIZZOLO GIACOMO	QHUBEKA-NEXTHASH	ABANDON
202	CULLAIGH GABRIEL	MOVISTAR	ABANDON
203	ERVITI IMANOL	MOVISTAR	ABANDON
204	HOLLMANN JURI	MOVISTAR	ABANDON
213	DECLERCQ BENJAMIN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	ABANDON
214	MCLAY DANIEL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	ABANDON
221	HOULE HUGO	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	ABANDON
222	BRUSSENSKIY GLEB	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	ABANDON
223	FEDOROV YEVGENIY	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	ABANDON
224	GIDICH YEVGENIY	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	ABANDON
225	GRUZDEV DMITRIY	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	ABANDON
226	MARTINELLI DAVIDE	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	OUTSIDE TIME LIMIT
227	PERRY BENJAMIN	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	OUTSIDE TIME LIMIT
232	DEBUSSCHERE JENS	B&B HOTELS	ABANDON
233	JAUREGUI QUENTIN	B&B HOTELS	ABANDON
234	LECROQ JÉRÉMY	B&B HOTELS	ABANDON
237	VAN GENECHTEN JONAS	B&B HOTELS	ABANDON
242	CASTRIQUE JONAS	BINGOAL-WB	ABANDON
245	PAQUOT TOM	BINGOAL-WB	OUTSIDE TIME LIMIT
247	WIRTGEN TOM	BINGOAL-WB	OUTSIDE TIME LIMIT

 

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Course map and profile:

2021 Paris-Roubaix map

2021 Paris-Roubaix profile, noting the 30 cobbled sectors

The 30 cobbled sectors totaling 55 kms of 2021 Paris Roubaix:

Based on the latest inspection of the course, carried out on 28 September by Paris-Roubaix race director Thierry Gouvenou and race director of Paris-Roubaix Femmes, Franck Perque, the organisers have assigned a difficulty rating to each of the cobbled sectors of the race, assessed according to their length, the irregularity of the cobbles, the general condition of the section and its location. The sectors rated five stars (the hardest) remain the Trouée d'Arenberg, Mons-en-Pévèle and the Carrefour de l'Arbre.

30	Troisvilles to Inchy (km 96,3 – 2,2 km) ***
29	Viesly to Quiévy (km 102,8 – 1,8 km) ***
28	Quiévy to Saint-Python (km 105,4 – 3,7 km) ****
27	Saint-Python (km 110,1 - 1,5 km) **
26	Haussy to Saint-Martin-sur-Écaillon (km 116,6 - 0,8 km) **
25	Saint-Martin-sur-Ecaillon to Vertain (km 120,9 - 2,3 km) ***
24	Capelle to Ruesnes (km 127,3 - 1,7 km) ***
23	Artres to Quérénaing (km 136,3 - 1,3 km) **
22	Quérénaing to Maing (km 138,1 - 2,5 km) ***
21	Maing to Monchaux-sur-Ecaillon (km 141,2 - 1,6 km) ***
20	Haveluy to Wallers (km 154,2 - 2,5 km) ****
19	Trouée d'Arenberg (km 162,4 - 2,3 km) *****
18	Wallers to Hélesmes (km 168,4 - 1,6 km) ***
17	Hornaing to Wandignies (km 175,2 - 3,7 km) ****
16	Warlaing to Brillon (km 182,7 - 2,4 km) ***
15	Tilloy to Sars-et-Rosières (km 186,2 - 2,4 km) ****
14	Beuvry-la-Forêt to Orchies (km 192,5 - 1,4 km) ***
13	Orchies (km 197,5 - 1,7 km) ***
12	Auchy-lez-Orchies to Bersée (km 203,6 - 2,7 km) ****
11	Mons-en-Pévèle (km 209,1 - 3 km) *****
10	Mérignies to Avelin (km 215,1 - 0,7 km) **
9	Pont-Thibault to Ennevelin (km 218,5 - 1,4 km) ***
8	Templeuve - L'Epinette (km 223,9 - 0,2 km) *
8	Templeuve - Moulin-de-Vertain (km 224,4 - 0,5 km) **
7	Cysoing to Bourghelles (km 230,8 - 1,3 km) ***
6	Bourghelles to Wannehain (km 233,3 - 1,1 km) ***
5	Camphin-en-Pévèle (km 237,8 - 1,8 km) ****
4	Carrefour de l'Arbre (km 240,5 - 2,1 km) *****
3	Gruson (km 242,8 - 1,1 km) **
2	Willems to Hem (km 249,5 - 1,4 km) ***
1	Roubaix - Espace Charles Crupelandt (km 256,3 - 0,3 km) *

 

2021 Paris-Roubaix photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Jordi Meeus was 87th.

Dylan Groenewegen riding to 79th.

Kasper Asgreen was 66th.

Despite crashing, Peter Sagan finished 55th.

Guillaume Boivin was 9th.

Wout van Aert was in the hunt, he finished 7th.

Another shot of van Aert without his jacket.

Underneath that mud is Sep Vanmarcke racing to 23rd place.

Winner of the last editon of the race in 2019, Philippe Gilbert was 29th today.

Sonny Colbrelli wins in Roubaix

The podium (cleaned up after the race), from left: Florian Vermeersch (2nd), Sonny Colbrelli (1st) & Mathieu van der Poel (3rd)