Paris-Roubaix is ​​officially postponed to October 3



Paris-Roubaix will finally not take place in April 2021. – Stringer / AP / SIPA

The report had been in the air for several days, it is now official. Scheduled for Sunday April 11, Paris-Roubaix has been postponed to Sunday October 3, announced ASO, organizer of the event, this Thursday. The health context with the announcement on Wednesday of a new reconfinement got the better of the queen of classics definitely cursed.

This is the third time in a year that the Hell of the North has seen its dates canceled because of the Covid. Whether in April 2020, October 2020 or now in April 2021, the race has each time been the victim of a schedule that coincided with confinement.

The prefect of the North was inflexible

However, on the other side of the border, the Belgians have proven since the autumn that it is possible to organize major races during a pandemic period. Alas, the prefect of the North was not sensitive to any argument from ASO, an organizer who tried to keep the race going whatever the cost.

Hardly lost, the Hell of the North and its first female version were postponed to the weekend of October 2 and 3, a week after the world championships organized this year in Belgium (Louvain) where the bike continues to roll. A question of culture, no doubt …



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