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Paris – Roubaix
Pavée
Peace Race
Peloton
Prologue
Pursuer
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Paris – Roubaix, the most famous one-day race, is carried out annualy at the middle of April. The race, which is also called L’Enfer du Nord, the Hell of the North, took place for the first time in 1896. For some years, Paris – Roubaix hasn’t been starting in Paris anymore, but in Compiègne 80 kilometers north of Paris. The course leads the riders over very even terrain to Roubaix in the north of France. A characteristic of Paris – Roubaix are the cobbled parts of the course, partly remains from the 19th century and are under preservation order. Some of these „pavées“, as the cobbled passages are called, are opened for the race only.
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