The 2020
Paris–Roubaix Femmes
Paris–Roubaix Femmes is a one day women's bicycle race on cobbled roads (or pavé) in northern France, held annually in early April. It is part of the UCI Women's World Tour. The equivalent men's race is a cycling monument, and after the Tou ...
was a one-day
road cycling
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race scheduled to take place on 25 October 2020, on the same day as the postponed
men's race, which had been rescheduled from its traditional date in April due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. However, on 9 October 2020, the race was cancelled due to an increase of coronavirus cases in France. The race would have been the first women's edition of Paris–Roubaix.
The first edition of Paris–Roubaix Femmes subsequently took place in
2021
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Route
The inaugural women's edition of
Paris–Roubaix
Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Monuments' or classics of the ...
would have started in
Denain
Denain (; pcd, Dnain) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Denain had a population of 19,877, on a land area of 11.52 km² (4.448 sq mi).
It is the largest of 47 communes which comprise the Communauté d'agglomération d ...
and finished on the velodrome in
Roubaix
Roubaix ( or ; nl, Robaais; vls, Roboais) is a city in northern France, located in the Lille metropolitan area on the Belgian border. It is a historically mono-industrial commune in the Nord department, which grew rapidly in the 19th century ...
covering . It would have featured of cobblestones, spread out over 17 sectors.
Teams
Eight UCI Women's WorldTeams and fifteen UCI Women's Continental Teams were due to make up the twenty-three competing teams.
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See also
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2020 in women's road cycling
2020 in women's road cycling is about the 2020 women's bicycle races ruled by the UCI and the 2020 UCI Women's Teams.
Olympic Games
The 2020 Olympics, set to be held in Tokyo, Japan, were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic with t ...
References
External links
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2020 UCI Women's World Tour
Paris–Roubaix (women's race)
Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Monuments' or classics of the ...