The 2021 Paris–Roubaix was a
road cycling
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one-day race that took place on 3 October 2021 in France. It was the 118th edition of
Paris–Roubaix and the 28th event of the
2021 UCI World Tour
The 2021 UCI World Tour was a series of races that included twenty-nine road cycling events throughout the 2021 cycling season. The tour started with the opening stage of the UAE Tour on 21 February, and concluded with Il Lombardia on 9 Octobe ...
. The race was won by Italian
Sonny Colbrelli in a sprint finish.
Teams
All nineteen
UCI WorldTeams and six
UCI ProTeams participated to the race. Of the twenty-five teams, only did not compete with the maximum allowed seven riders. 96 of the 174 riders to start the race finished.
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Summary
Originally scheduled to take place on 11 April 2021, the race was postponed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in France
The COVID-19 pandemic in France has resulted in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths.
The virus was confirmed to have reached France on 24 January 2020, when the first COVID-19 case in both Europe and France was identified in Bordeaux. Th ...
. The planned race in 2020 was also cancelled due to the pandemic. For the first time,
Paris–Roubaix Femmes was held, taking place the day before the men's race.
Italy's
Sonny Colbrelli won the race in a three-man sprint ahead of
Florian Vermeersch and
Mathieu van der Poel.
It was the first time an Italian cyclist had won the race since
Andrea Tafi won the
1999 edition. The Paris–Roubaix weekend was wet and rainy, for the first time for nearly 20 years.
Result
References
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