After Fabian Cancellara's victory in a sprint of 4 in the Tour of Flanders last Sunday, we'll see in the Hell of the North this Sunday whether Spartacus can make it, like in 2010 and in 2013, a combination win of both races!

In this article you'll find the Paris-Roubaix 2014 race route on Google Maps and in Google Earth as well as the details of the 28 cobble stones sections which will be part of this 112th edition of Paris-Roubaix and in which we see some changes compared to last year.

The race route will be slightly different from last year: there will now be 28 cobble stones sections (one more than last year) and with 257 kilometers, the total distance is hardly any longer.

The 28 cobble stones sections of Paris-Roubaix 2014

The race which nickname is the Hell of the North is of course known for its cobble stones sections. That's why we'll start with the list of 28 sections which will be part of Paris-Roubaix 2014, with the appreciation ratings Jean-François Pescheux and Thierry Gouvenou awarded to the different sections after their inspection visit on 7 April. This year we'll thus see a cobble stones section but the total cobbled distance is a bit shorter than last year: 51.1 km compared to 52.5 in 2013. As I explained early February, the modification concerns the first sections: the bikes will still start trembling on the section from Troisvilles to Inchy and the 3 following sections will also be the same. However, in Saint-Python the riders will turn left instead of turning right, towards the sections of Haussy (800 m) and Saulzoir (1200 m), which will see the riders of Paris-Roubaix returning after 10 years of absence. A bit further, the riders will find back the section of Famars (1200 m) which had (again) disappeared from the race route after 2012.

Let's now have a look at the different sections and their appreciation ratings (in bold you'll find the sections which will also be on the race route of the 5th stage of the Tour de France 2014, even though they'll then be taken in the opposite direction):

#	location	length	km	rating
28	Troisvilles à Inchy	2.200 m	97,5	+++
27	Viesly à Quiévy	1.800 m	104	+++
26	Quiévy à Saint-Python	3.700 m	107,5	++++
25	Saint-Python	1.500 m	111	++
24	Solesmes	800 m	119,5	++
23	Saulzoir	1200 m	126	++
22	Verchain-Maugré à Quérénaing	1.600 m	130,5	+++
21	Quérénaing à Famars	1200 m	135	++
20	Maing à Monchaux-sur-Écaillon	1.600 m	140,5	+++
19	Haveluy à Wallers	2.500 m	153	++++
18	Trouée d'Arenberg	2.400 m	161,5	+++++
17	Wallers à Hélesmes (called Pont Gibus)	1.600 m	167,5	+++
16	Hornaing à Wandignies-Hamage	3.700 m	174,5	++++
15	Warlaing à Brillon	2.400 m	182	+++
14	Tilloy à Sars-et-Rosières	2.400 m	182	++++
13	Beuvry-la-Forêt à Orchies	1.400 m	191,5	+++
12	Orchies	1.700 m	196,5	+++
11	Auchy-lez-Orchies à Bersée	2.700 m	202,5	++++
10	Mons-en-Pévèle	3.000 m	208	+++++
9	Mérignies à Avelin	700 m	214	++
8	Pont-Thibaut à Ennevelin	1.400 m	217,5	+++
7	Templeuve (Moulin-de-Vertain)	500 m	223,5	++
6	Cysoing à Bourghelles	1.300 m	230	++++
6	Bourghelles à Wannehain	1.100 m	232,5	+++
5	Camphin-en-Pévèle	1.800 m	237	++++
4	Carrefour de l'Arbre	2.100 m	240	+++++
3	Gruson	1.100 m	242	++
2	Willems à Hem	1.400 m	249	++
1	Charles Crupelandt, Roubaix	300 m	256	+
total		51,1 km

The appreciation ratings are almost the same as last year, but the organisor of Paris-Roubaix especially insist on the situation on the famous Trouée de l'Arenberg (Arenberg forest), saying that the cobblestones of the Trouée d'Arenberg were covered with a layer of moss and grass that could make it even more difficult for riders to stay on their bikes!

The Paris-Roubaix 2014 race route on Google Maps

After the start from Compiègne on the Place du Général de Gaulle (in front of the castle), the riders will follow a slightly different track in Compiègne compared to the previous years, via the Rue du Dahomey, the Place Saint-Jacques, the Rue Magenta, the Rue Jean Legendre, the Rue Solférino, the Quai de Harlay, the Rue de Rothschild, the Pont-Neuf, the Rue de Beauvais and the Rue de Noyon. The kilometer 0 will be in Clairoix on the D932/N2032, at 5.7 km from the place where the riders started. They'll then follow the usual race route, via Noyon, Ham and Saint-Quentin, until they leave the cobble stones section of Saint-Python. Indeed, instead of turning right towards the cobble stones section of Vertain, their trip now continues left towards the cobble stones sections of Haussy and Saulzoir after which the riders will get back on the usual race route. That is, until they leave the next cobble stones section, from Verchain to Quérenaing since they'll continue north from there, towards the cobble stones section from Quérénaing to Famars. When they leave Famars they'll get back on the usual race route close to the cobble stones section from Maing to Monchaux, and find the usual second feeding zone in Beuvry-la-Forêt and the finish is as usual in the Vélodrome of Roubaix after a complete lap on the track.

Hereunder you'll find the itinerary and the race route of Paris-Roubaix 2014 on Google Maps:
You can use this map to make your detailed plans for a visit of Paris-Roubaix 2014. No further excuses possible, you can't tell anyone that the organisor didn't provide enough information! (since I did it instead ;-))

The Paris-Roubaix 2014 race route in Google Earth

Do you prefer to watch the Paris-Roubaix 2014 race route in Google Earth? Or would you like to do a virtual fly-over of the Paris-Roubaix 2014 race route as if you were riding the cobbles yourself? Download the following KML file to do so and open it in Google Earth:
>> Download the Paris-Roubaix 2014 race route in Google Earth


Remember you can use the Streetview function to get even closer to the roads of this race route. Several cobble stones sections have been visited by Google's car and can thus be explored directly in Google Earth! If the car didn't dare to get on the cobble stones section, you can in most cases at least see the start and the end of the section ...

The 25 participating teams in Paris-Roubaix 2014

25 teams will come to the start of Paris-Roubaix 2014: first of all, since this is a UCI WorldTour race, the 18 UCI ProTeams which are (between brackets you'll find their main riders):
> AG2R La Mondiale (Sébastien Minard, Damien Gaudin, Sébastien Turgot)
> Astana Pro Team (Borut Bozic)
> Belkin Pro Cycling Team (Lars Boom, Maarten Tjallingii, Sep Vanmarcke)
> BMC Racing Team (Thor Hushovd, Taylor Phinney, Greg van Avermaet)
> Cannondale (Peter Sagan, Maciej Bodnar)
> FDJ.fr (Mathieu Ladagnous, Yoann Offredo, Arnaud Démare)
> Garmin-Sharp (Tyler Farrar, David Millar)
> Lampre-Merida (Filippo Pozzato, Maximiliano Richeze)
> Lotto-Belisol (Marcel Sieberg, Jurgen Roelandts, Lars Bak)
> Movistar Team (José Ivan Gutierrez, José Joaquin Rojas)
> Omega Pharma-QuickStep (Tom Boonen, Stijn Vandenbergh, Zdenek Stybar, Niki Terpstra)
> Orica-GreenEDGE (Luke Durbridge, Mathew Hayman)
> Sky Procycling (Edvald Boasson-Hagen, Bradley Wiggins, Geraint Thomas, Ian Stannard)
> Team Europcar (Jérôme Cousin, Yohann Gène)
> Team Giant-Shimano (John Degenkolb, Tom Veelers, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg)
> Team Katusha (Alexander Kristoff, Luca Paolini)
> Team Tinkoff-Saxo (Daniele Bennati, Matteo Tossato, Michael Morkov)
> Trek Factory Racing (Fabian Cancellara, Gregory Rast, Stijn Devolder)

The 7 other teams which have been invited to participate are:
> the French teams Cofidis, solutions crédits (Adrien Petit, Florian Sénéchal, Julien Fouchard) and Bretagne-Séché Environnement (Brice Feillu, Clément Koretzky)
> the German Team Netapp-Endura (Jan Barta, Sam Bennett)
> the Swiss team IAM Cycling (Sylvain Chavanel, Heinrich Haussler, Roger Kluge)
> the Belgian teams Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise (Kenneth van Bilsen) and Wanty-Groupe Gobert (Bjorn Leukemans)
> and the American UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling Team (Martijn Maaskant)

The teaser of Paris-Roubaix 2014

5 days before Paris-Roubaix 2014, A.S.O. published a video teaser which tries to put you in the mood of Paris-Roubaix already:

door Thomas Vergouwen
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