Insatiable 'The Beast' overwhelms again in the cobblestone hell of Roubaix. Bernard Hinault defined like no one else the sensations of frustration, masochism and revenge that the most tremendous test generates.
Mathieu van der Poel defended the title of the 2023 edition with insulting authority. The last ones to complete the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix in the same season were the Belgian Tom Boonen and the Swiss Fabian Cancellara.