2024 Paris–Roubaix Femmes Explained

2024 Paris–Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift
Date:6 April 2024
Series:2024 UCI Women's World Tour
Race No:11
Season No:27
Stages:1
Distance:148.5
Unit:km
Time:3h 47' 13"
First:Lotte Kopecky
First Nat:BEL
Second:Elisa Balsamo
Second Nat:ITA
Third:Pfeiffer Georgi
Third Nat:GBR
Previous:2023
Next:2025

The 2024 Paris–Roubaix Femmes (officially Paris–Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift) was a French road cycling one-day race that took place on 6 April 2024. It was the 4th edition of Paris–Roubaix Femmes and the 11th event of the 2024 UCI Women's World Tour.

Held in unseasonably warm weather, the race was won by Belgian rider Lotte Kopecky of in a sprint finish, with Kopecky also retaining her lead in the UCI Women's World Tour standings.[1] The overall average speed for the race was 39.12 kilometres per hour (24.31 mph).

Route

Starting in Denain, the race finished on the velodrome in Roubaix after covering, with of cobblestones, spread out over 17 sectors. The women covered the same final 17 sectors as the men's race.[2]

Organisers maintained that they consider it "too dangerous" to include the five-star cobbled sector Trouée d'Arenberg due to its proximity to the start in Denain, having previously noted that they "do not rule out that we will pass through ... in the future".[3]

Teams

24 teams took part in the race. All 15 UCI Women's WorldTeams were automatically invited, and were joined by 9 UCI Women's Continental Teams. received an automatic invitation as one of the two best 2023 UCI Women's Continental Teams, and the other eight teams were selected by Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the organisers of the race.[4]

UCI Women's WorldTeams

UCI Women's Continental Teams

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Knöfler . Lukas . 2024-04-06 . Paris-Roubaix Femmes: World Champion Lotte Kopecky wins thrilling breakaway sprint to take victory . 2024-04-06 . cyclingnews.com . en.
  2. Web site: Frattini . Kirsten . 2024-03-01 . 17 cobbled sectors, 2 five-star pavè make up Paris-Roubaix Femmes 2024 route . 2024-04-03 . cyclingnews.com . en.
  3. Web site: Frattini . Kirsten . 2023-04-05 . Five-star Arenberg 'too dangerous' due to proximity to start at Paris-Roubaix Femmes, says ASO . 2023-04-05 . cyclingnews.com . en . 'I do not rule out that we will pass through the Arenberg Forest in the future' states course director on possible route changes.
  4. Web site: Giuliani . Simone . 2024-04-02 . Paris-Roubaix Femmes 2024 - Analysing the contenders . 2024-04-03 . cyclingnews.com . en.