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How to watch Paris-Roubaix 2025
Paris-Roubaix, the Queen of the Classics, returns this weekend with the women’s race on Saturday 12th April and the men’s race the following day on Sunday 13th April.
The women’s peloton will set off from Denain with 148.5km on the agenda for the Hell of the North. The profile will trace some of France’s harshest roads, including 29.2km of punishing pavé set to be tackled across 17 secteurs. The men on the other hand have 259.2km on the menu and 55.7km of Paris-Roubaix’s signature cobblestone roads. This will include the iconic secteurs of the Carrefour de l’Arbre, Mons-en-Pévèle and the Trouée d’Arenberg.
Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Mathieu van der Poel is the defending men’s champion and returns to the start line on scintillating form, having won Milan-San Remo and the E3 Saxo Classic – in fact, he only lost his 100% win rate in one-day races this year last week when finishing third at the Tour of Flanders. Tadej Pogačar, who is arguably in even better form, is making his debut at Paris-Roubaix and will face the challenge of not only Van der Poel but also the likes of Wout van Aert, Mads Pedersen and Filippo Ganna.
In the women’s race, 2024 winner Lotte Kopecky will look to defend her title coming off a victory at the Tour of Flanders alongside teammate Lorena Wiebes. Elisa Balsamo will also be at the start line hoping to improve on her second last year, and other contenders to watch include Marianne Vos, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Marlen Reusser.
Unless you’re going to the race – which we can also help you with – you’ll want to be firmly planted in front of your TV, computer, laptop, tablet, phone or whatever device you watch cycling on, for the whole weekend. With that in mind, here’s how to watch it all.
Where to watch Paris-Roubaix 2025
Make sure to block off your calendar and cancel your weekend plans because, as usual, it should be legendary. Both Paris-Roubaix races are being shown on TNT Sports in the UK, while elsewhere it’s Sporza in Belgium, NBC Sports in the USA, FloBikes in the USA or Canada and SBS in Australia. Throughout Europe, the racing will be broadcast on Eurosport and Discovery+.
If it’s not being shown in your country, you may be able to watch coverage using a VPN – Virtual Private Network – which allows users to mask their IP address and watch geo-blocked content, provided they don’t need to pay for a subscription. This is also helpful for watching paid-for coverage while travelling abroad in countries without access.
If the race isn’t being broadcast in your country or you are travelling abroad, a VPN will allow you to hide your device’s location to access content that is normally geo-blocked. One such VPN provider is ExpressVPN, which is well reviewed, helps users to find free to watch cycling, and costs start from around £5 per month.
- Read more: How to watch cycling for less in the UK
- Read more: Which countries can watch cycling for free in 2025?
Full list of broadcasters
- Australia: SBS
- Basque Country: EITB
- Belgium: RTBF, VRT
- Canada: FloBikes
- China: Zhibo TV
- Colombia: Caracol, RCN
- Denmark: DKTV2
- Europe (minus the UK): Eurosport
- France: Eurosport, France TV
- Italy: Rai Sport
- Japan: J Sports
- Latin America: DirecTV
- Latin America and Caribbean: ESPN
- Luxembourg: RTL
- Middle East & North Africa: Abu Dhabi Sports
- Netherlands: NOS
- Norway: TV2
- Slovakia: RTVS
- South East Asia: Eurosport Asia
- Spain: Teledeporte
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Supersport
- Switzerland: SRG-SSR
- United States: NBC Sports
When to watch Paris-Roubaix 2025: TV times
UK times are BST. All subject to change by the broadcasters.
Paris-Roubaix Femmes, Saturday 12th April
UK TV time
TNT Sports online: 12:45-17:00
TNT Sports 4: 13:15-16:30
TNT Sports 1: 15:15-16:00
USA TV time
FloBikes: 08:40 EST
Australia TV time
SBS Viceland, SBS on Demand: 10:40pm-1:25am AEDT
Men’s Paris-Roubaix, Sunday 13th April
UK TV time
TNT Sports online, TNT Sports 1: 10:00-16:45
USA TV time
FloBikes: 05:05 EST
Australia TV time
SBS Viceland, SBS on Demand: 7:05pm-1:50am (AEDT)
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