| 2016 UCI World Tour, race 10 of 28 | |||||||||||||
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 The top five riders, 8 km (5.0 mi) from the finish From left to right: Vanmarcke, Boasson Hagen, Hayman, Boonen, Stannard | |||||||||||||
| Race details | |||||||||||||
| Dates | 10 April 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 257.5 km (160.0 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 5h 51' 53" | ||||||||||||
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The 2016 Paris–Roubaix was a one-day classic cycling race that took place on 10 April 2016 in northern France. It was the 114th edition of the Paris–Roubaix and was the tenth race of the 2016 UCI World Tour and the third monument of the season.
The race took place over 257.5 kilometres (160.0 mi). The principal difficulty was provided by the 27 sectors of cobbled roads, which cover a total distance of 52.8 kilometres (32.8 mi). The difficult conditions caused by the cobbles have earned the race the name "the Hell of the North".[1] It came at the end of the cobbled classics season, a week after the 2016 Tour of Flanders; the favourites included the winner of that race, Peter Sagan (Tinkoff), as well as Fabian Cancellara (Trek–Segafredo) and Tom Boonen (Etixx–Quick-Step).
The race was hard from the very beginning, with major attacks being made over 100 kilometres (62 mi) from the finish. Cancellara and Sagan were held up by crashes and a five-rider group formed in the final 20 kilometres (12 mi) and, despite many more attacks in the closing part of the race, came to the velodrome in Roubaix together. The sprint was won by Mathew Hayman (Team Jayco–AlUla[template problem]) ahead of Boonen, with Ian Stannard (Team Sky) in third.
- ^ Westby, Matt (7 April 2016). "Paris-Roubaix: What is so special about the 'Hell of the North'?". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 April 2016.