Nirvana Europe 2012 Paris-Roubaix | General Information

Paris Roubaix
Friday 6th April – Monday 9th April 2012

The Paris Roubaix event is one of the oldest in the road cycling calendar - first run in 1896. The race has been contested every year since 1896, stopped only by the two World Wars and is now one of the most popular of the Spring Classics.

There are usually around 30 cobbled sections included in the race, three of them considered to be of maximum difficulty.

As well as the infamous Trouée d\'Arenberg, other difficult sections include the 3 km Mons-en-Pevele and the 2100 metre Le Carrefour de l\'Arbre (usually the final and often decisive section in the final kilometres of the race - the two city sections more paving than the real thing).