25 Pro Teams selected for 115th Paris Roubaix

Seven wildcard spots allocated to join the 18 World Tour teams for April 9th Hell of the North

The 115th edition of the Hell of the North will include four French Pro Continental teams, two Belgian teams and a Dutch team included in the line-up for the 2017 Paris-Roubaix which will run April 9th 2017.

Cofidis, Direct Energie, Fortuneo-Vital Concept and Delko Marseille Provence KTM from France, Wanty-Groupe Gobert and Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise from Belgium and Roompot Nederlandse Loterij from the Netherlands have all been invited to join the World Tour teams on the startline.

Each of the 25 teams will field a team of eight riders, who will tackle the 257km route

The two new cobbled sectors are Viesly a Briastre at nearly three kilometres long, and Briastre à Solesmes, a shorter stretch of 800 metres. In total, the Hell of the North will have 55 kilometres of cobblestones, or 2.2km more than in 2016.

Last year’s Paris-Roubaix was won by Mathew Hayman (Orica-Scott). The Australian rider goes into this year’s 115th edition as defending champion and will face four-time winner and last year’s runner-up Tom Boonen (Quick-Step Floors) in his last appearance before retirement.

Other favorites are Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe), Ian Stannard (Team Sky), Niki Terpstra (Quick-Step Floors), Alexander Kristoff (Katusha-Alpecin) and John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo).

WorldTour teams

AG2R La Mondiale (FRA)
Astana (KAZ)
Bahrain – Merida (BRN)
BMC Racing (USA)
Bora – Hansgrohe (GER)
Cannondale – Drapac (USA)
FDJ (FRA)
Lotto – Soudal (BEL)
Movistar (SPA)
Orica – Scott (AUS)
Quick-Step Floors (BEL)
Dimension Data (SAF)
Katusha – Alpecin (SWI)
LottoNL – Jumbo NET)
Sky (GBR)
Team Sunweb (GER)
Trek – Segafredo (USA)
UAE – Abu Dhabi (UAE)

Pro Continental

Cofidis (FRA)
Delko Marseille (FRA)
Direct Energie (FRA)
Fortuneo – Vital Concept(FRA)
Roompot – Oranje Peloton (NET)
Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise (BEL)
Wanty – Groupe Gobert (BEL)