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Paris Roubaix 2022 - 119th Edition - Compiegne - Roubaix 257.2 km - 17/04/2022 - Start - photo Luca Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2022
The peloton at the start of the 2022 Paris-Roubaix (Image credit: Luca Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2022)

The end of the 2022 cobbled Classics season is nigh, with Paris-Roubaix bringing the intense period of racing in Belgium and France to a close later this afternoon.

A peloton of 175 men have taken to the start of the 257km race in Compiègne, though only a small group of them will be in contention to sprint for victory in Roubaix's Velodrome André Pétrieux after six hours of racing. 

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