Paris-Roubaix Challenge
Nord, Hauts-de-France · Busigny → Roubaix velodrome
The Hell of the North for amateurs: every cobbled sector from Busigny to the Roubaix velodrome.
- Distance
- 173.8 km
- Climbing
- +815 m
- Est. time
- 5 h 30 min
- High point
- 151 m
- Pavé
- 50.6 km
Free to ride with a free account. It rides in your browser with any smart trainer or power meter, and your result goes on the leaderboard below.
Ride it in stages
Few riders hold 174 km on a trainer. Ride it a stage at a time: the cuts avoid the middle of the big climbs — a stage ends at a summit, in a valley or on the flat — and this page remembers what you have ridden and what comes next.
11 stages of about 15.8 km — none over 50 minutes at 165 W.
- Stage 1 (next)km 0–17.8Next17.8 km+114 m~32 minRolling
- Stage 2km 17.8–36.318.5 km+151 m~36 minRolling
- Stage 3km 36.3–5215.8 km+100 m~29 minRolling
- Stage 4km 52–66.814.8 km+73 m~26 minFlat
- Stage 5km 66.8–81.514.8 km+52 m~26 minFlat
- Stage 6km 81.5–96.815.3 km+32 m~27 minFlat
- Stage 7km 96.8–11214.8 km+41 m~27 minFlat
- Stage 8km 112–12614.8 km+60 m~27 minFlat
- Stage 9km 126–14215.8 km+60 m~28 minFlat
- Stage 10km 142–15815.5 km+71 m~28 minFlat
- Stage 11km 158–17416.3 km+61 m~29 minFlat
Times are at a steady 165 W — no stage takes more than 50 minutes. Cross a stage's finish line and it is ticked — feeling good? Keep pedalling and the ride carries on into the next stage. Progress is kept in this browser, and in your account when you are signed in.
Elevation profile
14–151 m · 3 categorised climbs · Very hard · Road + CobblesAbout Paris-Roubaix Challenge
The long course of the Challenge follows the business end of the professional race: north from Busigny across the plain of the Nord, through every cobbled sector the pros ride, among them the Trouée d’Arenberg, Mons-en-Pévèle and the Carrefour de l’Arbre, to a lap and a half of the old concrete velodrome in Roubaix.
There is almost no climbing. What makes it hard is the pavé — sector after sector of farm tracks that shake the speed out of you — and the flat, exposed roads between them, where the effort never really stops.
Held on the Saturday before Paris–Roubaix, in April, with shorter 145 km and 70 km courses.
Why ride this route indoors?
- A long, flat, steady course is the best place to build the sustained power that cobbled sectors demand.
- With nothing to coast down, it is hours of uninterrupted pedalling — honest endurance work.
- Your trainer reproduces the distance and the rhythm, not the vibration. You will still know you have done it.
Good to know
+Is this the official course of Paris-Roubaix Challenge?
The track is based on the GPX published by Paris-Roubaix Challenge (A.S.O.) for the 2026 edition, normalised by Cycloscape for indoor riding. Cycloscape is not affiliated with the event’s organisers.
+What do I need to ride Paris-Roubaix Challenge indoors?
A smart trainer or a power meter, and a browser. Cycloscape connects over Bluetooth or ANT+ from the browser, sets the resistance of a smart trainer to the real gradient, and turns the route’s GPX into a 3D world. There is nothing to install.
+Can I ride Paris-Roubaix Challenge in stages?
Yes. Few riders want more than 50 minutes on a trainer in one go, so Cycloscape offers its 174 km in 11 stages of about 16 km, none longer than 50 minutes at 165 W. The cuts avoid the middle of the big climbs — a stage ends at a summit, in a valley or on the flat. Start from any stage and, if your legs are good at its finish line, keep pedalling: the ride carries on into the next stage and every stage you finish is ticked. The page remembers which stages you have ridden and which one is next.
+Is it free?
Yes. Riding it needs a free account — sign up in seconds with Google or a code by email, no card. Your result is saved and goes on the route’s leaderboard.
Leaderboard
Best effort per rider — a free account puts your ride on it.