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Paris-Roubaix 2018: its race route, cobble stones sections and other details of the Hell of the North

The queen of the classics, Paris-Roubaix 2018, will take place this Sunday. For the 116th edition of the race, the organisor decided to slightly modify last year's race route: the start has been modified, as well as the first cobble stones sections, with for example the comeback of the Saint-Python section. We still have the same number of cobble stones sections (29) but the total distance on cobbles is a little bit lower than last year, 54.5 kilometers instead of 55. The total number of kilometers of the race remains identical, 257 kilometers, but that's also due to the fact that the kilometer 0 of the race is a bit further from the start location!

In the Hell of the North, any small detail can however come disturb the race for one of the riders or maybe the contrary, help another rider. So, nothing's sure beforehand: Sunday, everything will be decided on the cobbles ... with the Quick-Step riders being t ...

The Tour de France 2017 race route in Google Maps/Google Earth

As usual, velowire.com allows you to discover in detail the race route of this 104th edition of the Grande Boucle, on Google Maps/Google Earth at one week before the start of the Tour de France 2017.

With the informations from this article you'll know all the tiny details, all cities and villages the Tour will visit and you'll thus be able to prepare your trip to the race if you're one of the 12 million spectators on the side of the road, or simply be able to follow the race in a better way if you're not!

Some information first ...

The Tour of Italy 2017 (100th Giro) race route on Google Maps/Google Earth

This Friday, 5 May 2017, the Tour of Italy 2017 (or Giro d'Italia 2017) will start on the island Sardinia south of Corsica, with three stages in line on the island followed by a transfer towards the mainland. All the other details about the race route, the roads the riders will follow, the time- and route schedules, the stage profiles and the race route on Google Maps/Google Earth can be discovered in this article, so you can follow the battle for pink with all the knowledge of the race you need!

Due to a lack of time and since the conception of these maps requires quite a lot of work, velowire.com offers you to start with the race route of the 9 first stages, knowing that the following stages will be published progressively as soon as I finish them, but in any case always quite some time before they'll take place! ...

The Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2017 race route on Google Maps/Google Earth: the 103rd 'Doyenne'!

In 1892 the very first edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège took place, which logically gives this race the nickname La Doyenne (the oldest one). That was 125 years ago and this year we'll see the 103rd edition of the Belgian classic which will take place between Liège, Bastogne and ... Ans (finish location of the race since 1992). You can always read the history of Liège-Bastogne-Liège which I published in the article about the race route of the 100th edition in 2014.

The race route has been modified quite a bit in 2017, especially due to roadworks which prevent the race to go through Stavelot.
In this article you'll find all the details of the Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2017 race route with the road map on Google Maps/Google Earth, the ...

The Amstel Gold Race 2017 race route on Google Maps/Google Earth and the time- and route schedule

This Sunday, the only Dutch classic, the Amstel Gold Race, which will take place between Maastricht and ... the Rijksweg in Vilt. Indeed, since 2013, the finish is no longer on top of the Cauberg in Valkenburg but at the same location as where the finish of the races of the 2012 World Championships took place.

The race route of the Amstel Gold Race 2017 - the 52nd edition of the race - is a little bit different from last year and the race now contains two additional climbs (and one less climb of the Cauberg, which brings the total number of climbs to 35), in the race route of this race which is part of the UCI WorldTour (in 2011 the number of climbs went up from 31 to 32 and in 2012 it went back down to 31, before going up to 34 in 2013 and now thus 35 in 20 ...

Paris-Roubaix 2017: its race route, its cobble stones sections and the other details of the Hell of the North

The queen of the classics, Paris-Roubaix 2017, will take place this Sunday. For the 115th edition of the race, the organisor decided to change the race route slightly compared to last year: the start is slightly different and two cobble stones sections which were not part of the race route since 1987 make their comeback. These additional sections, Briastre and Solesmes, make the total number of cobble stones sections grow to 29 and the number of cobbled kilometers to 55. However, since they are located quite early in the cobble stones programme of the race, this change should however not have any impact on the result of the race.

In the Hell of the North, any small detail can however come disturb the race for one of the riders or maybe the contrary, help another rider. So, nothing's sure beforehand: Sunday, everything will be decided on the cobbles ...

The 29 cobble stones sections of Paris-Roubaix ...

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The Paris-Nice 2017 race route on Google Maps/Google Earth, profiles and time- and route schedules

It's already the start of Paris-Nice 2017 tomorrow, the 75th edition of the "race to the sun", in Bois d'Arcy in the Yvelines department. 1,233.5 kilometers will be on the programme of this 5th race of the UCI WorldTour, with only one individual time trial, partly uphill with the finish on the Mont Brouilly.

This edition of Paris-Nice will reach summits which have never been reached in this race, with the Col de la Couillole which will be the finish location of the forelast stage next Saturday. So, on this race route, who will follow up on Geraint Thomas?

In any case, this article will provide you all the informations about the race route and you'll get to know it in detail, with the race route on ...

The Tour Down Under 2017 race route on Google Maps/Google Earth

... and the stage profiles

The Tour Down Under 2017 race route on Google Maps

Sunday 15 January 2017 - People's Choice Classic - criterium - 50.6 km

The race route of the first stages of the Tour de France 2017 on Google Maps

While we're at only two days from the presentation of the Tour de France 2017 race route, which you of course already discovered at velowire.com based on the rumours, I now offer you the opportunity to watch closer in detail the two first stages of this 104th edition of the Grande Boucle, with the first stage completely and the first part of the second stage.

The race route of the individual time trial and of the first part of the 2nd stage of the Tour de France 2017

The Paris-Tours 2016 race route on Google Maps/Google Earth

This Sunday 9 October 2016 it's already time for the end of season classic in France, the 110th edition of Paris-Tours, which has the nickname of the classic of the falling leaves, just like its big brother Il Lombardia which took place last week. This year it will take place between Dreux in the Eure-et-Loir department and the Avenue de Grammont in Tours.

As usual, this classic is one of the last races of the season in France and the riders will thus be willing to show what they're capable of once more just before we get in the winter rest period.

In this article you'll find all you need to know about this end of season classic: the race route on Google Maps, and a downloadable version in Google Earth, the profile and the time- and route schedule.

The Paris-Tours 2016 race route