2015 Paris–Roubaix
| 2015 UCI World Tour, race 10 of 28 | |||||||||||||
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Post-race podium
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| Dates | 12 April 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 253.5 km (157.5 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 5h 49' 51" | ||||||||||||
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| Winner |
 John Degenkolb (GER)
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(Team Giant–Alpecin) | |
| Second |
 Zdeněk Štybar (CZE)
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(Etixx–Quick-Step) | |
| Third |
 Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)
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(BMC Racing Team) |
The 2015 Paris–Roubaix was the 113th edition of the Paris–Roubaix one-day race. It took place on 12 April and was the tenth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. It was won by John Degenkolb in a sprint ahead of Zdeněk Štybar and Greg Van Avermaet. Degenkolb became only the second German to win the race, after Josef Fischers victory at the very first edition 119 years earlier.
The 2015 Paris–Roubaix was 253.5 kilometres (157.5 mi) in length, slightly shorter that the previous editions. Despite the name suggesting that the race starts in the French capital, it actually starts in Compiègne, 80 km north of Paris. After a short, neutralised section, the race began in Clairoix. The first (almost) 100 km were virtually flat and quiet, before the riders hit the 27 cobbled sections that total 52.7 kilometres (32.7 mi), the hardest being Trouée d'Arenberg, Mons-en-Pévèle and Carrefour de l'Arbre. Three sections (Quiévy, Saint-Python and Verchain-Maugré) will be included in stage 4 of the 2015 Tour de France. The last 750m were in the velodrome in Roubaix.
As Paris-Roubaix is a UCI World Tour event, all 17 UCI WorldTeams were invited automatically and were obliged to send a squad. Eight Professional Continental teams received wildcard invitations and thus completed the 25-team peloton.
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