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Eight Canadians scheduled to start Paris-Roubaix

Plenty of home-grown riders to cheer on this weekend in France

Guillaume Boivin

When the 120th edition of Paris-Roubaix rolls out this weekend, Canadian fans will have more home-grown riders to cheer for than ever. Eight Canucks are on the start list across Saturday’s Paris-Roubaix Femmes and Sunday’s men’s race.

On the men’s side, Guillaume Boivin (Israel-Premier Tech) will look to repeat some of the magic of his sensational 2021 Paris-Roubaix. He’ll be joined by Israel-Premier Tech teammate, Derek Gee and Nickolas Zukowsky (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)

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For the Paris-Roubaix Femmes, the third edition of the women’s race, five Canadians are scheduled to start on Saturday. That includes Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Cofidis Women’s Team) and an EF Education-TIBCO-SVB duo of Alison Jackson and Sara Poidevin. Maggie Coles-Lyster (Zaaf) will get to ride the real deal after years of racing, and winning, Jeremy’s Roubaix in Pitt Meadows, B.C. Finally, Simone Boilard will race with the otherwise all-French St. Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 team.

Canadians can watch Paris-Roubaix Femmes on Saturday, April 8 and Paris-Roubaix on Sunday, April 9, live on FloBikes.

2023 Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Roubaix Femmes: Canadians

Guillaume Boivin (Israel-Premier Tech)
Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech)
Nickolas Zukowsky (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)

Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Cofidis Women’s Team)
Alison Jackson (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB)
Sara Poidevin (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB)
Maggie Coles-Lyster (Zaaf)
Simone Boilard (St.Michel-Mavic-Auber 93)