paris roubaix
Definition
A one-day professional bicycle road race held annually in northern France, starting near Compiègne and finishing in Roubaix, renowned for its brutal cobblestone (pavé) sectors.
One of cycling's five 'Monuments' or classic races, nicknamed 'L'Enfer du Nord' (Hell of the North) due to its punishing terrain that often causes mechanical failures and crashes.
Examples
Les coureurs à Paris-Roubaix affrontent les pavés avec plus de cran que James Bond face à un méchant.
Cyclists in Paris-Roubaix face the cobblestones with more grit than James Bond facing a villain.
Gagner Paris-Roubaix, c'est comme triompher d'un lave-vaisselle en furie sur deux roues.
Winning Paris-Roubaix is like triumphing over a raging dishwasher on two wheels.
Paris-Roubaix transforme les vélos élégants en tanks boueux, et les sprinteurs en gladiateurs poussiéreux.
Paris-Roubaix turns sleek bikes into muddy tanks and sprinters into dusty gladiators.
Aux pavés de Paris-Roubaix, même les crevaisons semblent chorégraphiées comme un ballet chaotique.
On the cobblestones of Paris-Roubaix, even punctures seem choreographed like a chaotic ballet.