Paris–Roubaix

E77707

Monument classic UCI WorldTour race one-day road cycling race

Paris–Roubaix is one of cycling’s oldest and most prestigious one-day “Monument” races, famed for its brutal cobblestone sectors and often unpredictable, harsh conditions.

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Label	Occurrences
Paris–Roubaix canonical	32
Paris–Roubaix route	2
Monsieur Paris–Roubaix	1
Paris–Roubaix 1968	1
Paris–Roubaix Femmes	1
Paris–Roubaix Femmes (some editions)	1
Paris–Roubaix Femmes (when routed there)	1
Paris–Roubaix cobbled classic	1
Paris–Roubaix men’s race	1
Pavé sectors of Paris–Roubaix	1
men’s Paris–Roubaix	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T619012 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Paris–Roubaix
Context triple: [Bernard Hinault, won, Paris–Roubaix]

A. Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Liège–Bastogne–Liège is one of professional cycling’s oldest and most prestigious one-day “Monument” races, held annually in the hilly Ardennes region of Belgium.
B. Paris–Nice
Paris–Nice is a prestigious early-season professional road cycling stage race in France, often seen as a key preparation event for the Grand Tours.
C. Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
The Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré is a prestigious week-long professional cycling stage race in southeastern France, often used by top riders as a key preparation event for the Tour de France.
D. Bordeaux–Paris 1965
Bordeaux–Paris 1965 was a historic long-distance French cycling classic whose 1965 edition is especially remembered for being dominated by legendary rider Jacques Anquetil.
E. Tour de France
The Tour de France is the world’s most prestigious multi-stage cycling race, held annually and primarily contested on roads across France.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Paris–Roubaix
Target entity description: Paris–Roubaix is one of cycling’s oldest and most prestigious one-day “Monument” races, famed for its brutal cobblestone sectors and often unpredictable, harsh conditions.

A. Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Liège–Bastogne–Liège is one of professional cycling’s oldest and most prestigious one-day “Monument” races, held annually in the hilly Ardennes region of Belgium.
B. Paris–Nice
Paris–Nice is a prestigious early-season professional road cycling stage race in France, often seen as a key preparation event for the Grand Tours.
C. Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
The Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré is a prestigious week-long professional cycling stage race in southeastern France, often used by top riders as a key preparation event for the Tour de France.
D. Bordeaux–Paris 1965
Bordeaux–Paris 1965 was a historic long-distance French cycling classic whose 1965 edition is especially remembered for being dominated by legendary rider Jacques Anquetil.
E. Tour de France
The Tour de France is the world’s most prestigious multi-stage cycling race, held annually and primarily contested on roads across France.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Monument classic ⓘ UCI WorldTour race ⓘ one-day road cycling race ⓘ
category	men’s professional road race ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
discipline	road ⓘ
distanceApproxKm	250 ⓘ
establishedIn	19th century ⓘ
finishFeature	Roubaix Velodrome ⓘ linked to: Roubaix
finishLocation	Roubaix ⓘ
firstHeld	1896 ⓘ
formerStartLocation	Paris ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
governingBody	Union Cycliste Internationale ⓘ
hasClassification	general classification (time only) ⓘ
knownFor	brutal racing conditions ⓘ dust and mud ⓘ high rate of punctures and mechanicals ⓘ unpredictable weather ⓘ
mostWinsNumber	4 ⓘ
mostWinsRider	Roger De Vlaeminck ⓘ Tom Boonen ⓘ
nickname	Hell of the North ⓘ L’Enfer du Nord ⓘ Queen of the Classics ⓘ
notableSector	Carrefour de l’Arbre ⓘ Mons-en-Pévèle ⓘ Trouée d’Arenberg ⓘ
organiser	Amaury Sport Organisation ⓘ
otherMonuments	Il Lombardia ⓘ Liège–Bastogne–Liège ⓘ Milan–San Remo ⓘ Tour of Flanders ⓘ
partOf	UCI WorldTour ⓘ five Monuments of cycling ⓘ
region	Nord department ⓘ
sport	road cycling ⓘ
startLocation	Compiègne ⓘ linked to: Compiegne
startRegion	Hauts-de-France ⓘ
surface	cobbled roads ⓘ paved roads ⓘ
terrainFeature	cobblestone sectors ⓘ flat profile ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
typeOfFinish	velodrome finish ⓘ
usualMonth	April ⓘ
womenRace	Paris–Roubaix Femmes ⓘ linked to: Paris–Roubaix
womenRaceFirstHeld	2021 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bernard Hinault → won → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Amaury Sport Organisation → organises → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Eddy Merckx → won → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Liège–Bastogne–Liège → monumentGroup → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Paris–Roubaix → womenRace → Paris–Roubaix Femmes ⓘ

linked to: Paris–Roubaix

Amaury Sport Organisation → organizes → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

subject linked to: ASO

Milan–San Remo → otherMonuments → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Giro di Lombardia → monumentAlongWith → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Eddy Merckx → wonMonumentClassic → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

subject linked to: The Cannibal

Roubaix → sportsEventFinish → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

spring classics → includesRace → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Hell of the North → refersTo → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

L’Enfer du Nord → refersTo → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

L’Enfer du Nord → appliesTo → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Queen of the Classics → refersTo → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Queen of the Classics → appliesTo → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Trouée d’Arenberg → partOf → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Trouée d’Arenberg → introducedInEvent → Paris–Roubaix 1968 ⓘ

linked to: Paris–Roubaix

Trouée d’Arenberg → usedIn → men’s Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

linked to: Paris–Roubaix

Trouée d’Arenberg → usedIn → Paris–Roubaix Femmes (some editions) ⓘ

linked to: Paris–Roubaix

Carrefour de l’Arbre → partOf → Paris–Roubaix route ⓘ

linked to: Paris–Roubaix

Carrefour de l’Arbre → partOf → Pavé sectors of Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

linked to: Paris–Roubaix

Carrefour de l’Arbre → usedByEvent → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Roger De Vlaeminck → nickname → Monsieur Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

linked to: Paris–Roubaix

Roger De Vlaeminck → won → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Tom Boonen → won → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Mons-en-Pévèle → usedIn → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Mons-en-Pévèle → partOf → Paris–Roubaix route ⓘ

linked to: Paris–Roubaix

Amaury family → controls → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Strade Bianche → inspiredBy → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Monument classics → member → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Rik Van Looy → won → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Sean Kelly → competedIn → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

UCI Road World Cup → includedRace → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Il Lombardia → monumentGroupWith → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Garmin-Slipstream → participatedIn → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Garmin-Sharp → competedIn → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Francis Pélissier → participantIn → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Henri Pélissier → won → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

Vélodrome André-Pétrieux → associatedWith → Paris–Roubaix cobbled classic ⓘ

linked to: Paris–Roubaix

Vélodrome André-Pétrieux → hasFinishLineFor → Paris–Roubaix men’s race ⓘ

linked to: Paris–Roubaix

Vélodrome André-Pétrieux → hasFinishLineFor → Paris–Roubaix Femmes (when routed there) ⓘ

linked to: Paris–Roubaix

Pévèle → associatedWithEvent → Paris–Roubaix ⓘ

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