Vélodrome André-Pétrieux

The race from Paris to Roubaix ends on this long concrete track, after a whole day on bumpy cobbled roads. One lap is almost 500 m, twice as long as most indoor tracks. The bends are low, and a grass bank runs round the outside where the fans stand. After the race, the riders wash off the mud in its famous old showers.

One lap: 499.75 m
Track: Concrete
Banking in the bends: 15.4°
Banking on the straights: 5°
Width: 6 m
Indoor or outdoor: Outdoor
Built: 1936
People who can watch: About 2,000

Did you know?

Every spring, the race from Paris to Roubaix ends right here, with one and a half laps of this track!
Before they get here, the riders bump over more than fifty kilometres of old cobbled roads. People call the race the Hell of the North!
After the race, the riders wash off the mud in the old showers here. Every shower has a little brass plate with the name of a winner on it!
The winner of the race does not get a cup. They get a real cobblestone to take home!
This concrete track is almost 500 metres long. That is twice as long as most indoor tracks!
The race has finished on this track almost every year since 1943.

The race announcer tells riders these facts at Vélodrome André-Pétrieux.

Race at Vélodrome André-Pétrieux

In Watt Fighters you race here on your own bike, on a smart trainer or with a power meter. Your watts move your rider round the track. On the steep bends you need speed, or you slide down the banking. You can race every event here: match sprint, elimination, points race, scratch race, unknown distance, time trial, keirin, flying 200 m, open track.

Race here in Watt Fighters

Vélodrome André-Pétrieux

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