[Huffy]

Hi, been searching in the web for a while but can’t find recent posts as to whether you need tickets to get into the Velodrome to watch Paris Roubaix. We are planning to go over in 2015, and can’t travel too far, so if we can get in, we’d love to watch the finish.
Thanks in advance for any replies/advice, if anyone knows.

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[Guy Willetts]

Thanks for the replies. I
Thanks for the replies. I guess I’ll just have to be lucky on the day

[Simon_MacMichael]

Dominic Cox got on for a ride

Dominic Cox got on for a ride in April, see Day 4 of his blog here http://road.cc/content/blog/147658-unfair-stood-wind-france-dominic-cox-tours-battlefields-weather-scuppers-pav%C3%A9

[Anonymous]

Not sure whether the

Not sure whether the operators of the velodrome might object to you actually riding around (liability etc), but I was there last December (on a horrible, bleak, sleety kind of day) and walked around for a while without anyone appearing, let alone complaining.  The gate where the race gets in was open, I could even have driven the car around.

[Guy Willetts]

Hi everyone.  Does anyone

Hi everyone.  Does anyone know whether it is possible to get into and use the outdoor Velodrome at Roubaix on a normal day (ie not on the same day as  P-R or any TdF stage).  Has anyone done it ?  I’m riding in that part of the world next spring, not when the race is on, but a couple of weeks before, and thought it might be nice to do a lap or so at the end of a day on some of the paves.  just wondering….. 

 

[Yorkshie Whippet]

If you plan it well you can
If you plan it well you can get an early pave sectour and still be able to reach the velodrome. Although the best spots will be gone. Last year the tour I was on did two pave and reached the velodrome to watch the last 15-20k.

Watching the pro rattle over the pave is one thing but you don’t get to see the riders for as long.

[tumbelo]

We have same plan with my
We have same plan with my wife and 1y old kid. Arriving to Roubaix about at noon, then to Velodrome or to same place on route which can be achieved by walking. Our plan is to overnight at Roubaix.

Could someone comment wether it is better to go to Velodrome or to route? Why? Is there something special at the city after the race?

All kind of advice/tips are welcome as this is our first time watching classic race.

Thanks in advance!

[Freddy56]

Get out on the pave for the
Get out on the pave for the full atmosphere. The beer, big screen and atmosphere at the Arenberg forest is the fan hub of the classics

[Huffy]

Thanks for the info Gkam84
Thanks for the info Gkam84

[Gkam84]

Need to be there EARLY as
Need to be there EARLY as once it fills up, that is it for the day. It is free though and there is a big screen.

Have a look at this old post http://road.cc/content/forum/53764-paris-roubaix
Also Simon’s write up http://road.cc/content/feature/34426-hot-hell-we-follow-paris-roubaix-team-sky-and-ig-markets-pictures

You could do it all on an organised tour, less freedom, but best places to watch and no driving http://www.thechainstay.com/cycling-tours-in-belgium/spring-classics/paris-roubaix-day-trip/

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