Sensational Koch Beats Vos and Pfp for Roubaix Glory
Roubaix, Sunday 12th April 2026
Paris-Roubaix Femmes Hauts-de-France was won in fine style by Franziska Koch (FDJ United – Suez) on Sunday evening in the famous Andre-Petrieux Velodrome, as she just beat Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) to the line. Koch’s win in the Hell of the North made it six different winners of six different nationalities in the sixth edition of the race. Last year’s winner Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Team Visma-Lease a Bike) finished third at +6” having ridden hard in the attacking trio for her teammate Vos in the final kilometres, but Koch proved just too strong in the final sprint in front of the buoyant crowds. The top five in the Queen of the Classics was completed by Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) in fourth at +1’30”, just ahead of Megan Jastrab (UAE Team ADQ).
