2018 Paris–Roubaix

{{short description|Cycling race}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 2018 Paris–Roubaix

| series = 2018 UCI World Tour

| race_no = 15

| season_no = 37

| image = 2018 Paris–Roubaix.jpg

| image_size =

| image_caption = Event poster with previous winner Greg Van Avermaet

| date = 8 April 2018

| stages = 1

| distance = 257

| unit = km

| time = 5h 54' 06"{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-roubaix-2018/results/|title=Peter Sagan wins Paris-Roubaix|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=8 April 2018|access-date=8 April 2018|archive-date=8 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408194124/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-roubaix-2018/results/}}

| speed = 43.55

| first = Peter Sagan

| first_team = {{UCI team code|BOH|2018}}

| first_nat = SVK

| second = Silvan Dillier

| second_team = {{UCI team code|ALM|2018}}

| second_nat = SUI

| third = Niki Terpstra

| third_team = {{UCI team code|EQS|2018}}

| third_nat = NED

| previous = 2017

| next = 2019

}}

The 2018 Paris–Roubaix was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 8 April 2018 in France. It was the 116th edition of the Paris–Roubaix and the fifteenth event of the 2018 UCI World Tour.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-announces-2018-road-calendar/ |title=UCI announces 2018 road calendar |access-date=20 October 2017 |work=Cycling News}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.velon.cc/en/news/2017/09/uci-confirm-worldtour-calendar-for-2018 |title=2018 UCI WorldTour calendar unveiled |access-date=20 October 2016 |work=Velon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925133030/http://www.velon.cc/en/news/2017/09/uci-confirm-worldtour-calendar-for-2018 |archive-date=25 September 2017 |url-status=dead }}

For the first time since Bernard Hinault in 1981, the race was won by the incumbent world champion, Peter Sagan ({{UCI team code|BOH|2018}}).{{cite news|url=https://www.paris-roubaix.fr/en/news/2018/stage-1/sagan-makes-the-rainbow-shine-again-after-37-years|title=Sagan makes the rainbow shine again after 37 years|work=Paris–Roubaix|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=8 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408194031/https://www.paris-roubaix.fr/en/news/2018/stage-1/sagan-makes-the-rainbow-shine-again-after-37-years|archive-date=8 April 2018|date=8 April 2018}} Sagan attacked the main group of riders, on sector 12 of pavé between Auchy-lez-Orchies and Bersée, catching the head of the race not long after. Only Swiss champion Silvan Dillier, riding for the {{UCI team code|ALM|2018}} team, was able to stay with Sagan all the way to the finish at Roubaix Velodrome, where Sagan won the two-up sprint finish.{{cite web|url=https://www.velonews.com/2018/12/news/inside-sagans-paris-roubaix-win_482004|title=Inside Sagan's Paris-Roubaix win|first1=Gregor|last1=Brown|date=6 December 2018|access-date=9 December 2018}} Third place, 57 seconds later, went to Tour of Flanders winner Niki Terpstra, for {{UCI team code|QST|2018}}.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/peter-sagan-takes-spectacular-paris-roubaix-victory-after-attacking-with-55km-to-go-375809|title=Peter Sagan takes spectacular Paris-Roubaix victory after huge 54km attack|first=Henry|last=Robertshaw|work=Cycling Weekly|publisher=Time Inc. UK|access-date=8 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408194621/http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/peter-sagan-takes-spectacular-paris-roubaix-victory-after-attacking-with-55km-to-go-375809|archive-date=8 April 2018|date=8 April 2018}}

File:Paris_Roubaix_2018_Templeuve_01.jpg, Silvan Dillier and Jelle Wallays at the Templeuve-en-Pévèle pavé sector, {{convert|35|km|abbr=off}} from the finish]]

The race was marred by the death of {{UCI team code|VWC|2018}} rider Michael Goolaerts. During the race, he suffered a cardiac arrest, and later died in hospital in Lille.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/43691211|title=Paris-Roubaix: Michael Goolaerts dies after crash|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=8 April 2018|access-date=8 April 2018}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/michael-goolaerts-dies-following-cardiac-arrest-at-paris-roubaix/|title=Michael Goolaerts dies following cardiac arrest at Paris-Roubaix|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=8 April 2018|access-date=8 April 2018}}