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We all know that Sunday is the biggest one-day race of the year for the pros with Paris-Roubaix\u2014but there are two other races going on as well. The under-19, a.k.a. junior men, are racing, along with the under-23 men. Unfortunately, junior and espoir women will not be racing.<\/p>\n
Justin Picoux (Team COPPI \u2013 BO.Buro) will be there in the under-23 race. The LaSalle native has raced for the Belgian squad since 2023. Before then, he rode for another Belgian team as a junior, Crabb\u00e9 Toitures \u2013 CC Chevigny Junior. So he\u2019s got plenty of experience on the cobbles.<\/p>\n
\n<\/blockquote>\nToronto\u2019s Ashlin Barry (Visma \u2013 Lease a Bike), who races with a U.S. licence, is also lining up. He\u2019s one of the big favourites for the under-23 Hell of the North. He did well as a junior in the same race, and just finished 18th at what\u2019s called the \u201cmini Paris-Roubaix,\u201d the Grand Prix de Denain. Although he rides for the Continental Visma team most of the time, he also lines up with the WorldTour squad. At Denain, he did just that. And he rode exceptionally well, making the break of the day, then staying in the main selection in the finale. He led out his teammate and still finished 18th.<\/p>\n
You can watch the pro men and women on FloBikes.com<\/a>\u2014you can read all about the seven Canadians racing below.<\/p>\n
\nEven more Canadians added to the Paris-Roubaix start list<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n