Runners entering Arenberg gap now approached at nearly 60 km/h. Adam Hansen, the president of the global riders' union (CPA), and Pascal Chanteur, who heads the French riders’ union, contacted the organizers of Paris-Roubaix on March 29.

They are urgently demanding to slow down the entry of runners into the legendary Arenberg Gap, now approaching at almost 60 km-h. “It’s a huge bullshit”: does the safety chicane increase the danger?.