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The Roubaix Canal, or the Espierres Canal, as it's called in French or Belgian, forms part of the link between the Deûle River in France and the Scheldt River in Belgium. In 1843, the two canals were connected between Leers, France, and Leers-Nord, Belgium. Despite damage sustained during the two world wars, the canal was the pinnacle of the region's textile industry for over a hundred years, transporting coal from Belgium to numerous French factories. In Leers-Nord, Belgium, the workers who pulled the coal-laden barges were called "satcheux" (sailors). Next to the lock keeper's house, a stone's throw from France, the crossing point between France and Belgium, a customs guardhouse was built. Customs officers were present to inspect the numerous goods transported by barge. After the decline of the textile industry in the 1970s and 1980s, the canal gradually lost its usefulness and was closed to shipping in 1983. In the early 2000s, the canal was the subject of a cross-border rehabilitation project to allow tourist boats to pass through again. As part of the Interreg Blue Links project, a collaboration between France, Flanders, and Wallonia, it was flooded again. The final works were completed in 2011, and navigation reopened. Since the early 20th century, the Roubaix/Espierres Canal has been a place of conviviality, walking, and fishing for cross-border residents and commuters. Consequently, strong public opposition has arisen to the plan to convert the canal into a motorway. Source: www.caue-nord.com

For real men, very tough, on the 30 lane route from Troisvilles 170 km

Carrefour de l'arbre delivers! On our ride (full 259km distance) we arrive here with already 242km in our legs.... The strips start to pile up considerably, which only makes the strip harder. Few opportunities to take the edge, so the bend is treacherous. But the finish is getting closer and closer...

The Templeuve sector was my first cobbled sector on the roads of the legendary Paris Roubaix race.

For a cycling tourist, the arrival at the Roubaix velodrome is also a great moment. Even after dozens of times!

For the legend this race is, and how normal in fact the velodrome is...

A very famous part of the Paris/Roubaix cycling race

Last bend before the cyclists enter the track.