Paris-Tours

The Paris-Tours (officially: Paris-Tours Elite) is a classic cycling tour, starting in the outskirts of Paris and ending in Tours (France), which takes place in October.

Its first edition, in 1896, was a race for amateurs, becoming professional from its second edition in 1901. It was part of the Cycling World Cup during all the years in which it was held (1989-2004). Later it was the UCI ProTour until 2007, although after the ProTour was refounded it was no longer part of the new UCI World Calendar, remaining on the European Continental Circuit since 2008, cataloged with the highest category for one-day races: 1.HC. In 2020 it was included in the newly created UCI ProSeries under the 1.Pro category.

Its route is quite flat, so it is very suitable for rollers and sprinters, although the heights located in the final part make said sprint disorganized, with riders being able to arrive with a few seconds ahead of the peloton at the finish line located on the avenue de Grammont in Tours. In any case, it is one of the fastest classics on the international calendar and the Ruban Jaune award has been won 9 times in this race.

Tours-Paris

In 1917 and 1918 the Tours-Paris race was held, parallel and similar following the opposite route, between Tours and Paris, these editions were won by the Belgians Charles Deruyter and Philippe Thys respectively.

Paris-Tours sub-23

Since 1991, the Paris-Tours sub-23 (officially Paris-Tours Espoirs) has also been disputed, which is a limited Paris-Tours to under-23 riders, in fact they are held on the same day.

Its first editions were amateur until the creation of the UCI Continental Circuits in 2005 when it began to be part of the UCI Europe Tour the first two years in category 1.2 (last category of professionalism) and then in the specific category created in 2007 for sub-23 runners: 1.2U (also the last category of professionalism).

It has approximately 180 km in its route, between 50 and 80 km less than its namesake without age limitation, although with similar heights in the final part.

Like its namesake without age limitation, if it is organized by ASO (also organizer of the Tour de France among others).

Honours of Prizes

Year	Winner	Second	Third
Paris-Tours
1896	Eugène Prévost	Emile Ouzou	Lucien Bouvet
1897-1900 unrealized editions
1901	Jean Fischer	Georges Lorgeou	Édouard Wattelier
1906	Lucien Petit-Breton	Louis Trousselier	Henri Cornet
1907	Georges Passerieu	André Pottier	Emile Georget
1908	Omer Beaugendre	Frédéric Saillot	François Faber
1909	François Faber	Jean Alavoine	Ernest Paul
1910	François Faber	Louis Trousselier	Émile Engel
1911	Octave Lapize	Cyrille van Hauwaert	Emile Georget
1912	Louis Heusghem	Charles Deruyter	Lucien Petit-Breton
1913	Charles Crupelandt	Georges Passerieu	Louis Luguet
1914	Oscar Egg	Émile Engel	Philippe Thys
1915-1916 issues not made due to World War I
1917	Philippe Thys	Marcel Godivier	Eugène Christophe
1918	Charles Mantelet	Lucien Cazalis	Alexis Michiels
1919	Hector Tiberghien	René Vandenhove	Jean Rossius
1920	Eugène Christophe	Honoré Barthélémy	Albert Dejonghe
1921	Francis Pélissier	Louis Mottiat	Eugène Christophe
1922	Henri Pélissier	Heiri Suter	Robert Jacquinot
1923	Paul Deman	Felix Sellier	Hector Tiberghien
1924	Louis Mottiat	Nicolas Frantz	Jules Huyvaert
1925	Denis Verschueren	August Mortelmans	Jean Hillarion
1926	Heiri Suter	Kastor Notter	Nicolas Frantz
1927	Heiri Suter	Gustave Van Slembrouck	George Ronsse
1928	Denis Verschueren	Charles Pèlissier	Marius Gallottini
1929	Nicolas Frantz	Aimé Deolet	George Ronsse
1930	Jean Maréchal	Marcel Bidot	Frans Bonduel
1931	André Leducq	Roger Parioleau	Alfred Hamerlinck
1932	Julien Moineau	Herbert Sieronski	Amulio Viarengo
1933	Jules Merviel	Antonin Magne	Ludwig Geyer
1934	Gustave Danneels	Romain Gijssels	Félicien Vervaecke
1935	René Le Grevès	Roger Lapébie	Raffaele Di Paco
1936	Gustave Danneels	Fernand Mithouard	Jules Coelart
1937	Gustave Danneels	Frans Bonduel	Edgard De Caluwé
1938	Jules Rossi	Albertin Disseaux	Paul Maye
1939	Frans Bonduel	Lucien Storme	Theo Pirmez
1940 edition not made due to World War II
1941	Paul Maye	Albert Goutal	Pierre Cloarec
1942	Paul Maye	Gérard Virol	Jules Rossi
1943	Gabriel Gaudin	Achille Buysse	Albert Hendrickx
1944	Lucien Teisseire	Louis Gauthier	Louis Thiétard
1945	Paul Maye	Joseph Goutorbe	Émile Idée
1946	Albéric Schotte	Roger Prevotal	Maurice De Muer
1947	Albéric Schotte	Émile Idée	Albert Sercu
1948	Louis Caput	Robert Mignat	Émile Idée
1949	Albert.	Paul Néri	Jacques Geus
1950	André Mahé	Urbain Caffi	Guy Lapébie
1951	Jacques Dupont	Alfredo Martini	Attilio Redolfi
1952	Raymond Guégan	Albéric Schotte	Louis Caput
1953	Jozef Schils	Ferdinand Kübler	Georges Gilles
1954	Gilbert Scodeller	Louison Bobet	Pierre Michel
1955	Jacques Dupont	Fred de Bruyne	Jean-Marie Cieleska
1956	Albert Bouvet	Julien Schepens	Louison Bobet
1957	Fred de Bruyne	Louison Bobet	Angelo Conterno
1958	Gilbert Desmet	Fred de Bruyne	François Mahé
1959	Rik Van Looy	Coen Niesten	André Noyelle
1960	Jo de Haan	Michel Stolker	Luis Otaño
1961	Joseph Wouters	Gilbert Desmet	Anatole Novak
1962	Jo De Roo	Frans Melckenbeeck	Benoni Beheyt
1963	Jo De Roo	Tom Simpson	Raymond Poulidor
1964	Guido Reybrouck	Rik Van Looy	Gustaaf de Smet
1965	Gerben Karstens	Gustaaf de Smet	Fernand Deferm
1966	Guido Reybrouck	Rik Van Looy	Paul Lemeteyer
1967	Rik Van Looy	Barry Hoban	José Samyn
1968	Guido Reybrouck	Walter Godefroot	Eric Leman
1969	Herman Van Springel	Frans Verbeeck	Roger Jochmans
1970	Jürgen Tschan	René Pijnen	Guido Reybrouck
1971	Rik Van Linden	Marino Basso	Gerben Karstens
1972	Noël Vantyghem	Jos Huysmans	Willy De Geest
1973	Rik Van Linden	Roger de Vlaeminck	Frans Verbeeck
Tours-Versailles
1974	Francesco Moser	Jean-Pierre Danguillaume	Eric Leman
1975	Freddy Maertens	Frans Van Looy	Roger de Vlaeminck
1976	Ronald De Witte	Raymond Poulidor	Robert Bouloux
1977	Joop Zoetemelk	Johan de Muynck	Hennie Kuiper
Blois-Montlhéry
1978	Jan Raas	Joseph Jacobs	Guido Van Calster
Blois-Chaville
1979	Joop Zoetemelk	Giuseppe Saronni	Jan Raas
1980	Daniel Willems	Alain Vigneron	Eddy Vanhaerens
1981	Jan Raas	Ferdi van den Haute	Luc Colijn
1982	Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke	Pierino Gavazzi	Alfons de Wolf
1983	Ludo Peeters	Adrie van der Poel	Jan Raas
1984	Sean Kelly.	Steven Rooks	Bruno Wojtinek
Créteil-Chaville
1985	Ludo Peeters	Moreno Argentin	Sean Kelly.
1986	Phil Anderson	Jean-Louis Peillon	Charly Mottet
1987	Adrie van der Poel	Teun van Vliet	Maurizio Fondriest
Paris-Tours
1988	Peter Pieters	Jan Goessens	Sean Kelly.
1989	Jelle Nijdam	Eric Vanderaerden	Johan Museeuw
1990	Rolf Sørensen	Phil Anderson	Maurizio Fondriest
1991	Johan Capiot	Olaf Ludwig	Nico Verhoeven
1992	Hendrik Redant	Christian Henn	Olaf Ludwig
1993	Johan Museeuw	Maurizio Fondriest	Alexandr Gonchenkov
1994	Erik Zabel	Gianluca Bortolami	Zbigniew Spruch
1995	Nicola Minali	Andréi Chmil	Sven Teutenberg
1996	Nicola Minali	Tom Steels	Giovanni Lombardi
1997	Andréi Chmil	Maximilian Sciandri	Henk Vogels
1998	Jacky Durand	Mirko Gualdi	Jaan Kirsipuu
1999	Marc Wauters	Gianni Faresin	Jaan Kirsipuu
2000	Andrea Tafi	Andréi Chmil	Daniele Nardello
2001	Richard Virenque	Óscar Freire	Erik Zabel
2002	Jakob Piil	Jacky Durand	Erik Zabel
2003	Erik Zabel	Alessandro Petacchi	Stuart O'Grady
2004	Erik Dekker	Danilo Hondo	Óscar Freire
2005	Erik Zabel	Daniele Bennati	Allan Davis
2006	Frédéric Guesdon	Kurt Asle Arvesen	Stuart O'Grady
2007	Alessandro Petacchi	Francesco Chicchi	Óscar Freire
2008	Philippe Gilbert	Jan Kuyckx	Sébastien Turgot
2009	Philippe Gilbert	Tom Boonen	Borut Božič
2010	Óscar Freire	Angelo Furlan	Gert Steegmans
2011	Greg Van Avermaet	Marking	Kasper Klostergaard
2012	Marking	Laurens de Vreese	Niki Terpstra
2013	John Degenkolb	Michael Mørkøv	Arnaud Démare
2014	Jelle Wallays	Thomas Voeckler	Jens Debusschere
2015	Matteo Trentin	Tosh Van der Sande	Greg Van Avermaet
2016	Fernando Gaviria	Arnaud Démare	Jonas Van Genechten
2017	Matteo Trentin	Søren Kragh Andersen	Niki Terpstra
2018	Søren Kragh Andersen	Niki Terpstra	Benoît Cosnefroy
2019	Jelle Wallays	Niki Terpstra	Oliver Naesen
2020	Casper Pedersen	Benoît Cosnefroy	Joris Nieuwenhuis
2021	Arnaud Démare	Franck Bonnamour	Jasper Stuyven
2022	Arnaud Démare	Edward Theuns	Sam Bennett

Notes:

Human awards by country

Country	Victorias	Last winner
BelgiumBelgium	43	Jelle Wallays in 2019
France	33	Arnaud Démare in 2022
NetherlandsNetherlands	12	Erik Dekker in 2004
ItalyItaly	9	Matteo Trentin in 2017
GermanyGermany	5	John Degenkolb in 2013
DenmarkDenmark	4	Casper Pedersen in 2020
LuxembourgLuxembourg	3	Nicolas Frantz in 1929
SwitzerlandSwitzerland	3	Heiri Suter in 1927
Ireland	1	Sean Kelly in 1984
Australia	1	Phil Anderson in 1986
Ukraine Ukraine	1	Andréi Chmil in 1997
SpainSpain	1	Óscar Freire in 2010
ColombiaColombia	1	Fernando Gaviria in 2016

Statistics

More victories Cycling Victorias Years Gustave Danneels 3 1934, 1936 and 1937 Paul Maye 3 1941, 1942 and 1945 Guido Reybrouck 3 1964, 1966 and 1968 Erik Zabel 3 1994, 2003 and 2005 François Faber 2 1909 and 1910 Heiri Suter 2 1926 and 1927 Albéric Schotte 2 1946 and 1947 Jo De Roo 2 1962 and 1963 Rik Van Linden 2 1971 and 1973 Joop Zoetemelk 2 1977 and 1979 Jan Raas 2 1978 and 1981 Ludo Peeters 2 1983-1985 Nicola Minali 2 1995 and 1996 Philippe Gilbert 2 2008 and 2009 Matteo Trentin 2 2015 and 2007 Jelle Wallays 2 2014 and 2019 In bold active corridors.

Faster Editions 49,641 km/h ( Matteo Trentin 2015, 231 km) 48.929 km/h ( Andrei Tchmil 1997, 256 km) 48.629 km/h ( Marcato 2012, 235,5 km) 47.729 km/h Óscar Freire 2010, 233 km) 47.550 km/h ( Erik Zabel 2003, 257 km) 47,042 km/h ( Fernando Gaviria 2016, 252,5 km) 46.745 km/h Hendrik Redant 1992, 286 km) 46.179 km/h ( Alessandro Petacchi 2007, 256 km) 46,112 km/h ( Frédéric Guesdon 2006, 254,5 km) 45,488 km/h ( Erik Dekker 2004, 252 km) 45,462 km/h ( Jakob Piil 2002, 257 km) 45,082 km/h ( Erik Zabel 2005, 253 km) 45,029 km/h ( Gerben Karstens 1965, 247 km)