Paris Tours

Paris Tours

Paris – Tours is a men's road bike race that has been held every autumn since 1896 .

In 1974 the name was one-day race in accordance with the different route Tours-Paris and 1975 Tours- Versailles . Between 1976 and 1987 the race was called the Grand Prix d'Automne (French, German Grand Autumn Prize ), with the course continuing from Tours to Versailles until 1977, from Blois to Montlhéry in 1978 , from Blois to Chaville from 1979 to 1984 and 1985 until 1987 from Créteil to Chaville.

The competition is organized by the Amaury Sport Organization (ASO) . Until 2004, the race was part of the ten races in the Cycling World Cup . After its end, from 2005 to 2007 it was part of the newly introduced UCI ProTour , a series of the most important cycling races of the year. Due to the conflict between the organizer ASO and the International Cycling Union UCI is the race since 2008 part of the UCI Europe Tour and is UCI Category 1.HC classified. It is generally counted among the classics .

The race distance fluctuated over the years due to the chosen route between 246 km and 342 km (in the 1920s). In 2009 it was 230 km. Four drivers managed to win the race three times each: Gustave Danneels (1934, 1936, 1937), Paul Maye (1941, 1942, 1945), Guido Reybrouck (1964, 1966, 1968) and Erik Zabel (1994, 2003, 2005) ).

winner

Professionals / elite

2019 Jelle Wallays 2018 Søren Kragh Andersen  2017 Matteo Trentin  2016 Fernando Gaviria 2015 Matteo Trentin  2014 Jelle Wallays 2013 John Degenkolb 2012 Marco Marcato 2011 Greg Van Avermaet 2010 Óscar Freire 2009 Philippe Gilbert 2008 Philippe Gilbert 2007 Alessandro Petacchi 2006 Frédéric Guesdon 2005 Erik Zabel 2004 Erik Dekker 2003 Erik Zabel 2002 Jakob Piil 2001 Richard virusesque 2000 Andrea Tafi 1999 Marc Wauters 1998 Jacky Durand 1997 Andrei Tchmil 1996 Nicola Minali 1995 Nicola Minali 1994 Erik Zabel 1993 Johan Museeuw 1992 Hendrik Redant 1991 Johan Capiot 1990 Rolf Sørensen 1989 Jelle Nijdam 1988 Peter Pieters 1987 Adrie van der Poel 1986 Phil Anderson 1985 Ludo Peeters 1984 Sean Kelly 1983 Ludo Peeters 1982 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke 1981 Jan Raas 1980 Daniel Willems 1979 Joop Zoetemelk

1978 Jan Raas 1977 Joop Zoetemelk 1976 Ronald Dewitte 1975 Freddy Maertens 1974 Francesco Moser 1973 Rik Van Linden 1972 Noël Van Tyghem 1971 Rik Van Linden 1970 Jürgen Tschan 1969 Herman Van Springel 1968 Guido Reybrouck 1967 Rik Van Looy 1966 Guido Reybrouck 1965 Karstens tanning 1964 Guido Reybrouck 1963 Jo de Roo 1962 Jo de Roo 1961 Jos Wouters 1960 Jo de Haan 1959 Rik Van Looy 1958 Gilbert Desmet 1957 Fred De Bruyne 1956 Albert Bouvet 1955 Jacques Dupont 1954 Gilbert Scodeller 1953 Jozef Schils 1952 Raymond Guegan 1951 Jacques Dupont 1950 André Mahé 1949 Albert Ramon 1948 Louis Caput 1947 Briek Schotte 1946 Briek Schotte 1945 Paul Maye 1944 Lucien Teisseire 1943 Gabriel Gaudin 1942 Paul Maye 1941 Paul Maye

1940 not held 1939 Frans Bonduel 1938 Jules Rossi 1937 Gustave Danneels 1936 Gustave Danneels 1935 René Le Grèves 1934 Gustave Danneels 1933 Jules Merviel 1932 Jules Moineau 1931 André Leducq 1930 Jean Marechal 1929 Nicolas Frantz 1928 Denis Verschueren 1927 Heiri Suter 1926 Heiri Suter 1925 Denis Verschueren 1924 Louis Mottiat 1923 Paul Deman 1922 Henri Pélissier 1921 Francis Pélissier 1920 Eugène Christophe 1919 Hector Tiberghien 1918 Charles Mantelet 1917 Philippe Thys 1915–1916 not held 1914 Oscar Egg 1913 Charles Crupelandt 1912 Louis Heusghem 1911 Octave Lapize 1910 François Faber 1909 François Faber 1908 Omer Beaugendre 1907 Georges Passerieu 1906 Lucien Petit-Breton 1902–1905 not held 1901 Jean Fischer 1897–1900 not held 1896 Eugène Prévost (amateur race)

U23 / amateurs

On the same day as the main race, a version for drivers of the U23 class (until the introduction of the standard license in 1995 for amateurs ) will be held. The race has been part of the UCI Europe Tour since 2005 and is classified in category 1.2.

2019 Alexys Brunel 2018 Marten Kooistra  2017 Jasper Philipsen 2016 Arvid de Kleijn  2015 Sam Oomen  2014 Mike Teunissen 2013 Flavien Dassonville 2012 Taruia Krainer 2011 Fabien Schmidt

2010 Jelle Wallays 2009 Mathieu Halleguen 2008 Tony Gallopin 2007 Jürgen Roelandts 2006 Huub Duyn 2005 Fabien Patanchon 2004 Vincent Jérôme 2003 Mathieu Claude 2002 Maryan Hary 2001 Samuel Dumoulin

2000 Tom Boonen 1999 Gorik Gardeyn 1998 Thor Hushovd 1997 Miguel van Kessel 1996 Franck Perque 1995 Pascal Giguet 1994 Nicolas Jalabert 1993 Cyril Saugrain 1992 Arvis Piziks 1991 Lars Michaelsen

Web links

Commons : Paris – Tours  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Paris tours on memoire du cyclisme
• Paris – Tours in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Paris-Tours U23 in the Radsportseiten.net database