Paris–Tours

Paris -Tours is an every autumn since 1896 by streets run one-day race for men, whose organizer is currently the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO ). The race was until 2004 part of the comprehensive ten race bike World Cup. After the end of which it was from 2005 to 2007 for the newly introduced UCI ProTour, a series of the most important bike race of the year. Because of the conflict between the organizers ASO and the International Cycling Union UCI race is since 2008 part of the UCI Europe Tour. It is generally considered one of the classics.

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

List of winners

Professionals

* 1917 and 1918 was the route in reverse order, ie Tours- Paris, driven

U23 race

On the same day as the main race is also a version for the driver of the U-23 class will be held. The race has been one of 2005 UCI Europe Tour and is classified in category 1.2.

UCI Road World Cup 2007–08 UCI Europe Tour Classic cycle races Óscar Freire 2009 Paris–Tours Jakob Piil Andrea Tafi (cyclist) Sean Kelly (cyclist) Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke Freddy Maertens Francesco Moser Rik Van Linden Herman Van Springel Rik Van Looy Gerben Karstens Jo de Roo Jo de Haan Gilbert Desmet Fred De Bruyne Albert Bouvet Jacques Dupont (cyclist) Jozef Schils Louis Caput Lucien Teisseire Jules Rossi Jules Merviel Nicolas Frantz Heiri Suter Louis Mottiat Paul Deman Philippe Thys Oscar Egg Charles Crupelandt Georges Passerieu Lucien Petit-Breton Jürgen Roelandts Lars Michaelsen Arvis Piziks Nicolas Jalabert
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