All News of Paris Tours 2026

Christophe Laporte: "The goal is to win as a team"

Christophe Laporte (Visma-Lease a Bike) after his third place in Paris-Tours 2026 won by his teammate Per Strand Hagnes:

"I’m feeling satisfied, really. A bit of a feeling of a job well done. You always want to win yourself, but the goal is to win as a team. So I'm really happy and Per [Strand Hagenes] is a rider who deserves it, so I'm pleased for him. Getting...

Jasper Stuyven: "I hesitated a second too long"

Jasper Stuyven (Soudal Quick-Step), runner-up of Paris-Tours 2026 after finishing third in 2021:

"I think it was a very, very fast day. I'm happy with the race I did. We had the gap, and maybe I hesitated one second too long when we were in a group of four. Then Per Strand just went behind Toms [Skujiņš], and maybe I hesitated a second too long. He got to Toms...

Per Strand Hagenes: "I had a nice opportunity to go for it, and when that happens, you take it"

Per Strand Hagenes (Visma-Lease a Bike), winner of Paris-Tours 2026:

"It's a good feeling. To be honest, I didn't really believe in it during the race. I think I only started to believe with 500 metres to go. I was marking a lot to make sure we could at least have a sprint with Christophe [Laporte] for the win. During the day, I was suffering a little bit, but I kept...

Superb Tours victory clinched by Hagenes

The 120th edition of Paris-Tours produced another thrilling dash to the finish line on Boulevard Beranger, with Per Strand Hagenes (Visma-Lease a Bike) taking victory after attacking in the final kilometre and holding off Jasper Stuyven (Soudal Quick-Step) in the closing metres. Stuyven was followed closely over the line by Christophe Laporte (Visma-Lease a Bike), Matys Grisel...

Info with one day to go

The 120th edition of Paris-Tours gets under way in Chartres on Sunday at 11.55am. The peloton will tackle a demanding 216.2 km course (vs. 211.6 km in 2025), including nine climbs and ten vineyard track sectors in the final 70 km. See you on the Race Center at 11.25am. The race will receive two hours and 20 minutes of live television coverage, starting at 3pm on France 3, HBO...

Matteo Trentin: “I hope it's going to be the good one!”

Is it possible to win Paris-Tours four times? Gustave Danneels (1934, 1936, 1937), Guido Reybrouck (1964, 1966, 1968) and Erik Zabel (1994, 2003, 2005) all failed to do so, while Paul Maye (1941, 1942, 1945) never had the opportunity. Matteo Trentin (2015, 2017, 2025) will take up the challenge of setting the record this Sunday, a year after his last victory on Boulevard Béranger....

Trentin hunting history, Philipsen and Merlier chasing glory

Paris-Tours is one of the great fixtures on the French cycling calendar, not only because of its longevity — Sunday 11 October will mark its 120th edition — but also because of a history spanning more than a century of champions, battles and sometimes unexpected scenarios. Once again this year, the list of contenders for victory is as long as...

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