Paris-Tours is one of the biggest and most prestigious classics of the year, and it is the final big one-day race of the 2025 season. Taking place on the 12th of October, the day after Il Lombardia, the French classic will allow the sprinters and classics specialists fight for one last big win in the European continent. The race is set to start at 12:10CET and finish at 16:45CET. We take a look at its startlist.
Paris–Tours is one of the oldest French one-day classics, first held in 1896. Over the decades it has earned the nickname “Sprinters’ Classic,” thanks to its generally flat profile that tends to favor fast men in reduced bunch sprints. In recent years, organizers have added vineyard tracks and gravel or 'chemin de vigne' sectors near Tours to make the finale more selective and unpredictable - a modern trend followed by many other races.
Interestingly, even legends like Eddy Merckx never managed to win Paris–Tours, but the list does include some recent big names such as Erik Zabel, Philippe Gilbert and John Degenkolb who all conquered this classic in the prime of their careers. Last year’s race produced a thrilling contest in wet and muddy conditions. Christophe Laporte of Team Visma | Lease a Bike claimed victory after breaking clear with Mathias Vacek in the closing kilometers and winning a two-up sprint. Jasper Philipsen led home the chasing group for third. This year we could see a podium with similar riders.
The likes of Arnaud de Lie and Visma trio Olav Kooij, Matthew Brennan and Christophe Laporte will be the main favourites for the race. This year's race will feature other prominent names such as Paul Lapeira, Dorian Godon, Anthony Turgs, Valentin Madouas, Stefan Küng, Lukas Kubis, António Morgado, Jasper Stuyven, Mathias Vacek, Matteo Trentin, Ben Turner, Axel Laurance, Joshua Tarling, Jonas Abrahamsen, Soren Waerenskjold, Alberto Bettiol, Corbin Strong and Arnaud Démare.
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Startlist Paris-Tours 2025
1 Team Visma | Lease a Bike
1. LAPORTE Christophe
2. BRENNAN Matthew
3. CAMPENAERTS Victor
4. HUISING Menno
5. KOOIJ Olav
6. VAN BAARLE Dylan
7. VERMOTE Julien
2 Lidl - Trek
11. VACEK Mathias
12. ALVAREZ Hector
13. KIRSCH Alex
14. PEDERSEN Martin
15. WITHEN PHILIPSEN Albert
16. STUYVEN Jasper
17. TEUTENBERG Tim Torn
3 Alpecin - Deceuninck
21. DEHAIRS Simon
22. DILLIER Silvan
23. GHYS Robbe
24. GOOSSENS Simon
25. PLANCKAERT Edward
26. RICKAERT Jonas
27. RIESEBEEK Oscar
4 Lotto
31. DE LIE Arnaud
32. FOX Matthew
33. GRIGNARD Sebastien
34. GRISEL Matys
35. SEGAERT Alec
36. VAN MOER Brent
37. VEISTROFFER Baptiste
5 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
41. GODON Dorian
42. BISSEGGER Stefan
43. CHAMBERLAIN Oscar
44. DE BONDT Dries
45. ISIDORE Noa
46. LABROSSE Jordan
47. LAPEIRA Paul
6 UAE Team Emirates - XRG
51. MORGADO Antonio
52. BJERG Mikkel
53. COVI Alessandro
54. GIAIMI Luca
55. HERREGODTS Rune
56. LAENGEN Vegard Stake
57. SCHWARZBACHER Matthias
7 Groupama - FDJ
61. MADOUAS Valentin
62. BARTHE Cyril
63. GRUEL Thibaud
64. JACOBS Johan
65. KUNG Stefan
66. LE GAC Olivier
67. RUSSO Clement
8 INEOS Grenadiers
71. TURNER Ben
72. CASTROVIEJO Jonathan
73. FRAILE Omar
74. LAURANCE Axel
75. SWIFT Ben
76. TARLING Joshua
9 Arkéa - B&B Hotels
81. DEMARE Arnaud
82. BIERMANS Jenthe
83. LELANDAIS Remi
84. SENECHAL Florian
85. THIERRY Pierre
10 XDS Astana Team
91. TEUNISSEN Mike
92. BALLERINI Davide
93. BETTIOL Alberto
94. BOL Cees
95. SCHELLING Ide
96. SMIRNOV Ivan
97. SYRITSA Gleb
11 Cofidis
101.RENARD Alexis
102.IZQUIERDO Clement
103.KNIGHT Oliver
104.MAHOUDO Nolann
105.MEEHAN Jamie
106.TOUZE Damien
12 Intermarché - Wanty
111.PAGE Hugo
112.ARTZ Huub
113.REX Laurenz
114.RUTSCH Jonas
115.THIJSSEN Gerben
116.VAN DER HOORN Taco
117.VAN SINTMAARTENSDIJK Roel
13 Uno-X Mobility
121.ABRAHAMSEN Jonas
122.BEVORT Carl-Frederik
123.FREDHEIM Stian
124.BLUME LEVY William
125.RESELL Erik Nordsaeter
126.SKAARSETH Anders
127.WAERENSKJOLD Soren
14 Team Picnic PostNL
131.DEGENKOLB John
132.DE JONG Timo
133.EEKHOFF Nils
134.ANDRESEN Tobias Lund
135.MARKL Niklas
136.ROOSEN Timo
137.VAN DEN BERG Julius
15 Team TotalEnergies
141.TURGIS Anthony
142.BONIFACE Lucas
143.BOULAHOITE Rayan
144.DAUPHIN Florian
145.DELBOVE Joris
146.DOUBEY Fabien
147.DUJARDIN Sandy
16 Tudor Pro Cycling Team
151.TRENTIN Matteo
152.HEMING Mika
153.KELEMEN Petr
154.KOLZE CHANGIZI Sebastian
155.MAYRHOFER Marius
156.MIKUTIS Aivaras
157.PLUIMERS Rick
17 Israel - Premier Tech
161.SHEEHAN Riley
162.BOIVIN Guillaume
163.LIMA Daniel
164.LOUVEL Matis
165.STRONG Corbin
166.VAN ASBROECK Tom
18 Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
171.MOSCHETTI Matteo
172.FRISON Frederik
173.LIEPINS Emils
174.MALECKI Kamil
175.PARISINI Nicolo
176.TOWNSEND Rory
19 Unibet Tietema Rockets
181.KUBIS Lukas
182.BOMBOI Davide
183.DE VRIES Hartthijs
184.HUENS Axel
185.KOPECKY Tomas
186.STOKBRO Andreas
187.STOCKMAN Abram
20 St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93
191.BENETEAU Lucas
192.BREUILLARD Nicolas
193.DELACROIX Theo
194.LECROQ Jeremy
195.RIOU Alan
196.SIMON Yohann
197.VAN NIEKERK Morne
21 Van Rysel Roubaix
201.JARNET Maxime
202.ARNES Daniel
203.CAPRON Remi
204.GUILLON Celestin
205.MOLLY Kenny
206.MORIN Emmanuel
207.TABELLION Valentin
22 CIC - U - Nantes
211.JOALLAND Yael
212.CHAUSSINAND Joris
213.HAMON Similien
214.HUE Antoine
215.LANGELLA Lenaic
216.MARIAULT Axel
217.SANLAVILLE Mathias
23 Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur
221.MIFSUD Andrea
222.CARTY Jahkim
223.GUICHARD Carter
224.HANNINEN Jaakko
225.KNECHT Noah
226.KONIJN Alexander
227.MASSA Dylan
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