Startlist Paris-Tours 2025 | Riders: De Lie, Kooij, Brennan, Turner, Tarling and more

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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1. LAPORTE Christophe

2. BRENNAN Matthew

3. CAMPENAERTS Victor

4. HUISING Menno

5. KOOIJ Olav

6. VAN BAARLE Dylan

7. VERMOTE Julien

11. VACEK Mathias

12. ALVAREZ Hector

13. KIRSCH Alex

14. PEDERSEN Martin

15. WITHEN PHILIPSEN Albert

16. STUYVEN Jasper

17. TEUTENBERG Tim Torn

21. DEHAIRS Simon

22. DILLIER Silvan

23. GHYS Robbe

24. GOOSSENS Simon

25. PLANCKAERT Edward

26. RICKAERT Jonas

27. RIESEBEEK Oscar

31. DE LIE Arnaud

32. FOX Matthew

33. GRIGNARD Sebastien

34. GRISEL Matys

35. SEGAERT Alec

36. VAN MOER Brent

37. VEISTROFFER Baptiste

41. GODON Dorian

42. BISSEGGER Stefan

43. CHAMBERLAIN Oscar

44. DE BONDT Dries

45. ISIDORE Noa

46. LABROSSE Jordan

47. LAPEIRA Paul

51. MORGADO Antonio

52. BJERG Mikkel

53. COVI Alessandro

54. GIAIMI Luca

55. HERREGODTS Rune

56. LAENGEN Vegard Stake

57. SCHWARZBACHER Matthias

61. MADOUAS Valentin

62. BARTHE Cyril

63. GRUEL Thibaud

64. JACOBS Johan

65. KUNG Stefan

66. LE GAC Olivier

67. RUSSO Clement

71. TURNER Ben

72. CASTROVIEJO Jonathan

73. FRAILE Omar

74. LAURANCE Axel

75. SWIFT Ben

76. TARLING Joshua

81. DEMARE Arnaud

82. BIERMANS Jenthe

83. LELANDAIS Remi

84. SENECHAL Florian

85. THIERRY Pierre

91. TEUNISSEN Mike

92. BALLERINI Davide

93. BETTIOL Alberto

94. BOL Cees

95. SCHELLING Ide

96. SMIRNOV Ivan

97. SYRITSA Gleb

101.RENARD Alexis

102.IZQUIERDO Clement

103.KNIGHT Oliver

104.MAHOUDO Nolann

105.MEEHAN Jamie

106.TOUZE Damien

111.PAGE Hugo

112.ARTZ Huub

113.REX Laurenz

114.RUTSCH Jonas

115.THIJSSEN Gerben

116.VAN DER HOORN Taco

117.VAN SINTMAARTENSDIJK Roel

121.ABRAHAMSEN Jonas

122.BEVORT Carl-Frederik

123.FREDHEIM Stian

124.BLUME LEVY William

125.RESELL Erik Nordsaeter

126.SKAARSETH Anders

127.WAERENSKJOLD Soren

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

141.TURGIS Anthony

142.BONIFACE Lucas

143.BOULAHOITE Rayan

144.DAUPHIN Florian

145.DELBOVE Joris

146.DOUBEY Fabien

147.DUJARDIN Sandy

151.TRENTIN Matteo

152.HEMING Mika

153.KELEMEN Petr

154.KOLZE CHANGIZI Sebastian

155.MAYRHOFER Marius

156.MIKUTIS Aivaras

157.PLUIMERS Rick

161.SHEEHAN Riley

162.BOIVIN Guillaume

163.LIMA Daniel

164.LOUVEL Matis

165.STRONG Corbin

166.VAN ASBROECK Tom

171.MOSCHETTI Matteo

172.FRISON Frederik

173.LIEPINS Emils

174.MALECKI Kamil

175.PARISINI Nicolo

176.TOWNSEND Rory

181.KUBIS Lukas

182.BOMBOI Davide

183.DE VRIES Hartthijs

184.HUENS Axel

185.KOPECKY Tomas

186.STOKBRO Andreas

187.STOCKMAN Abram

191.BENETEAU Lucas

192.BREUILLARD Nicolas

193.DELACROIX Theo

194.LECROQ Jeremy

195.RIOU Alan

196.SIMON Yohann

197.VAN NIEKERK Morne

201.JARNET Maxime

202.ARNES Daniel

203.CAPRON Remi

204.GUILLON Celestin

205.MOLLY Kenny

206.MORIN Emmanuel

207.TABELLION Valentin

211.JOALLAND Yael

212.CHAUSSINAND Joris

213.HAMON Similien

214.HUE Antoine

215.LANGELLA Lenaic

216.MARIAULT Axel

217.SANLAVILLE Mathias

221.MIFSUD Andrea

222.CARTY Jahkim

223.GUICHARD Carter

224.HANNINEN Jaakko

225.KNECHT Noah

226.KONIJN Alexander

227.MASSA Dylan