Paris-Bourges (1.1), France
Winners, podium, distance, average speed.
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The race:
Paris-Bourges is a single-day road race held in Centre region of France in October.
It is an old race, first run in 1913, and it has had an intermittent history. It was not held from 1914-1916 (that's not surprising), 1918-1921, 1926-1946, 1958-1970 and 1989.
From 1949 through 1957 Paris-Bourges was for both professional and independent racers. Since 1958 it has been a competition reserved for professionals.
In 1980 (won by Yves Hezard) and 1992 (won by Wilfried Nelissen) Paris-Bourges was a stage race.
In 2005 the UCI ranked it a 1.1 race. It is part of the Coupe de France season-long competition. It currently (2016) begins in the city of Gien, about 65 km south of Paris.
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Complete podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 1913 | René Pichon | Bonnet | Charles Juseret | ||
| 1914 1916 |
Race not held | ||||
| 1917 | Charles Juseret | Hubert Noel | Eugène Platteau | ||
| 1918 1921 |
Race not held | ||||
| 1922 | Marcel Godard 10hr 32min |
Jean Hillarion @ 3min |
Omer Beaugendre @ 5min |
271 km | 27.73 |
| 1923 | Jean Brunier | Charles Juseret | Georges Detreille | ||
| 1924 | Marcel Bidot | Marcel Gobillot | Paul Leseault | ||
| 1925 | Gaston Deschamps | Hector Denis | Robert Souderes | ||
| 1926 | Race not held | ||||
| 1928 | Fernand Bruynooghe | André Sauvage | René Wetzel | ||
| 1929 | Théodore Ladron | André Dumont | Leon Le Calvez | ||
| 1930 1931 |
Race not hled | ||||
| 1932 | Narcisio Mattuizi | Raymond Prod'homme | Riccardo Rodighiero | ||
| 1933 | René Petit | Albert Carapezzi | Louis Thiétard | ||
| 1934 1946 |
Race not held | ||||
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| 1947 | Albert Bourlon | Georges Barré | François Person | ||
| 1948 | Marcel Dussault | Maurice Hougron | Gino Sciardis | ||
| 1949 | Marcel Dussault | Nello Sforacchi | Jacques Marinelli | ||
| 1950 | Amand Audaire | Galliano Pividori | Marius Bonnet | ||
| 1951 | Jean-Marie Goasmat | Jacques Marinelli | Pierre Mancisidor | ||
| 1952 | Stanislaus Bober | André Brulé | Amand Audaire | ||
| 1953 | Robert Varnajo | Andrrigade | Pierre Molineris | ||
| 1954 | Jean Stablinski | Norbert Esnault | Gilbert Loof | ||
| 1955 | Jean-Marie Cieleska | Fernand Picot | Gilbert Bauvin | ||
| 1956 | Joseph Morvan | Maurice Pelé | André Dupre | ||
| 1957 | Raymond Guegan | Michel Salle | Seamus Elliott | ||
| 1958 1970 |
Race not held | ||||
| 1971 | Walter Ricci | Guy Santy | Francis Ducreux | ||
| 1972 | Cyrille Guimard 5hr 20min 21sec |
Jean-Pierre Danuillaume @ s.t. |
José Catieau @ s.t. |
220 km | 41.205 |
| 1973 | Roland Berland | Yves Hezard | Jean-Pierre Genet | ||
| 1974 | Barry Hoban | Régis Ovion | Charly Rouxel | ||
| 1975 | Jean-Pierre Danguillaume | Bernard Hinault | Raymond Poulidor | ||
| 1976 | Jean-Luc Molineris | Raymond Martin | André Gevers | ||
| 1977 | Régis Delepine | Pierre-Raymond Villemiane | Patrick Perret | ||
| 1978 | Régis Ovion | Joop Zoetemelk | Patrick Friou | ||
| 1979 | Jena-René Bernaudeau | Régis Ovion | René Bittinger | ||
| 1980 | Yves Hezard | Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle | Phil Anderson | ||
| 1981 | Francis Castaing | Didier Vanoverschelde | Marc Madiot | ||
| 1982 | Didier Vanoverschelde | Jean-François Chaurin | Pierre-Raymond Villemiane | ||
| 1983 | Stephen Roche | Marc Madiot | Phil Anderson | ||
| 1984 | Sean Kelly | Francis Castaing | Laurent Biondi | ||
| 1985 | Niki Rüttimann | Charly Mottet | Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle | ||
| 1986 | Dominique Lecrocq | Sean Kelly | Francis Castaing | ||
| 1987 | Kim Andersen | Jean-Marc Manfrin | Régis Simon | ||
| 1988 | Patrice Esnault | Charly Mottet | Jean-Claude Colotti | ||
| 1989 | Race not held | ||||
| 1990 | Laurent Jalabert | Steffen Wesemann | Dan Radtke | ||
| 1991 | Andrei Tchmil | Marek Kulas | Tom Desmet | ||
| 1992 | Wilfried Nelissen | Bruno Cornillet | Peter van Petegem | ||
| 1993 | Bruno Cornillet | Herman Frison | Laurent Desbiens | ||
| 1994 | Lars Michaelsen | Peter Meinert | Edwig van Hooydonck | ||
| 1995 | Daniele Nardello | Lars Michaelsen | Jean-Pierre Heynderickx | ||
| 1996 | Tristan Hoffman 4hr 37min 48sec |
Pascal Chanteur @ 2sec |
Gérard Rué @ 25sec |
203.3 km | 43.908 |
| 1997 | Laurent Roux | Peter van Petegem | Ludo Dierckxsens | ||
| 1998 | Ludo Dierckxsens 4hr 53min 1sec |
Laurent Brochard @ 20sec |
Maarten den Bakker @ s.t. |
205.6 km | 42.099 |
| 1999 | Daniele Nardello | Andrei Tchmil | Laurent Brochard | ||
| 2000 | Laurent Brochard | Chris Peers | Bo Hamburger | ||
| 2001 | Florent Brard | Nico Mattan | Scott Sunderland | ||
| 2002 | Allan Johansen | Geert van Bondt | Charles Guilbert | ||
| 2003 | Jens Voigt | Florent Brard | Nicolas Fritsch | ||
| 2004 | Jérôme Pineau | Martin Elmiger | Davide Rebellin | ||
| 2005 | Lars Ytting Bak | Benoît Vaugrenard | Grégory Rast | ||
| 2006 | Thomas Voeckler 4hr 38min 1sec |
Alexandre Usov @ 3sec |
Stuart O'Grady @ s.t |
194.3 km | 41.933 km/hr |
| 2007 | Romain Feillu 4hr 46min 57sec |
Aurélien Clerc @ s.t. |
Alexandre Usov @ s.t. |
194.3 km | 40.627 |
| 2008 | Bernhard Eisel 4hr 35min 54sec |
Cédric Pineau @ s.t. |
Anthony Charteau @ s.t. |
194.3 km | 42.253 |
| 2009 | André Greipel 4hr 11min 55sec |
Juan José Haedo @ s.t. |
Alexandre Usov @ s.t. |
193.5 km | 46.087 |
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| 2010 | Anthony Ravard 4hr 36min 52sec |
Romain Feillu @ s.t. |
Matti Breschel @ s.t. |
198.3 km | 42.974 |
| 2011 | Mathew Hayman 4hr 30min 29sec |
Baden Cooke @ s.t. |
Gregory Henderson @ s.t. |
186.9 km | 41.459 |
| 2012 | Florian Vachon 4hr 41min 59sec |
Nacer Bouhanni @ 3sec |
John Degenkolb @ s.t. |
190.9 km | 40.619 |
| 2013 | John Degenkolb 4hr 38min 0sec |
Arnaud Démare @ s.t. |
Samuel Dumoulin @ s.t. |
193.3 km | 41.719 |
| 2014 | John Degenkolb 4hr 25min 58sec |
Yauheni Hutarovich @ s.t. |
Giacomo Nizzolo @ s.t. |
190.3 km | 42.931 |
| 2015 | Sam Bennett 4hr 20min 57sec |
Nacer Bouhanni @ s.t. |
Giacomo Nizzolo @ s.t. |
190.3 km | 43.756 |
| 2016 | Sam Bennett 4hr 38min 55sec |
Alexander Porsev @ s.t. |
Rudy Barbier @ s.t. |
193.7 km | 41.668 km/hr |
| 2017 | Rudy Barbier 4hr 34min 36sec |
Marc Sarreau @ s.t. |
Jeremy Lecroq @ s.t. |
190.3 km | 41.580 km/hr |
| 2018 | Valentin Madouas 4hr 20min 27sec |
Bryan Coquard @ s.t |
Christophe Laporte @ s.t. |
193.7 km | 44.623 km/hr |
| 2019 | Marc Sarreau 4hr 46min 54sec |
Tom Van Asbroeck @ s.t. |
Amaury Capiot @ s.t. |
193.9 km | 40.551 km/hr |
| 2020 | Race cancelled because of Covid-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2021 | Jordi Meeus 4hr 20min 58sec |
Arnaud Démare @ s.t. |
Niccolo Bonifazio @ s.t. |
198 km | 45.523 km/hr |
| 2022 | Jasper Philipsen 4hr 19min 28sec |
Arnaud Démare @ s.t. |
Bryan Coquard @ s.t. |
198 km | 45.786 km/hr |
| 2023 | Arnaud Démare 4hr 25min 56sec |
Arnaud De Lie @ s.t. |
Jordi Meeus @ s.t. |
198 km | 44.673 km/hr |