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2024 Paris-Tours (1.Pro) Results

118th edition: Sunday, October 6, 2024

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Chartres - Tours, 213.8 km

Christophe Laporte is the winner.

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Weather at the finish city of Tours at 2:35 Local time: 19C (67F), showers in the vicinity, with the wind from the southwest at 23 km/hr (13 mph). There is a 55% chance that the rain will continue through the afternoon.

Ascents:

  • Km 146.5: Côte de Limeray
  • Km 163.3: Côte de Geguene
  • Km 170.2: Côte du Bois de Chancay
  • Km 180.8: Côte de la Vallée du Vau
  • Km 185.9: Côte de la Rochère
  • Km 191.3: Côte de la Vallée Chartier
  • Km 196.7: Côte de Vouvray
  • Km 203.4: Côte de Rochecorbon

The race: At 213.8 kilometres, the course of the 118th edition of Paris-Tours is the same as that of the last two years. Ten gravel sectors and eight climbs remain in the last third of the race.

Here is the organizer's race report:

In the 118th edition of Paris-Tours it was Christophe Laporte (Team Visma | Lease a Bike)  who took a classy victory in front of the fans on the Avenue de Grammont, outsprinting young Czech rider Mathias Vacek (Lidl - Trek) to the line. That pair had made it to the front of the race towards the end of the gruelling ride through the hills and vineyard paths en route to Tours and Laporte just had too much for Vacek at the finish. Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin – Deceuninck) was the best of rest in the sprint behind the front two, crossing the line third at 21”, just ahead of Mike Teunissen (Intermarche – Wanty) and Alexis Renard (Cofidis).

It's about time to start racing.

A rainy autumn Sunday
The kilometre 0 marker was crossed at 12.09pm on the way out of Chartres with 156 riders present at the start. The quartet of Edoardo Affini (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), Mikel Retegi (Kern Pharma), Ceriel Desal (Bingoal WB) and Enzo Boulet (CIC-U-Nantes Atlantique) formed a breakaway after 13 km and their lead grew to over five minutes by km 43.9, at the end of the first hour of racing, despite a headwind.

Fourteen kilometers into the stage there is an early break on a wet day in France.

Four leaders reduced to three
Soon the peloton would increase their pace and the advantage of the breakaway had been reduced to 3’25” by the km 75 mark, with another minute shaved off at km 95. After a crash for Desal he fell back from the breakaway and was caught by the peloton before the half way point of the race, with the trio of Affini, Retegi and Boulet remaining at the front of the race. They managed to stay ahead all the way to the first of the vineyard paths, even if their advantage over the peloton was only 1’35” by the time the race reached the first gravel sector (Km 146.7 - Chemin n°10: Limeray, 0.9km).

Pedersen counter attacks
Shortly before that Mads Pedersen (Lidl – Trek) went on the attack and he had closed to within a minute of the breakaway as he took on the first gravel sector. Pedersen pushed on, getting closer to the leading trio (+30") and with a 36" lead over the peloton with 60 kilometers to go, at the exit of vineyard path n°9 (Km 152.3 - Chemin n°9: Pocé-sur-Cisse, 1.1km). In a full demonstration of his talent, the Dane made it alone to join the leading trio with 56 km to go, making up a gap of two minutes in just 14 kilometers, with the peloton still one minute behind.

No collaboration with Pedersen
Unfortunately for Pedersen, though, what became briefly a leading quartet did not collaborate and only Affini was left on Pedersen's wheel on vineyard path n°8 (Grosse Pierre), 50km from the finish. Under the impetus of Lewis Askey (Groupama - FDJ) the peloton came back to within 20" of the leading pair, but Pedersen would not relent and got the hammer down again. Pedersen and his companion Affini, who continued to sit on his wheel, had a lead of about thirty seconds at the exit of the Château de Valmer gravel path (n°7), 45km from the finish. Christophe Laporte (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) and Mathias Vacek (Lidl – Trek) counter attacked to join the front group, which was subsequently reduced to three riders, as Affini was dropped on the Côte de la Rochère, with 28km to go.

Christophe Laporte (front) & Mathias Vacek have a 25-second lead with 17 km to go.

Into the last 20 kilometres
Approaching the 20 km to go point Pedersen could not hang on with the front two and a group led by Valentin Madouas (Groupama – FDJ) was chasing hard, 20" behind the two remaining attackers Vacek and Laporte. After increasing the intensity the two leaders left the tenth and final vineyard path with a 35" lead over a counter-attacking group of around 30 riders, with just 13 km left to race.

A little more than 8 kilometers to go. Christophe Laporte & Mathias Vacek are well and truly gone.

In the end Laporte used his experience and race craft to outfox the young Vacek at the finish, much to the delight of the passionate French crowd in Tours.

Christophe Laporte beats Mathias Vacek for the win.

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Complete results:

213.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.696 km/hr

1 CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE 5hr 0min 27sec
2 MATHIAS VACEK LIDL-TREK s.t.
3 JASPER PHILIPSEN ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK @ 21sec
4 MIKE TEUNISSEN INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY s.t.
5 ALEXIS RENARD COFIDIS s.t.
6 CEES BOL ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM s.t.
7 ARNAUD DE LIE LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
8 TOM VAN ASBROECK ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH s.t.
9 FABIO CHRISTEN Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
10 ANTHONY TURGIS TOTALENERGIES s.t.
11 MATTEO TRENTIN TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
12 LEWIS ASKEY GROUPAMA-FDJ s.t.
13 DRIES DE BONDT DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
14 ALEXANDRE DELETTRE ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER 93 s.t.
15 PIERRE HENRY BASSET CIC-U-NANTES ATLANTIQUE s.t.
16 MICK VAN DIJKE TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE s.t.
17 ERIK NORDSAETER RESELL UNO-X MOBILITY s.t.
18 STAN DEWULF DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
19 ALEX KIRSCH LIDL-TREK s.t.
20 RUI OLIVEIRA UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
21 PATRICK EDDY TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL s.t.
22 KÉVIN GENIETS GROUPAMA-FDJ s.t.
23 AIME DE GENDT COFIDIS s.t.
24 TOBIAS JOHANNESSEN UNO-X MOBILITY s.t.
25 JORIS DELBOVE ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER 93 s.t.
26 NOLANN MAHOUDO COFIDIS s.t.
27 VALENTIN MADOUAS GROUPAMA-FDJ 0' 27''
28 TACO VAN DER HOORN INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY s.t.
29 ARJEN LIVYNS LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
30 JENNO BERCKMOES LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
31 AMAURY CAPIOT ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 1' 22''
32 MORNÉ VAN NIEKERK ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER 93 1' 41''
33 ALESSANDRO ROMELE ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM s.t.
34 EMILS LIEPINS TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL 2' 31''
35 ANTÓNIO MORGADO UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
36 JAMES MATTHEW BRENNAN TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE s.t.
37 MILAN FRETIN COFIDIS s.t.
38 MARKUS HOELGAARD UNO-X MOBILITY s.t.
39 MATISSE JULIEN CIC-U-NANTES ATLANTIQUE s.t.
40 MATIS LOUVEL ARKEA-B&B HOTELS s.t.
41 EDWARD THEUNS LIDL-TREK s.t.
42 ANDRÉA MIFSUD NICE METROPOLE COTE D'AZUR s.t.
43 TIBOR DEL GROSSO ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK s.t.
44 BLUME WILLIAM LEVY UNO-X MOBILITY s.t.
45 CEDRIC BEULLENS LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
46 CLÉMENT RUSSO GROUPAMA-FDJ 2' 33''
47 ARTHUR KLUCKERS TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM 2' 35''
48 LAURENZ REX INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY s.t.
49 MADS PEDERSEN LIDL-TREK 2' 38''
50 ROEL VAN SINTMAARTENSDIJK INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY 3' 10''
51 TOSH VAN DER SANDE TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE s.t.
52 ARNAUD DEMARE ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 3' 33''
53 HAIMAR ETXEBERRIA ANSALAS EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
54 MIKKEL NORSGAARD BJERG UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
55 GUILLAUME BOIVIN ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH s.t.
56 MAXIME JARNET VAN RYSEL-ROUBAIX s.t.
57 GIJS VAN HOECKE INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY s.t.
58 DAAN HOOLE LIDL-TREK 3' 36''
59 EDDY LE HUITOUZE GROUPAMA-FDJ 4' 10''
60 JULIEN VERMOTE TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE s.t.
61 VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
62 THOMAS GACHIGNARD TOTALENERGIES 4' 18''
63 PAU MIQUEL DELGADO EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
64 SÉBASTIEN GRIGNARD LOTTO DSTNY 4' 47''
65 DIEGO URIARTE BELZUNEGI EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
66 ANTOINE HUE CIC-U-NANTES ATLANTIQUE s.t.
67 MAËL GUEGAN CIC-U-NANTES ATLANTIQUE s.t.
68 SILVAN DILLIER ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 5' 29''
69 JULIEN SIMON TOTALENERGIES s.t.
70 HUGO HOFSTETTER ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH s.t.
71 JENS REYNDERS BINGOAL WB 6' 16''
72 TOBIAS LUDVIGSSON Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
73 LUCA DE MEESTER BINGOAL WB s.t.
74 FABIAN WEISS TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
75 LUCA GIAIMI UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
76 ETHAN VERNON ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH s.t.
77 EDVALD BOASSON-HAGEN DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
78 NATHAN VANDEPITTE BINGOAL WB s.t.
79 JAKE STEWART ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH s.t.
80 CLÉMENT BRAZ AFONSO CIC-U-NANTES ATLANTIQUE s.t.
81 DILLON CORKERY ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER 93 s.t.
82 LOÏC VLIEGEN BINGOAL WB s.t.
83 MICHAEL VINK UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
84 IVO OLIVEIRA UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
85 VALENTIN TABELLION VAN RYSEL-ROUBAIX s.t.
86 AXEL NARBONNE ZUCCARELLI NICE METROPOLE COTE D'AZUR s.t.
87 LUDOVIC ROBEET COFIDIS s.t.
88 FABIEN DOUBEY TOTALENERGIES s.t.
89 EMILIEN JEANNIERE TOTALENERGIES s.t.
90 RÉMI CAPRON VAN RYSEL-ROUBAIX s.t.
91 DANIEL SMAJKIC ÅRNES UNO-X MOBILITY s.t.
92 FLORIAN SENECHAL ARKEA-B&B HOTELS s.t.
93 THOMAS BONNET TOTALENERGIES s.t.
94 LUCA MOZZATO ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 6' 19''
95 MICHELE GAZZOLI ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM s.t.
96 LIONEL TAMINIAUX LOTTO DSTNY 6' 20''
97 EDWARD PLANCKAERT ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK s.t.
98 SOREN KRAGH ANDERSEN ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 7' 19''
99 URKO BERRADE FERNANDEZ EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 8' 10''
100 DAMIEN TOUZE DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE 8' 15''
101 OLIVIER LE GAC GROUPAMA-FDJ 9' 26''
102 IVAN SMIRNOV ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM s.t.
103 TIM NABERMAN TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL s.t.
104 BAPTISTE VEISTROFFER DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
105 MARIUS MAYRHOFER TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
106 MAGNUS CORT UNO-X MOBILITY s.t.
107 BRENT VAN MOER LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
108 NICOLAS BREUILLARD ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER 93 s.t.
109 RILEY SHEEHAN ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH 10' 15''
110 ROMAIN CARDIS ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER 93 10' 49''
111 JANNIK STEIMLE Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
112 JONATHAN COUANON NICE METROPOLE COTE D'AZUR s.t.
113 YEVGENIY FEDOROV ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM s.t.
114 RORY TOWNSEND Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
115 NILS EEKHOFF TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL s.t.
116 ALEXANDER KONIJN NICE METROPOLE COTE D'AZUR s.t.
117 MAXIMILIEN JUILLARD VAN RYSEL-ROUBAIX s.t.
118 SENTE SENTJENS ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK s.t.
119 JUAN DAVID SIERRA TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
120 STIAN EDVARDSEN-FREDHEIM UNO-X MOBILITY s.t.
121 MICHAEL MORKOV ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM s.t.
122 PIET ALLEGAERT COFIDIS s.t.
123 NICKOLAS ZUKOWSKY Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
124 GORKA IZAGIRRE COFIDIS s.t.
125 PASCAL ACKERMANN ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH s.t.
126 JULIUS VAN DEN BERG TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL s.t.
127 EDOARDO AFFINI TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE s.t.
128 HUGO PAGE INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY 12' 06''
129 SAMUEL LEROUX VAN RYSEL-ROUBAIX 12' 56''
130 TIMO ROOSEN TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL 16' 27''
131 JAN SOMMER Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
132 ENZO BOULET CIC-U-NANTES ATLANTIQUE s.t.
133 MIKEL RETEGI GOÑI EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
134 ANTONIO JESUS SOTO GUIRAO EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
135 FRANCISCO GALVAN FERNANDEZ EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.

 


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2024 Paris-Tours start list with back numbers, Oct 5, 2024:

ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH
1 RILEY SHEEHAN
2 PASCAL ACKERMANN
3 GUILLAUME BOIVIN
4 HUGO HOFSTETTER
5 JAKE STEWART
6 TOM VAN ASBROECK
7 ETHAN VERNON
GROUPAMA-FDJ
11 VALENTIN MADOUAS
12 LEWIS ASKEY
13 KÉVIN GENIETS
14 OLIVIER LE GAC
15 EDDY LE HUITOUZE
16 PAUL PENHOET
17 CLÉMENT RUSSO
UNO-X MOBILITY
21 MAGNUS CORT
22 DANIEL SMAJKIC ÅRNES
23 STIAN EDVARDSEN-FREDHEIM
24 MARKUS HOELGAARD
25 TOBIAS JOHANNESSEN
26 BLUME WILLIAM LEVY
27 ERIK NORDSAETER RESELL
ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
31 JASPER PHILIPSEN
32 TIBOR DEL GROSSO
33 SILVAN DILLIER
34 SOREN KRAGH ANDERSEN
35 EDWARD PLANCKAERT
36 JENSEN PLOWRIGHT
37 SENTE SENTJENS
TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE
41 CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE
42 EDOARDO AFFINI
43 JAMES MATTHEW BRENNAN
44 PER STRAND HAGENES
45 TOSH VAN DER SANDE
46 MICK VAN DIJKE
47 JULIEN VERMOTE
LIDL-TREK
51 MADS PEDERSEN
52 TIM DECLERCQ
53 DAAN HOOLE
54 ALEX KIRSCH
55 EDWARD THEUNS
56 MATHIAS VACEK
57 OTTO VERGAERDE
ARKEA-B&B HOTELS
61 ARNAUD DEMARE
62 AMAURY CAPIOT
63 MATIS LOUVEL
64 LUCA MOZZATO
65 MILES SCOTSON
66 FLORIAN SENECHAL
LOTTO DSTNY
71 ARNAUD DE LIE
72 JENNO BERCKMOES
73 CEDRIC BEULLENS
74 SÉBASTIEN GRIGNARD
75 ARJEN LIVYNS
76 LIONEL TAMINIAUX
77 BRENT VAN MOER
TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM
81 MATTEO TRENTIN
82 ALOÏS CHARRIN
83 ALEXANDER KAMP
84 ARTHUR KLUCKERS
85 MARIUS MAYRHOFER
86 JUAN DAVID SIERRA
87 FABIAN WEISS
UAE TEAM EMIRATES
91 ANTÓNIO MORGADO
92 IVO OLIVEIRA
93 RUI OLIVEIRA
94 MIKKEL NORSGAARD BJERG
95 LUCA GIAIMI
96 VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN
97 MICHAEL VINK
DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM
101 OLIVER NAESEN
102 EDVALD BOASSON-HAGEN
103 DRIES DE BONDT
104 SANDER DE PESTEL
105 STAN DEWULF
106 DAMIEN TOUZE
107 BAPTISTE VEISTROFFER
INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY
111 HUGO PAGE
112 ADRIEN PETIT
113 LAURENZ REX
114 MIKE TEUNISSEN
115 TACO VAN DER HOORN
116 GIJS VAN HOECKE
117 ROEL VAN SINTMAARTENSDIJK
COFIDIS
121 MILAN FRETIN
122 PIET ALLEGAERT
123 AIME DE GENDT
124 GORKA IZAGIRRE
125 NOLANN MAHOUDO
126 ALEXIS RENARD
127 LUDOVIC ROBEET
TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL
131 NILS EEKHOFF
132 PATRICK EDDY
133 ALEXANDER EDMONDSON
134 EMILS LIEPINS
135 TIM NABERMAN
136 TIMO ROOSEN
137 JULIUS VAN DEN BERG
TOTALENERGIES
141 ANTHONY TURGIS
142 THOMAS BONNET
143 FABIEN DOUBEY
144 THOMAS GACHIGNARD
145 EMILIEN JEANNIERE
146 JULIEN SIMON
ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM
151 CEES BOL
152 YEVGENIY FEDOROV
153 MICHELE GAZZOLI
154 DMITRIY GRUZDEV
155 MICHAEL MORKOV
156 ALESSANDRO ROMELE
157 IVAN SMIRNOV
EQUIPO KERN PHARMA
161 URKO BERRADE FERNANDEZ
162 HAIMAR ETXEBERRIA ANSALAS
163 FRANCISCO GALVAN FERNANDEZ
164 PAU MIQUEL DELGADO
165 MIKEL RETEGI GOÑI
166 ANTONIO JESUS SOTO GUIRAO
167 DIEGO URIARTE BELZUNEGI
Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM
171 JANNIK STEIMLE
172 FABIO CHRISTEN
173 TOBIAS LUDVIGSSON
174 JAN SOMMER
175 RORY TOWNSEND
176 NICKOLAS ZUKOWSKY
BINGOAL WB
181 LUCA DE MEESTER
182 LOUIS BLOUWE
183 CERIEL DESAL
184 JENS REYNDERS
185 NATHAN VANDEPITTE
186 LOÏC VLIEGEN
187 HUGO WERTZ
ST MICHEL - MAVIC - AUBER 93
191 ALEXANDRE DELETTRE
192 NICOLAS BREUILLARD
193 ROMAIN CARDIS
194 DILLON CORKERY
195 JORIS DELBOVE
196 JÉRÉMY LECROQ
197 MORNÉ VAN NIEKERK
VAN RYSEL - ROUBAIX
201 SAMUEL LEROUX
202 RÉMI CAPRON
203 MAXIME JARNET
204 MAXIMILIEN JUILLARD
205 JÉRÉMY LEVEAU
206 VALENTIN TABELLION
CIC - U - NANTES ATLANTIQUE
211 MAËL GUEGAN
212 PIERRE HENRY BASSET
213 ENZO BOULET
214 CLÉMENT BRAZ AFONSO
215 ANTOINE HUE
216 MATISSE JULIEN
217 ROBIN PLAMONDON
NICE METROPOLE COTE D'AZUR
221 JEAN LOUIS LE NY
222 JONATHAN COUANON
223 DAMIEN GIRARD
224 ALEXANDER KONIJN
225 ANDRÉA MIFSUD
226 AXEL NARBONNE ZUCCARELLI