Date Early October English name Paris–Bourges Discipline Road First edition 1913 | Region Centre, France Local name(s) Paris–Bourges (French) Competition UCI Europe Tour Edition 66 (2016) | |
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Instances 2017 Paris–Bourges, 2016 Paris-Bourges | ||
Paris–Bourges is a French road bicycle race. The race originally started in Paris and ran to the town of Bourges in the Région Centre. However in recent year with the length of races shortened it has become impossible to link the two cities and the starting venue has been changed to the town of Gien in the Loiret department which is 97 miles south of Paris. The official name of the race is now Paris-Gien-Bourges although it is still referred to as Paris–Bourges on the UCI calendar and throughout much of the media.
The first race was run in 1913, and won by André Narcy and it has been an annual event since 1990. Since 1949, it has been for professionals, after previously being an amateur race. It is held as a 1.1 event in the UCI Europe Tour. It previously featured as the last of the French Road Cycling Cup series of races.