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Paris–Tours is a French one-day Classic cycle races, classic road bicycle racing, road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Vallée de Chevreuse, Chevreuse and Loire Valley, Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m, at Le Gault-du-Perche. It is known as a "Sprinters' Classic" because it frequently ends in a bunch sprint at the finish, in Tours. For several decades the race arrived on the 2.7 km long Avenue de Grammont, one of cycling's best-known finishing straits, particularly renowned among Sprinter (cycling), sprinters. Since 2011 the finish was moved to a different location because a new tram line was built on the Avenue de Grammont. History Paris–Tours was first run for amateurs in 1896, making it one of the oldest cycling races in the world. It was organised by the magazine ''Paris-Vélo'', which described that edition won by Eugène Prévost as, ''“A crazy, ...
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