The 1918 Paris–Tours was the 13th edition of the

Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic 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 Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m ...

cycle race and was held on 19 May 1918. The race started in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

and finished in

Tours Tours ( ; ) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabita ...

. The race was won by

Charles Mantelet Charles Mantelet (10 November 1894 – 2 May 1955) was a French cyclist who won Paris–Tours in 1918. Major results ;1913 : 2nd Paris–Évreux ;1914 : 1st Paris–Évreux ;1917 : 4th Paris–Tours ;1918 : 1st Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a ...

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1918 in French sport

1918 The ceasefire that effectively ended the World War I, First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people wor ...

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