Tomorrow Paris-Tours 2009, also known as the Classique des feuilles mortes: the classic of the falling leaves, will take place. The start of this 103rd edition is for the very first time in Chartres.
In this article you'll find all you wanted to know about this end of the season classic: the full route, the route in Google Maps and a downloadable version of the route in Google Earth, the full itinerary and times, the 25 participating teams and the list of participants with their numbers.
The start from Chartres
Since 1994 Paris-Tours always started in Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines. On 9 September however, A.S.O. signed a contract with the Eure-et-Loir department for the organisation of the start of Paris-Tours from 2009 till 2013.
At the official presentation of this contract Christian Prudhomme announced that the Tour de France will also visit the Eure-et-Loir somewhere in the next four years without however saying when that will be. The city Dreux, where the Tour de l'Avenir 2009 started last month, seems to be the most important candidate but that'll probably not be for the Tour de France 2010.
Listen to what Christian Prudhomme has said about this on the local radio station Intensité.
Paris-Tours will thus start from Chartres, more precisely on the Place du Châtelet, in front of the Conseil général d'Eure-et-Loir and at the foot of Chartres' cathedral.
In 2004 Chartres already had a Tour de France stage finish: the 5th stage coming from Amiens.
Before the start of Paris-Tours 2009 the presentation of the 25 teams will be at 9.45AM tomorrow morning.
The route and the itinerary
With the start from Chartres the first part of the route of Paris-Tours changes a little bit and the race is also a bit shorter: 230 kilometers instead of 252 in 2008.
After the modified start the riders will find the usual route in Bonneval from where they'll continue towards the usual finish on the Avenue de Grammont in Tours (for the last time) at the end of a straight line of no less than 2,600 meters.
Bonneval is also where Paris-Tours Espoirs starts (36 teams of 5 participants) for a distance of 179 kilometers. This city really loves cycling as they proved once again by announcing the creation of the Rue du Tour de France and a passerelle Bernard Hinault today!
The feeding zone is in Vendôme for Paris-Tours élites and in Santenay for Paris-Tours espoirs.
The map of Paris-Tours in Google Maps/Google Earth
As usual I created an interactive map of the route which you can see below in Google Maps and which you can download in Google Earth using the link which is shown under the map.
Quick Step 091/ Tom Boonen
092/ Sylvain Chavanel
093/ Steven de Jongh
094/ Kevin de Weert
095/ Kevin Hulsmans
096/ Matteo Tosatto
097/ Marco Velo
098/ Maarten Wynants
Silence-Lotto 001/ Philippe Gilbert
002/ Christophe Brandt
003/ Wilfried Cretskens
004/ Olivier Kaisen
005/ Sebastian Lang
006/ Jürgen Roelandts
007/ Roy Sentjens
008/ Greg van Avermaet
Denmark Team Saxo Bank 071/ Juan Jose Haedo
072/ Kurt-Asle Arvesen
073/ Lars Bak
076/ Marcus Ljungqvist
077/ Michael Morkov
080/ Lasse Bochman
Spain Caisse d'Epargne 051/ Mathieu Drujon
052/ Imanol Erviti
053/ Vicente Garcia Acosta
054/ Vasil Kiryienka
055/ Pablo Lastras
056/ Joaquim Rodriguez
057/ Rigoberto Uran
058/ Xabier Zandio
Euskaltel - Euskadi 121/ Samuel Sanchez
122/ Javier Aramendia
123/ Jorge Azanza Soto
125/ Aitor Hernandez
126/ Markel Irizar
127/ Iñaki Isasi
128/ Ivan Velasco
United States Garmin – Slipstream 041/ Tyler Farrar
042/ Hans Dekkers
043/ Timothy Duggan
044/ Huub Duijn
045/ William Frischkorn
046/ Martijn Maaskant
047/ Christian Meier
048/ Kilian Patour
Team Columbia - HTC 061/ André Greipel
062/ Michaël Barry
064/ Gert Dockx
065/ Bernhard Eisel
066/ Frantisek Rabon
067/ Vicente Reynes Mimo
BMC Racing Team 241/ Danilo Wyss
242/ Brent Bookwalter
243/ Steve Bovay
244/ Mathias Frank
245/ Thomas Frei
246/ Martin Kohler
247/ Florian Stalder
248/ Jackson Stewart
France AG2R La Mondiale 151/ Renaud Dion
152/ Martin Elmiger
153/ Sébastien Hinault
154/ Yuriy Krivtsov
155/ René Mandri
156/ Lloyd Mondory
157/ Cedric Pineau
158/ Nicolas Rousseau
Agritubel 031/ Nicolas Vogondy
032/ Freddy Bichot
033/ Brice Feillu
034/ Romain Feillu
035/ Nicolas Jalabert (who will end his career as a professional rider tomorrow)
036/ David Le Lay
038/ Anthony Ravard
As you know this team will do its last race tomorrow since they didn't manage to find a new sponsor.
Auber 93 221/ Tony Gallopin
222/ Fabien Bacquet
224/ Nadir Haddou
225/ Julien Mazet
226/ Maxime Mederel
227/ Johan Mombaerts
228/ Jonathan Thiré
229/ Morgan Chedhomme
Bbox Bouygues Telecom 021/ Thomas Voeckler
022/ Yukiya Arashiro
023/ William Bonnet
024/ Mathieu Claude
025/ Damien Gaudin
026/ Rony Martias
027/ Alexandre Pichot
028/ Perrig Quemeneur
Besson Chaussures-Sojasun 201/ Jimmy Casper
202/ Cédric Coutouly
203/ Jimmy Engoulvent
204/ Jeremy Galland
205/ Laurent Mangel
206/ Jean Marc Marino
207/ Julien Simon
208/ Yannick Talabardon
Cofidis, le crédit en ligne 171/ Alexandre Usov
172/ Guillaume Blot
173/ Florent Brard
174/ Hervé Duclos-Lasalle
175/ Christophe Kern
176/ Sébastien Minard
177/ Nico Sijmens
178/ Tristan Valentin
Française des Jeux 141/ Frédéric Guesdon
142/ Sébastien Chavanel
143/ Mickael Cherel
144/ Arnaud Gerard
145/ Anthony Geslin
146/ Yauheni Hutarovich
147/ Matthieu Ladagnous
148/ Yoann Offredo
Roubaix Lille Métropole
231/ Pierre Cazaux
232/ Bastien Delrot
233/ Florian Guillou
234/ Mickael Larpe
235/ Alexandre Lemair
237/ Steven Tronet
238/ Florian Vachon
Italy Lampre – N.G.C 131/ Alessandro Ballan
132/ Vitaliy Buts
133/ Mauro da Dalto
134/ Angelo Furlan
135/ Francesco Gavazzi
136/ Mirco Lorenzetto
137/ Massimiliano Mori
138/ Simone Ponzi
The Netherlands Rabobank 101/ Oscar Freire
102/ Juan Antonio Flecha
103/ Mathew Hayman
104/ Sebastian Langeveld
105/ Nick Nuyens
106/ Tom Stamsnijder
107/ Maarten Tjallingii
108/ Jos van Emden
Skil - Shimano 191/ Jonathan Hivert
192/ Fumiyuki Beppu
193/ Roy Curvers
194/ Koen de Kort
195/ Thierry Hupond
196/ Albert Timmer
197/ Tom Veelers
198/ Robert Wagner
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 181/ Borut Bozic
182/ Johnny Hoogerland
183/ Sergey Lagutin
184/ Bjorn Leukemans
185/ Gerben Löwik
186/ Jens Mouris
187/ Aart Vierhouten
188/ Lieuwe Westra
Switzerland Cervélo Test Team 081/ Roger Hammond
082/ Jeremy Hunt
083/ Daniel Lloyd
084/ Oscar Pujol
085/ Gabriel Rasch
086/ Martin Reimer
087/ Dominique Rollin
Or is this the perfect occasion for Tom Boonen (Quick Step) to take his 7th victory of the season? Maybe, but ... Jimmy Casper (Besson Chaussures - Sojasun) also thinks that 10 victories is not enough for him! by Thomas Vergouwen
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Pour cette dernière course voici mon classement:
1) Oscar Freire 1) Jimmy Casper
2) Nicolas Vogondy 3)Stéphane Bonsergent 4)Greipel 5)philippe Gilbert 6)Romain Feillu 8) Boonen.
| GUY JOLIVET | sunday 11 October 2009 at 13:31:03