2021 Paris–Tours

The 2021 Paris–Tours was the 115th edition of the Paris–Tours road cycling classic. It was held on 10 October 2021 as part of the 2021 UCI Europe Tour and the 2021 UCI ProSeries calendars.

The race took place in the Centre-Val de Loire region of central France. Despite its name, the race departed from Chartres, about 90 km southwest of Paris, for the fourth consecutive edition, having first done so in the 2009 edition. The first 160 km of the 212.3 km route, which headed net southwest, were slightly undulating and led into the most impactful part of the race, which had nine unpaved sectors totalling 9.5 km and seven short hills packed into the final 51 km. The last of these obstacles, the Côte de Rochecorbon, crested with just over 10 km to go before a flat run-in to the finish city of Tours, with the finish line on the Avenue de Grammont.

Teams
10 of the 19 UCI WorldTeams, 10 UCI ProTeams, and two UCI Continental teams made up the 22 teams that participated in the race. , with six riders, was the only team to not enter a full squad of seven riders, though and  were also reduced to six riders after both teams had one non-starter each. Of the 151 riders who started the race, 117 finished.

UCI WorldTeams



UCI ProTeams



UCI Continental Teams