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 kilometres (56 mi) southwest of Paris, for the fourth consecutive edition, having first done so in the 2009 edition. The first 160 kilometres (99 mi) of the 212.3-kilometre (131.9 mi) 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 kilometres (5.9 mi) and seven short hills packed into the final 51 kilometres (32 mi). The last of these obstacles, the Côte de Rochecorbon, crested with just over 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to go before a flat run-in to the finish city of Tours, with the finish line on the Avenue de Grammont.