We rate Paris as the easier big-city entry: open registration, no qualifying time, and a broad field pouring down the Champs-Elysees. April typically runs 6 to 15 degrees, but the raw early start, cobbles, and sharp dips through the Seine tunnels can break your pacing. The estimated $170 entry rises by tier, and the exact 2027 opening date is still unpublished, so we would watch registration from early autumn.
Better info coming — we're still verifying 4 fields on this race.
Why we'd pick it
- The 110 m climbing estimate is useful for planning, not a verified pacing number.
- Open · Direct entry — no lottery to lose.
- A non-racing partner gets a real weekend here — 5/5.
- Race day usually sits 5.4–15.1°C, about 29% chance of rain.
The course
Starts on the Champs-Elysees, drops to circle Place de la Concorde, then runs Rue de Rivoli past the Louvre to Bastille and out into the Bois de Vincennes. It returns along the Seine past Notre-Dame and the Eiffel Tower before the Bois de Boulogne and a finish on Avenue Foch near the Arc de Triomphe. Mostly flat, but the tunnels at Tuileries and Pont de l'Alma throw in sharp dips and climbs that break your rhythm, and some stretches run over cobbles.
Difficulty and PR scores
Difficulty is the course and the conditions. The PR score is a separate read on a fast clock. Missing inputs are dropped and the other weights are rescaled. The method, with the weights.
- Difficulty
- 22 / 100
- PR / BQ friendliness
- Not scored
Weight used: 60%. Need 40% before we print a number.
Weight used: 30%. Need 45% before we print a number.
Weather median for 2011–2025, race date ±7 days, 225 days, at Start. Grid elevation 45 m.
No cited BQ rate for this race.
| Input | 0–100 | What went in |
|---|---|---|
| G Gain | — | No trusted gain per km. Uncertain stored gain is not used. |
| A Altitude | 0 | 45 m. 0 below 300 m, 100 at 2000 m. Source: open-meteo-grid. |
| H Heat | 30 | High 15.1°C, dew point 5.2°C. The hotter of the two bands is used. |
| W Wind | 40 | 3.11 m/s median. Bands: under 3 → 15, under 5 → 40, under 8 → 70, else 100. |
| S Surface | 15 | road. Road 15, mixed 45, gravel 70, trail 90. |
| T Cool temps | 70 | 100 minus heat (30). |
| B BQ evidence | — | No cited BQ rate. |
Stays around the race
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- Near the start — Start / Champs-Elysees
- Near the finish — Finish / Avenue Foch
