LATEST STATEMENT FROM ORGANISERS:
Report of the presentation
Paris Brest Paris 2023
Friday, November 19, 2023 we received the organizers of paris-Brest-Paris, came to present the next organization and meet the managers of the reception point of Mortagne as well as elected officials, partners and local press.
Present at this meeting were Dominique Vaux for the town hall, Adèle Gautier-Lamiroté director of the carré du perche and head of the tourist office, Crédit Mutuel, the journalists of Perche and Ouest-France,as well asseveral members of the club ofcyclos hikers of the perche.
A new management team of the ACP (Audax-Club-Parisien) presented itselfas
Luc Coppain President, Philippe Guillée responsible for the course, Jean-Pierre Chardon head of the project and Jean-Pierre Pendu consultant.
For this new edition, which will be the 20th, the ACP is calling on an event provider, Jean-Pierre Chardon, to bring a new way of working to this world-famous organization, which continues to grow and which is now the largest cycling tour in the world, the first edition having taken place in 1895.
The 2023 edition will take place from 20 to 24 August.
- 8000 participants including 2500 French
- 70 countries and 5 continents represented
- Course 1200 km 10.000 meters of elevation gain
- 5 regions, 9 departments and 180 municipalities crossed
- There will be no more control of thebikes before the start but more control on the course especially on the safety equipment ...
Some modifications are announced in particular on the course in Bretagne to no longer take the same roads on the outward and return journeys in order toavoid the crossing of the participants, to facilitate traffic.
A new software for the management of volunteer teams is planned, the computer monitoring of participants set up in 2019 will be renewed.
Thank you to the participants of this first meeting which will call for others.