“La Boucle” Route Details (Paris)
Introduced in the 2026 Paris expansion, La Boucle almost perfectly matches the finishing circuit of the Tour de France (aka “La Grande Boucle”), taking riders up the Champs-Élysées and over Montmartre before returning for an iconic Champs-Élysées finish.
Introduced in the 2026 Paris expansion, La Boucle almost perfectly matches the finishing circuit of the Tour de France (aka “La Grande Boucle”), taking riders up the Champs-Élysées and over Montmartre before returning for an iconic Champs-Élysées finish.
Route Basics
Length: 16 km (9.9 miles)
Elevation: 118m (387′)
+3.1km (1.9 miles) lead-in with 13m (43′) elevation
Map: Paris
ZIMetrics
Rating: 9.2/100 🛈
Time Estimates 🛈
lead-in + first lap
4 W/kg: 27 minutes
3 W/kg: 30 minutes
2 W/kg: 37 minutes
Start & Finish
Begins from the Paris start pens with a lead-in to the Champs-Élysées lap banner. Ends the second time through this same banner.
Format: Loop
Ride Achievement Badge: 320 XP
Run Achievement Badge: none
Strava Segments
Route Description
Starting from the Paris start pens, you’ll ride a lead-in around the Jardin des Tuileries on the east end of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, then head up the Champs, riding through the lap banner, which is the route’s official start and finish line.
Continue on up the iconic Montée des Champs Elysées climb ending with the Lutece Sprint, then turn right at the Arc de Triomphe to descend to Parc Monceau and the Monceau Sprint. Then it’s time to hammer your way up the Montmartre KOM to enjoy a Parisian panorama at the Sacré-Coeur before descending to the Tchou Tchou Sprint.
Continue on to the Arc de Triomphe, finish your CCW Champs circuit, and you’ve finished the route.
La Boucle route doesn’t seem to be available to ride. Listed on my Android App is not yet ridden, but AppleTV and Windows version 1.116.2 don’t have it as a route under Paris World. App shows 8 routes, Zwift shows only 7 under Routes > Paris. It’s not listed as Event Only route.
They are holding it back so that you can’t ride it until the week that it is featured in the tour de fever events.
Thanks. Makes sense now.
Updated to “Event Only” above. Double Espresso and Crepe Escape are in the same boat, FYI. I didn’t realize this because I had signed in with an account that has a different level of access. It gets confusing when Zwift gives me early access without telling me! 🙂
There’s something amiss somewhere I think. The App says it’s a rideable route; not Event Only and I was just able to “Add” it to my To Do plan and thus rode it. Route is now ticked off.
I did this too this morning. 😃
It’s now showing as Event Only in the App so it’s obviously been re-classified. Good thing I managed to tick it off yesterday 🙂
Which bike would you recommend please?