Fwd: First impressions of 2027 PBP route

[Mike Sturgill]

Here's the latest info about PBP 2027 from Bill Bryant. 

2026 is your planning/pre-registration year. It's time to start thinking about it!

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The exact PBP route is still under development but the control towns and a general route outline were revealed today in Paris.

Compared to earlier editions of PBP, there are few out-n-back sections of route anymore. There are now more sections with an outbound route going west, mirrored some miles to the north (or south) by the inbound sections going east. Looking on the map, there were several oval “loops” joined in a few places by an out-n-back section of route, sometimes near a checkpoint town. The reason given was for rider safety, so that the cyclists were mainly going one way on the road, not both ways (safer at night with fewer bright lights in one’s eyes). There were also significant route changes to visit le Mont St. Michel and Chartres on the return. Some checkpoints used twice in the past, were now used once, or like Carhaix, not used anymore.

These are the control towns (in order) that I saw on the presentation:

Rambouillet

Mortagne-au-Perche

Villaines-la-Juhel

Fougeres

Tintentiac

Pontivy (southwest of Loudeac)

Pleyben (west of Carhaix; secret control in 2023)

Brest

Callac (north a few miles from Carhaix)

Loudeac

Roz-Couesnon (near Le Mont St. Michel)

Fougeres 

Villaines-la-Juhel

Chartres

Rambouillet

Bonne route, et bon courage!

Bill Bryant

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[Mike Sturgill]

Here's the latest info about PBP 2027 from Bill Bryant. 

2026 is your planning/pre-registration year. It's time to start thinking about it!

Outbound using only approximate control locations: https://maps.app.goo.gl/9yCpj4qVr7v14TjK6
Inbound using only approximate control locations: https://maps.app.goo.gl/j9oG3vrszXFmHpzi7

Map from the French presentation:

[Mike Sturgill]

Here's the latest info about PBP 2027 from Bill Bryant (updated controls). 

2026 is your planning/pre-registration year. It's time to start thinking about it!

Official web: https://www.paris-brest-paris.org/

Outbound using only approximate control locations: https://maps.app.goo.gl/9yCpj4qVr7v14TjK6

Inbound using only approximate control locations: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RZgd93fNi3SbFEpm6

Map from the French presentation:



-------- Forwarded Message --------

The exact PBP route is still under development but the control towns and a general route outline were revealed today in Paris.

Compared to earlier editions of PBP, there are few out-n-back sections of route anymore. There are now more sections with an outbound route going west, mirrored some miles to the north (or south) by the inbound sections going east. Looking on the map, there were several oval “loops” joined in a few places by an out-n-back section of route, sometimes near a checkpoint town. The reason given was for rider safety, so that the cyclists were mainly going one way on the road, not both ways (safer at night with fewer bright lights in one’s eyes). There were also significant route changes to visit le Mont St. Michel and Chartres on the return. Some checkpoints used twice in the past, were now used once, or like Carhaix, not used anymore.

These are the control towns (in order) that I saw on the presentation:

Rambouillet

Mortagne-au-Perche

Villaines-la-Juhel

Fougeres

Tintentiac

Pontivy (southwest of Loudeac)

Pleyben (west of Carhaix; secret control in 2023)

Brest

Callac (north a few miles from Carhaix)

Loudeac

Roz-Couesnon (near Le Mont St. Michel)

Fougeres 

Villaines-la-Juhel
Mortagne-au-Perche

[B M]

Thank you Mike,

Is this enough info to plan where the sleep stops could be?  

 Loudeac appears only on return,  so maybe need nights 1 & 2 in appears separate cities.

Brian

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[Mike Sturgill]

The control locations have not been released, to my knowledge. Only the control cities have been released. If you're looking to make accommodations close to the controls themselves, or on-route, I suggest waiting until the actual control locations are released. But, it's really up to you based upon your goals. The Rambouillet start/finish location is known, so you could certainly book rooms there if you choose.

-Mike

On 1/10/2026 1:41 PM, B M wrote:

Thank you Mike,

Is this enough info to plan where the sleep stops could be?  

 Loudeac appears only on return,  so maybe need nights 1 & 2 in appears separate cities.

Brian

On Sat, Jan 10, 2026, 12:13 PM Mike Sturgill <mikest...@cox.net> wrote:

Here's the latest info about PBP 2027 from Bill Bryant (updated controls). 

2026 is your planning/pre-registration year. It's time to start thinking about it!
Official web: https://www.paris-brest-paris.org/

Outbound using only approximate control locations: https://maps.app.goo.gl/9yCpj4qVr7v14TjK6
Inbound using only approximate control locations: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RZgd93fNi3SbFEpm6

Map from the French presentation:

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