Events/Paris-Brest-Paris Randonneur

Paris-Brest-Paris Randonneur

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Date

Sun, 22 Aug 2027

Venue

Rambouillet → Brest → Rambouillet, France

Countdown

August

The oldest great ride in cycling, first run in 1891 and held just once every four years. 1,218km from Rambouillet out to Brest on the Atlantic and all the way back, self-paced against the clock.

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The course

The route

Rambouillet → Brest → Rambouillet

Distance1,218km

Total climb11,500m

StartElevation

0 kmDrag map to rotate1117.2 km

A there-and-back route from Rambouillet, near Paris, to Brest and home, roughly 609km each way through Normandy and Brittany. Fifteen official controls with rolling cutoffs are the only legal food, help and beds on the road.

Weather

Late-August, Rambouillet → Brest → Rambouillet

24°CTypical high

13°CTypical low

7°CColdest in 20 years

26%Days with rain

Highs around 24°C and lows around 13°C, but it has dropped to 7°C. Rain on 26% of days.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day

Training

Training for the Paris-Brest-Paris Randonneur

We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.

Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.

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A 1,218km ride against the clock

Typical sessions

1,218km with around 11,500m of continuous rolling, no mountain but never flat

A clock that runs through everything: the 90-hour limit includes every sleep stop

At least two nights riding, so cold and sleep deprivation are a certainty, not a risk

Self-supported between fifteen controls, the only legal food and help on the route

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Progressive long rides building toward the 200, 300, 400 and 600km qualifiers, the core work

Back-to-back long days on tired legs to rehearse the fatigue of a multi-day ride

Night rides with real lights and layers, testing a planned sleep-stop routine

Contact-point and fuelling rehearsal at 400km-plus, solving saddle and gut before August

Not a generic schedule

Typical sessions

Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have

Anchored on your qualifying brevet calendar as fixed key rides

Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond

Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo

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