← All eventsParis-Brest-Paris Randonneur
~1,218km self-paced randonnée from Rambouillet (near Paris) out to Brest on the Atlantic and back. ~11,500m of relentless rolling through Normandy and Brittany, no big mountains but never flat. Runs once every four years (next 22 Aug 2027). 15 controls with rolling cut-offs, 80/84/90hr time limits by start wave. Entry earned by completing a full Super Randonneur brevet series (200/300/400/600km) in the same year. Solo, semi-supported (help only at controls), multi-night riding.
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.
It is not a race. There is no ranking and no podium, only the finish. Success is reaching every control inside its cutoff and getting your card stamped, across at least two nights on the bike.
The hills never stop and never get big: 11,500m of relentless Breton and Norman rolling. PBP is won on sleep, fuelling and time discipline as much as on the legs.
Is Paris-Brest-Paris Randonneur for you?
- Experienced randonneurs. A place is earned, not bought: you must finish a full 200, 300, 400 and 600km brevet series in the same year to start.
- Diesel riders who thrive on long steady days. PBP rewards the rider still turning the pedals on night three, not the one with the biggest sprint.
- Athletes who are disciplined at a stop. Two equally fit riders finish hours apart purely on how they manage controls and sleep against the clock.
- Self-sufficient types happy to fix their own problem in the dark, miles from the next control, and keep the time budget intact.
Training plan for Paris-Brest-Paris Randonneur
A training plan for Paris-Brest-Paris Randonneur isn't a generic base build. Beina reads the event's exact demands, looks at your specific profile and the time you actually have, and maps a highly adapted plan to the start line.
- 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
- 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
- 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
