The town is joining the club of Tour stage towns, having previously been visited by riders competing in the now defunct Tour d’Indre-et-Loire and then in the Roue Tourangelle. When visiting the department, the peloton tends to favor the prefecture of Tours, where, in 2012, Marcel Kittel followed Tom Boonen on the list of sprinters who have tasted success here. Most of the riders who win the Paris-Tours Classic in the autumn are also daredevils of this kind, although not as often since the introduction in 2018 of gravel roads through local vineyards to the route.
- A new stage town
- Sub-prefecture of the department of Indre-et-Loire (37)
- Population: 8,200 (Chinonais and Chinonaises)
