Staged against the magnificent backdrop of the Eiffel Tower, the 8th leg of the Longines Global Champions Tour's 2023-season takes place in Paris this weekend. 

The local heroes will be out in full force this weekend as top French riders include names such as Julien Epaillard, Roger-Yves Bost, Penelope Leprevost and Simon Delestre.

Brazil's Marlon Modolo Zanotelli, last year’s LGCT Grand Prix winner in the French capital, will be back to defend his title and see if he can make it back-to-back wins. Among the riders joining him at the iconic French destination are Edwina Tops-Alexander (AUS), Daniel Deusser (GER), Christian Ahlmann (GER), Gregory Wathelet (BEL), Jessica Springsteen (USA), Ben Maher (GBR), Ludger Beerbaum (GER), John Whitaker (GBR), Olivier and Nicola Philippaerts (BEL), Philipp Weishaupt (GER), Laura Kraut (USA) and Scott Brash (GBR).