The race originally started in Paris and ran to the town of Bourges in the Région Centre.

It previously featured as the last of the French Road Cycling Cup series of races.

[3] The modern version of the race takes place over a distance of approximately 190 km with the middle part climbing the hills of the Sancerrois region including the three classified climbs of the Cote de Jars (324 metres), Cote de Graveron (337 metres) and La Chapelotte (378 metres), these climbs decide the mountains prize.

The race usually concludes with a bunch sprint on the Boulevard de la République in Bourges.

Only two riders have won solo in recent editions and denied the sprinters, these were Thomas Voeckler (2006) and Florian Vachon in 2012.