Monthléry, Magny-Cours, Clermont-Ferrand and the most beautiful French country roads you will ever see; the opening two days of the Tour Auto 2020 were a fitting tribute to the old Tour de France Automobile days.

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After the official start at the historic Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry with its iconic banked turn, the participants of the Tour Auto 2020 headed to Clermont-Ferrand passing by the former Formula 1 race track of Magny-Cours. The second day featured an other classic F1 circuit, the once-frightening Circuit de Charade located around the base of one of Auvergne’s many volcanoes, before the circus left Clermont-Ferrand to take the picturesque roads on the way to Limoges.

Here is our gallery of the Tour Auto 2020’s two first days.

Photos by Erwan Seite.