Blog - Cholet-Pays de Loire

Rudy Barbier (Roubaix) wins the sprint in Cholet-Pays de Loire 2016

After a race which was mainly animated by a 4 men breakaway, the 39th edition of Cholet-Pays de Loire saw the peloton coming back together even before the race got on the final circuit around Cholet and despite an attempt by Blel Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale) and several Belgian riders, the victory was decided in a bunch sprint. After a crash at 150 meters from the finish line, several sprinters and mainly Bryan Coquard (Direct Energie) were not able to battle for this sprint and Rudy Barbier (Roubaix Métropole Européenne de Lille) won the race by crossing the line first.

The summary of Cholet-Pays de Loire 2016

The Classic Loire Atlantique and Cholet-Pays de Loire 2016 race routes on Google Maps

After Paris-Nice last week and in the same weekend as Milan-Sanremo this weekend will also, as usual, see two French one day races take place: the Classic Loire Atlantique on Saturday and Cholet-Pays de Loire on Sunday, respectively the 2nd and 3rd race of the Coupe de France PMU calendar after the Grand Prix La Marseillaise.


In this article you'll find all the details about these two races: the Classic Loire Atlantique, organised around La Haye-Fouassière, at about fifteen kilometers south-east of Nantes, and Cholet-Pays de Loire which turns around Cholet.

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Pierrick Fédrigo holds on till the finish in Cholet Pays de Loire 2015

In the 38th edition of Cholet Pays de Loire, a very big breakaway group was formed early in the race and the riders who were not part of this group saw their possible hopes for victory go away rather quickly. Indeed, all the teams were part of this breakaway and there was thus not much chasing going on. After different attacks from the breakaway, Pierrick Fédrigo (Bretagne-Séché Environnement) finally got off alone in the final circuit and the French rider managed to win the race, 10 years later ...

The summary of Cholet Pays de Loire 2015

Tom van Asbroeck wins Cholet Pays de Loire in a sprint with the race's breakaway

A similar scenario to the Classic Loire Atlantique (yesterday) for the 37th edition of [[Cholet Pays de Loire]] today: a big group leading the race rather quickly after the start was not to be taken back by the peloton. However, today it was not a solo rider who finished it off but Tom van Asbroeck (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) won the race in a sprint, ahead of Sébastien Delfosse (Wallonie-Bruxelles) and Sébastien Turgot (AG2R La Mondiale).

Alexis Gougeard (AG2R La Mondiale), who took the lead in the classification of the Coupe de France PMU yesterday with his victory in the Classic Loire Atlantique remains the current leader of this classification.

The summary of Cholet Pays de Loire 2014

Video flashback on the Classic Loire Atlantique & Cholet Pays de Loire 2013

This weekend the 2nd and 3rd race of the Coupe de France PMU 2013, the Classic Loire Atlantique and Cholet-Pays de Loire 2013, took place in the west of France. A weekend with two French races which happened in parallel to Milano-Sanremo which had to face quite extreme weather conditions and which was won by Gerald Ciolek (MTN-Qhubeka).

This Italian race allowed Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), thanks to his 4th place, to climb up to the first place in the current UCI WorldTour classification.

In this article you'll find, in two videos, an animated flashback on these two French races, the ...

Damien Gaudin takes the victory in Cholet Pays de Loire and dedicates it!

This morning at the team presentation he already seemed to be in good shape, singing "happy birthday" to his team mate Franck Bouyer, at the end of the afternoon the local* rider won the 36th edition of Cholet-Pays de Loire, in front of quite a numerous public in Cholet.

For once, the breakaway went on till the end and the rider of the Europcar team showed his emotion while winning this 3rd race of the Coupe de France PMU, victory which he dedicated to the parents of his biggest fan, who unfortunately died recently.

The summary of Cholet Pays de Loire 2013

The Classic Loire Atlantique and Cholet-Pays de Loire 2013 race route on Google Maps

After Paris-Nice last week, this weekend we'll see the usual duo of one day French races: the Classic Loire Atlantique on Saturday and Cholet-Pays de Loire on Sunday, respectively 2nd and 3rd race of the Coupe de France PMU which the first mentioned integrated last year.

In this article you'll find all details of these two races: the Classic Loire Atlantique, organised around La Haye-Fouassière, at about 15 kilometers south-east of Nantes, and Cholet-Pays de Loire which forms a lap around Cholet.

This weekend, velowire.com will be present in these two races and you'll thus find on this website all details, photos and results!

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Arnaud Démare confirms in Cholet!

The 3rd race of the Coupe de France PMU 2012 took place today around the city of Cholet: Cholet-Pays de Loire. The result is completely as expected with a victory of Arnaud Démare FDJ BigMat, but the race didn't really end like we thought since ... there hasn't been a bunch sprint!

The summary of Cholet-Pays de Loire

Cholet-Pays de Loire 2012: its race route on Google Maps and its list of participating riders (and the bib numbers)

After Paris-Nice last week, this weekend will see two one-day races in France: the Classic Loire Atlantique on Saturday and Cholet-Pays de Loire on Sunday.

After the article about the Classic Loire Atlantique 2012, you can find in this article all details about Cholet-Pays de Loire 2012, organised around Cholet.

This weekend, www.velowire.com will be present in both races and you'll thus be able to discover all details, photos and the results as soon as possible after the finish on this website!

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Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar) wins Cholet-Pays de Loire 2011 in his own way as a finisher

After a long breakaway formed by 9 riders, Cholet-Pays de Loire, the second race of the Coupe de France PMU was finally won by Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar) in his very own special way: attacking at a few kilometers from the finish and than just finishing it.

The summary of Cholet-Pays de Loire 2011