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Added: sunday 20 March 2016 at 20:42:00
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
Under the sun 122 riders got away for 210 kilometers of racing around Cholet.

Right from the start we saw several breakaway attempts but the one from Maxime Daniel (AG2R La Mondiale), Murilo Fischer (FDJ), Ryan Anderson (Direct Energie) and Yannis Yssaad (Armée de Terre) at kilometer 18 turned out to be the right one. One rider (Jaap d ...
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Added: thursday 17 March 2016 at 23:03:00
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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this article appears in the following categories: Classic Loire Atlantique| Cholet-Pays de Loire| Coupe de France PMU| Google Maps/Google Earth
Added: sunday 22 March 2015 at 20:09:00
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
The 3rd race of the Coupe de France PMU 2015, Cholet Pays de Loire took place today under a pretty cloudy sky. With 137 riders at the start, the race went off for 208 kilometers north of the city of Cholet.

After a first attempt by Quentin Jauregui (AG2R La Mondiale), 19 riders got away from the peloton and before they reached the kilometer 50 ...
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Added: sunday 23 March 2014 at 22:04:00
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
After only 4 kilometers in the race, a breakaway was formed after an attack by Rudy Kowalski (Roubaix-Lille Métropole ...
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Added: wednesday 20 March 2013 at 23:41:00
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 ...
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this article appears in the following categories: Coupe de France PMU| Classic Loire Atlantique| Cholet-Pays de Loire
Added: sunday 17 March 2013 at 19:11:00
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 weather once again seemed to be threatening this morning at the start of the race in Cholet, where, like yesterday, some heavy grey clouds were traveling above the start of the race.

Finally this turned out to be only a short rain shower which passed above ...
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Added: friday 15 March 2013 at 1:34:00
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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Added: sunday 18 March 2012 at 19:05:00
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
After a presentation of the teams which was partly humid because of the rain which invited itself in the two main French races this weekend, the 3rd race of the Coupe de France PMU 2012 started in the city of Cholet at the end of this morning for a race of 170 kilometers before a first crossing of the ...
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Added: friday 16 March 2012 at 21:38:00
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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Added: sunday 20 March 2011 at 19:53:00
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
Under a hesitating sun, 129 riders came to the start of the 34th edition of Cholet-Pays de Loire at the end of this morning.

Quickly after the start, one rider rode away from the peloton but Flavio de Luna (Team Spidertech Powered by C10) was taken back by the peloton even before they started the climb of the Côte du Cimétière / Les Gardes where Preben van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator) rides away from the peloton just before the top and takes the first points for the Challenge des 10 bosses.

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Blog - Cholet-Pays de Loire

The summary of Cholet-Pays de Loire 2016

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The summary of Cholet Pays de Loire 2013

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The summary of Cholet-Pays de Loire

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