Cholet-Pays de Loire

Cholet-Pays de la Loire
Race details
Date Mid-March
Region Pays de la Loire, France
English name Grand Prix Cholet-Pays de la Loire
Local name(s) Grand Prix Cholet-Pays de la Loire (in French)
Nickname(s) Primavera of the Mauges
Discipline Road race
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Single-day
History
First edition 1978 (1978)
Editions 40 (as of 2018)
First winner  Jacques Bossis (FRA)
Most wins  Jaan Kirsipuu (EST) (3 wins)
Most recent  Thomas Boudat (FRA)

Grand Prix Cholet-Pays de la Loire is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in March in Cholet, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is often called Primavera of the Mauges due to its similarities with Belgian semi-classics because of the wind, short hills and some rain on the way to Cholet.

Name of the race

1978–1987: Grand Prix de Mauléon-Moulins
1988–1989: Grand Prix de Cholet-Mauléon-Moulins
1990–2007: Grand Prix de Cholet – Pays de Loire

Winners

Rider Team
1978 France Jacques Bossis (FRA) Renault-Gitane
1979 France Pierre Bazzo (FRA) La Redoute-Motobécane
1980 France Roger Legeay (FRA) Peugeot-Esso-Michelin
1981 France Roger Legeay (FRA) Peugeot-Esso-Michelin
1982 France Pierre Bazzo (FRA) La Redoute-Mavic
1983 France Eric Dall'Armelina (FRA) Sem-France Loire
1984 France Pascal Poisson (FRA) Renault-Elf
1985 France Marc Madiot (FRA) Renault-Elf
1986 France Domenique Lecrocq (FRA) Système U
1987 France Frédéric Garnier (FRA) Toshiba-Look
1988 Belgium Patrick Onnockx (BEL) ADR-Enerday
1989 France Frank Boucanville (FRA) Fagor-MBK
1990 Denmark Kim Andersen (DEN) Z-Tomasso
1991 Belgium Sammie Moreels (BEL) Lotto
1992 France Laurent Desbiens (FRA) Collstrop-Garden Wood-Histor
1993 France Marc Bouillon (FRA) Collstrop-Assur Carpets
1994 France Laurent Madouas (FRA) Castorama
1995 Belgium Frank Vandenbroucke (BEL) Mapei-GB
1996 France Stéphane Heulot (FRA) GAN
1997 Estonia Jaan Kirsipuu (EST) Casino
1998 Estonia Jaan Kirsipuu (EST) Casino–Ag2r
1999 Estonia Jaan Kirsipuu (EST) Casino–Ag2r Prévoyance
2000 Germany Jens Voigt (GER) Crédit Agricole
2001 France Florent Brard (FRA) Festina
2002 France Jimmy Casper (FRA) Française des Jeux
2003 France Christophe Mengin (FRA) FDJeux.com
2004 Belgium Bert De Waele (BEL) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
2005 France Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA) Bouygues Télécom
2006 Australia Chris Sutton (AUS) Cofidis
2007 France Stéphane Augé (FRA) Cofidis
2008 Estonia Janek Tombak (EST) Mitsubishi-Jartazi
2009 Argentina Juan José Haedo (ARG) Team Saxo Bank
2010 Colombia Leonardo Duque (COL) Cofidis
2011 France Thomas Voeckler (FRA) Team Europcar
2012 France Arnaud Démare (FRA) FDJ–BigMat
2013 France Damien Gaudin (FRA) Team Europcar
2014 Belgium Tom Van Asbroeck (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
2015 France Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement
2016 France Rudy Barbier (FRA) Roubaix–Métropole Européenne de Lille
2017 No race due to dispute between organisers and mayor of Cholet.[1][2]
2018 France Thomas Boudat (FRA) Direct Énergie

References

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