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 (French)
Nickname(s) Primavera of the Mauges
Discipline Road race
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Single-day
History
First edition 1973 (1973)
Editions 35 (as of 2011)
First winner  Jacques Bossis (FRA)
Most wins  Jaan Kirsipuu (EST) (3 times)
Most recent  Thomas Voeckler (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 Bossis, JacquesJacques Bossis (FRA) Renault-Gitane
1979 Bazzo, PierrePierre Bazzo (FRA) La Redoute-Motobécane
1980 Legeay, RogerRoger Legeay (FRA) Peugeot-Esso-Michelin
1981 Legeay, RogerRoger Legeay (FRA) Peugeot-Esso-Michelin
1982 Bazzo, PierrePierre Bazzo (FRA) La Redoute-Mavic
1983 Dall'Armelina, EricEric Dall'Armelina (FRA) Sem-France Loire
1984 Poisson, PascalPascal Poisson (FRA) Renault-Elf
1985 Madiot, MarcMarc Madiot (FRA) Renault-Elf
1986 Lecrocq, DomeniqueDomenique Lecrocq (FRA) Système U
1987 Garnier, FredericFrédéric Garnier (FRA) Toshiba-Look
1988 Onnockx, PatrickPatrick Onnockx (BEL) ADR-Enerday
1989 Boucanville, FrankFrank Boucanville (FRA) Fagor-MBK
1990 Andersen, KimKim Andersen (DEN) Z-Tomasso
1991 Moreels, SammieSammie Moreels (BEL) #REDIRECT Template:Cycling data LTB
1992 Desbiens, LaurentLaurent Desbiens (FRA) Collstrop-Garden Wood-Histor
1993 Bouillon, MarcMarc Bouillon (FRA) Collstrop-Assur Carpets
1994 Madouas, LaurentLaurent Madouas (FRA) Castorama
1995 Vandenbroucke, FrankFrank Vandenbroucke (BEL) Mapei-GB
1996 Heulot, StephaneStéphane Heulot (FRA) GAN
1997 Kirsipuu, JaanJaan Kirsipuu (EST) Casino
1998 Kirsipuu, JaanJaan Kirsipuu (EST) Casino-Ag2r
1999 Kirsipuu, JaanJaan Kirsipuu (EST) Casino-Ag2r Prévoyance
2000 Voigt, JensJens Voigt (GER) Crédit Agricole
2001 Brard, FlorentFlorent Brard (FRA) Festina
2002 Casper, JimmyJimmy Casper (FRA) Française des Jeux
2003 Mengin, ChristopheChristophe Mengin (FRA) FDJeux.com
2004 De Waele, BertBert De Waele (BEL) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
2005 Fedrigo, PierrickPierrick Fédrigo (FRA) Bouygues Télécom
2006 Sutton, ChrisChris Sutton (AUS) Cofidis
2007 Auge, StephaneStéphane Augé (FRA) Cofidis
2008 Tombak, JanekJanek Tombak (EST) Mitsubishi-Jartazi
2009 Haedo, Juan JoseJuan José Haedo (ARG) Team Saxo Bank
2010 Duque, LeonardoLeonardo Duque (COL) Cofidis
2011 Voeckler, ThomasThomas Voeckler (FRA) Team Europcar

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Seasons
  • 1992
  • 1993
  • 1994
  • 1995
  • 1996
  • 1997
  • 1998
  • 1999
  • 2000
  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004
  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
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