Région Pays de la Loire Tour | |
Date: | Early April |
Region: | Pays de la Loire, France |
English: | Circuit of Sarthe |
Localnames: | Circuit de la Sarthe |
Discipline: | Road |
Competition: | UCI Europe Tour |
Type: | Stage race |
Number: | 70 (as of 2024) |
Mostwins: | (3 wins) |
The Région Pays de la Loire Tour, formerly Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de la Loire, (English: Circuit of Sarthe) is an early-season short road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
Between 1953 and 1974 it was an amateur race, becoming a professional race in 1975.