Cholet-Pays de la Loire explained

Cholet-Pays de la Loire
Date:Mid-March
Region:Pays de la Loire, France
English:Grand Prix Cholet-Pays de la Loire
Localnames:Grand Prix Cholet-Pays de la Loire
Nickname:Primavera of the Mauges
Discipline:Road race
Competition:UCI Europe Tour
Type:Single-day
Number:45 (as of 2024)
Mostwins: (3 wins)

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