# Cholet-Pays de la Loire

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

| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
| 1978 | France | Jacques Bossis | Renault–Gitane |
| 1979 | France | Pierre Bazzo | La Redoute–Motobécane |
| 1980 | France | Roger Legeay | Peugeot–Esso–Michelin |
| 1981 | France | Roger Legeay | Peugeot–Esso–Michelin |
| 1982 | France | Pierre Bazzo | La Redoute–Mavic |
| 1983 | France | Eric Dall'Armelina | Sem–France Loire |
| 1984 | France | Pascal Poisson | Renault–Elf |
| 1985 | France | Marc Madiot | Renault–Elf |
| 1986 | France | Dominique Lecrocq | Système U |
| 1987 | France | Frédéric Garnier | Toshiba–Look |
| 1988 | Belgium | Patrick Onnockx | ADR–Enerday |
| 1989 | France | Franck Boucanville | Fagor–MBK |
| 1990 | Denmark | Kim Andersen | Z–Tomasso |
| 1991 | Belgium | Sammie Moreels | Lotto |
| 1992 | France | Laurent Desbiens | Collstrop–Garden Wood–Histor |
| 1993 | France | Marc Bouillon | Collstrop–Assur Carpets |
| 1994 | France | Laurent Madouas | Castorama |
| 1995 | Belgium | Frank Vandenbroucke | Mapei–GB |
| 1996 | France | Stéphane Heulot | GAN |
| 1997 | Estonia | Jaan Kirsipuu | Casino |
| 1998 | Estonia | Jaan Kirsipuu | Casino–Ag2r |
| 1999 | Estonia | Jaan Kirsipuu | Casino–Ag2r Prévoyance |
| 2000 | Germany | Jens Voigt | Crédit Agricole |
| 2001 | France | Florent Brard | Festina |
| 2002 | France | Jimmy Casper | Française des Jeux |
| 2003 | France | Christophe Mengin | FDJeux.com |
| 2004 | Belgium | Bert De Waele | Landbouwkrediet–Colnago |
| 2005 | France | Pierrick Fédrigo | Bouygues Télécom |
| 2006 | Australia | Chris Sutton | Cofidis |
| 2007 | France | Stéphane Augé | Cofidis |
| 2008 | Estonia | Janek Tombak | Mitsubishi–Jartazi |
| 2009 | Argentina | Juan José Haedo | Team Saxo Bank |
| 2010 | Colombia | Leonardo Duque | Cofidis |
| 2011 | France | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar |
| 2012 | France | Arnaud Démare | FDJ–BigMat |
| 2013 | France | Damien Gaudin | Team Europcar |
| 2014 | Belgium | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise |
| 2015 | France | Pierrick Fédrigo | Bretagne–Séché Environnement |
| 2016 | France | Rudy Barbier | Roubaix–Métropole Européenne de Lille |
| 2017 | No race due to dispute between organisers and mayor of Cholet. | No race due to dispute between organisers and mayor of Cholet. | No race due to dispute between organisers and mayor of Cholet. |
| 2018 | France | Thomas Boudat | Direct Énergie |
| 2019 | France | Marc Sarreau | Groupama–FDJ |
| 2020 | No race due to The COVID-19 pandemic | No race due to The COVID-19 pandemic | No race due to The COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Italy | Elia Viviani | Cofidis |
| 2022 | France | Marc Sarreau | AG2R Citroën Team |
| 2023 | New Zealand | Laurence Pithie | Groupama–FDJ |
| 2024 | France | Paul Lapeira | Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale |