Race details | |
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Date | May or June |
Region | Mayenne, Pays de la Loire |
English name | Bends of the Mayenne (river) |
Local name(s) | Boucles de la Mayenne (in French) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Stage-race |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1975 |
Editions | 48 (as of 2023) |
First winner | Alain Meslet (FRA) |
Most wins | Serge Coquelin (FRA)(3 wins) |
Most recent | Oier Lazkano (ESP) |
The Boucles de la Mayenne is a road bicycle race held annually in the Mayenne department and Pays de la Loire region in France. It was first held in 1975 and from 2006 until 2019, it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became part of the new UCI ProSeries in 2020, although that year's edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France. [1]
Wins | Country |
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40 | France |
2 | Netherlands |
1 | Belarus Canada Estonia Japan Spain Switzerland |
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