Cholet is a commune of western France, in the Maine-et-Loire department. With 54,307 inhabitants (2019), it is the second most populous commune of Maine-et-Loire, after the prefecture, Angers.
Laurent Brochard is a retired professional road racing cyclist from France. In 1997 he won a stage of the Tour de France and became world road champion in San Sebastián, Spain.
Pierrick Fédrigo is a French former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2016 for the Crédit Agricole, Bbox Bouygues Telecom, FDJ.fr and Fortuneo–Vital Concept teams. He was the winner of the French National Road Race Championships in 2005, and won four stages at the Tour de France.
Romain Feillu is a French former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2019. He is the older brother of Brice Feillu, who also competed professionally as a cyclist.
Franck Bouyer is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1995 and 2013. Bouyer competed for the Castorama, Agrigel–La Creuse–Fenioux, Française des Jeux, Bouygues Télécom and Team Europcar squads during his career. Bouyer suffers from narcolepsy, resulting in sudden sleep attacks and cataplexy, and was unable to compete or train without Modafinil.
Stéphane Heulot is a French former road racing cyclist. Born in Rennes, Heulot wore the yellow jersey in the 1996 Tour de France during three stages. He also won the French National Road Race Championships in 1996. He was the manager of French cycling team Sojasun between 2009 and 2013. He joined Cannondale in February 2014 as the team's Performance Development Director. From 2019 to 2021, he worked as a directeur sportif for Rally UHC Cycling. In 2023, he became the general manager of UCI ProTeam Lotto–Dstny.
Jean-Cyril Robin is a French former professional road racing cyclist.
Robert Alban was a French professional road bicycle racer. Alban won the stage 18 in the 1981 Tour de France, and finished third place in that year's overall classification.
Roger Legeay is a French former professional racing cyclist and cycling team manager.
Pascale Jeuland-Tranchant is a French former road and track racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2019 for the Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86, SAS–Macogep and Doltcini–Van Eyck Sport teams. At the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Jeuland won the gold medal in the scratch event. Her older sister is fellow road racing cyclist Nathalie Jeuland. She is married to Guillaume Tranchant.
Audrey Cordon-Ragot is a French road bicycle racer, who currently races for UCI Women's WorldTeam Human Powered Health.
Amélie Rivat-Mas is a French retired racing cyclist. She finished second in the French National Road Race Championships in 2010, 2013, and 2017.
FDJ–Suez is a professional Women's road bicycle racing team which is based in France. The team competes in various UCI Women's road races.
Damien Nazon is a former French racing cyclist. He finished in last place in the 1998 Tour de France. Nazon took a total of 33 victories during his career, including stage wins in the Dauphiné Libéré, the Grand Prix du Midi Libre, the Critérium International and the Tour of Belgium. Nazon rode for the Castorama team as a stagiaire in the autumn of 1995, before turning professional with Banesto in 1996. He then rode for Française des Jeux for three years, Bonjour for four and ended his professional career in 2005 after two years with Crédit Agricole.
Franck Pineau is a French former racing cyclist, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ. He rode in the 1989 Vuelta a España, 1989 Tour de France and 1993 Tour de France.
Thomas Boudat is a French racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Van Rysel–Roubaix. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.
Marc Sarreau is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.
Romain Cardis is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team St. Michel–Mavic–Auber93. He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.
Anthony Maldonado is a French former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2015 to 2023 for UCI Continental team St. Michel–Mavic–Auber93.
Axel Zingle is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis.
Jacques Bossis (FRA)
Jaan Kirsipuu (EST)(3 wins)
