Classic Loire Atlantique

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Classic Loire Atlantique
Race details
DateLate-March
RegionLoire, France
Local name(s)Classic Loire Atlantique (in French)
Discipline Road race
Competition UCI Europe Tour
TypeSingle-day
Web site classic-loire-atlantique.fr OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
History
First edition2000 (2000)
Editions24 (as of 2024)
First winnerFlag of France.svg  Frédéric Delalande  (FRA)
Most winsFlag of France.svg  Alexis Gougeard  (FRA) (2 wins)
Most recentFlag of France.svg  Paul Lapeira  (FRA)

Classic Loire Atlantique is a road bicycle race held annually in the French department of Loire-Atlantique. Since 2011, it is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, after upgrading from category 1.2.

Winners

YearCountryRiderTeam
2000Flag of France.svg  France Frédéric Delalande
2001Flag of France.svg  France Nicolas L'Hote
2002Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Rune Jogert Krone
2003Flag of France.svg  France Thomas Voeckler Brioches La Boulangère
2004Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Erki Pütsep AG2R Prévoyance
2005Flag of Spain.svg  Spain José Alberto Martínez Agritubel–Loudun
2006Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Sergey Kolesnikov Omnibike Dynamo Moscow
2007Flag of France.svg  France Nicolas Jalabert Agritubel
2008Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Mikel Gaztañaga Agritubel
2009Flag of France.svg  France Cyril Bessy Besson Chaussures–Sojasun
2010Flag of France.svg  France Laurent Mangel Saur–Sojasun
2011Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Lieuwe Westra Vacansoleil–DCM
2012Flag of France.svg  France Florian Vachon Bretagne–Schuller
2013Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Edwig Cammaerts Cofidis
2014Flag of France.svg  France Alexis Gougeard Ag2r–La Mondiale
2015Flag of France.svg  France Alexis Gougeard AG2R La Mondiale
2016Flag of France.svg  France Anthony Turgis Cofidis
2017Flag of France.svg  France Laurent Pichon Fortuneo–Vital Concept
2018Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Rasmus Quaade BHS–Almeborg Bornholm
2019Flag of France.svg  France Rudy Barbier Israel Cycling Academy
2020No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021Flag of France.svg  France Alan Riou Arkéa–Samsic
2022Flag of France.svg  France Anthony Perez Cofidis
2023Flag of France.svg  France Axel Zingle Cofidis
2024Flag of France.svg  France Paul Lapeira Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale

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