The French National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where the French cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The event was established in 1899, a professional championship was established in 1907 and the women's championship was established in 1951. Several additional categories were added later. The record for victories is by one of the best female cyclists, Jeannie Longo, who has so far won 20 road championships.
The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic cycling jersey which is blue, white and red, just like the national flag, these colours can be worn by the rider at other road racing events in the country to show their status as national champion. The champion's stripes can be combined into a sponsored rider's team kit design for this purpose.
Paul Martens is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2021 for the Skil–Shimano and Team Jumbo–Visma teams. Martens achieved seven victories during his professional career, including a stage win and a general classification win at the Tour de Luxembourg, and stage wins at the Volta ao Algarve, the Vuelta a Burgos and the Tour of Belgium.
The Belgian National Road Race Championship is a cycling race which decides who will become Belgian national champion for the year to come. The men's record for most wins is currently held by one of the most successful Belgian sprinters, Tom Steels, who managed to take four road championship titles.
Rein Taaramäe is an Estonian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Wanty.
Sep Vanmarcke is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2023 for Jong Vlaanderen–Bauknecht, Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator, LottoNL–Jumbo, EF Pro Cycling, and Israel–Premier Tech, before being forced to retire from the sport for medical reasons. During his professional career, Vanmarcke took nine victories, including the 2012 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, the 2019 Bretagne Classic Ouest-France and the 2022 Maryland Cycling Classic one-day races.
Thibaut Pinot is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2010 to 2023, spending his entire career with Française des Jeux. Once considered one of the most promising talents in French cycling, he finished third overall in the 2014 Tour de France and first in the young rider classification. He has won stages in all three Grand Tours, with 3 in the Tour de France, 1 in the Giro d'Italia and 2 in the Vuelta a España. Pinot has taken more than thirty professional victories, including the Giro di Lombardia in 2018, and he won the mountains classification at the 2023 Giro d'Italia.
Ramūnas Navardauskas is a Lithuanian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2022 for Cannondale–Drapac, Bahrain–Merida, Nippo–Delko–One Provence and the Voltas Cycling Team. Following his retirement as a rider, Navardauskas now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team EF Education–Nippo Development Team.
Nacer Bouhanni is a French former professional racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2011 to 2023. A sprinter, he was the winner of the 2012 French National Road Race Championships. Although his first Grand Tour was in 2012, his real breakthrough was in 2014 when he won three stages and the points classification in the Giro d'Italia. In August 2014 it was announced that Bouhanni would leave FDJ and join Cofidis on an initial two-year deal from 2015.
The 2012 season for FDJ–BigMat began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, the team were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.
Geoffrey Soupe is a French professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team TotalEnergies. Soupe was the 2010 under-23 French national champion for the road race, and finished second to Great Britain's Alex Dowsett in the European under-23 time trial championship.
The French National Time Trial Championship is a road bicycle race that takes place inside the French National Cycling Championship, and decides the best cyclist in this type of race. The first edition took place in 1995. The first winner of the time trial championship was Thierry Marie. Jeannie Longo holds the record for the most wins with 11, and Sylvain Chavanel holds the record in the men's championship with 6. Bruno Armirail and Audrey Cordon-Ragot are the current champions.
Bryan Coquard is a French cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis.
Warren Barguil is a French cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team dsm–firmenich PostNL. He is best known for winning two mountain stages and the mountains classification of the 2017 Tour de France.
Mathieu van der Poel is a Dutch professional cyclist who rides for the UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck. He competes in the cyclo-cross, mountain biking and road racing disciplines of the sport.
The Spar Flanders Diamond Tour is a women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in Belgium. It is currently rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 1.1 race, after originally debuting as a 1.2 race.
The Latvian National Road Race Championship is a road bicycle race that takes place inside the Latvian National Cycling Championship, and decides the best cyclist in this type of race.
Anthony Turgis is a French professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team TotalEnergies. Professional since 2015, he has notably won the 2019 Grand Prix La Marseillaise, the 2015 Boucles de la Mayenne, the 2016 Classic Loire Atlantique and the 2019 Paris–Chauny. He also finished second in the 2019 Dwars door Vlaanderen and 2022 Milan–San Remo and has competed in seven Grand Tours.
The Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23 is a cycling race held annually in Flanders, Belgium. It was previously part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2.
The 2017 UCI Europe Tour was the thirteenth season of the UCI Europe Tour. The 2017 season began on 26 January 2017 with the Trofeo Santanyí-Ses Salines-Campos and ended on 17 October 2017 with the Nationale Sluitingsprijs.
Julien Mortier is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for French amateur team US Lamentin.
Thomas Jake Stewart is a British racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Israel–Premier Tech.
On Sunday, Vogondy finished 30 seconds ahead of Arnaud Coyot (Caisse d'Epargne), Julien Loubet (Ag2r) and Dimitri Champion (Bouygues Telecom).