2023 Classic Loire-Atlantique (1.1), France
23rd edition: Saturday, March 18, 2023
Complete results
Classic Loire-Atlantique historic results | 2022 edition | 2024 edition
11 x 16.6 km circuits totaling 182.8 km, starting and ending at La Haye-Fouassière
The 16.6 km circuit. The riders will do this loop 11 times.
Weather at the start/finish city of La Haye-Fouassière at 12:45 PM, local time: 14C (57F), rain showers, with the wind from the southwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). The rain is forecast to end about 3:00 PM.
Axel Zingle wins. Photo: LNC/B. Bade.
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The race: Here's the short post from 7th-place Donavan Grondin's Team Arkéa-Samsic.
Donavan Grondin:
“Roger had asked us to be placed at the beginning of the sprint, in the last turn, I turned a little badly, and in the basin on the way down, it was moving quite a bit. I finished 7th”.
Roger Tréhin, sport director:
“We knew that a sprint finish was not in our favor. So we chose the offensive option. Laurent Pichon tried in the final. But it didn’t work out. Donavan was our card for the sprint, but other riders were faster than him.”
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Complete Results:
182.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.035 km/hr
| 1 | Axel Zingle | Cofidis | 4hr 27min 17sec |
| 2 | Laurence Pithie | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 3 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 4 | Paul Penhoët | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 5 | Colin Joyce | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
| 6 | Gotzon Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 7 | Donavan Grondin | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 8 | Romain Cardis | St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 9 | Emmanuel Morin | CIC U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 10 | Damien Touzé | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 11 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 12 | Alexis Vuillermoz | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 13 | Jenno Berckmoes | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 14 | Laurent Pichon | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 15 | Mathis Le Berre | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 16 | Jordan Jegat | CIC U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 17 | Rory Townsend | Bolton Equities-Black Spoke | s.t. |
| 18 | Lindsay De Vylder | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 19 | Frederik Jensen | BHS-PL Belton Bornholm | s.t. |
| 20 | Lewis Askey | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 21 | Carlos Canal | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 22 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 23 | Angel Fuentes | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 24 | Nils Brun | Tudor Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 25 | Paul Lapeira | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 26 | Unai Iribar | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 27 | Thibaud Gruel | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 28 | Xabier Isasa | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 29 | Kevin Ledanois | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 30 | Anthony Maldonado | St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 31 | Cyril Barthe | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 32 | Sebastian Schönberger | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
| 33 | Jean Goubert | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 34 | Victor De La Parte | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 35 | Alan Riou | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 36 | Enekoitz Azparren | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 37 | Flavien Maurelet | St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 38 | Aaron Van Poucke | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 39 | Thomas Gachignard | St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 40 | Jack Rootkin-Gray | Saint Piran | s.t. |
| 41 | Manuel Peñalver | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 42 | Zeb Kyffin | Saint Piran | s.t. |
| 43 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 44 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 45 | Thomas Devaux | St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 46 | Alan Jousseaume | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 47 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling | @ 10sec |
| 48 | Vincent Van Hemelen | Team Flanders-Baloise | 0:14 |
| 49 | Clément Alleno | Burgos-BH | 0:38 |
| 50 | Elias Maris | Team Flanders-Baloise | 0:40 |
| 51 | Kamiel Bonneu | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 52 | Sebastian Andreasson | BHS-PL Belton Bornholm | 0:43 |
| 53 | Ryan Christensen | Bolton Equities-Black Spoke | 1:23 |
| 54 | Edo Goldstein | Team Ecoflo Chronos | s.t. |
| 55 | Léo Danès | CIC U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 56 | Damien Girard | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 57 | Thomas Bonnet | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 58 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 59 | Eddy Finé | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 60 | Matisse Julien | Team Ecoflo Chronos | 1:57 |
| 61 | Sebastian Ryttersgaard | BHS-PL Belton Bornholm | s.t. |
| 62 | Noah Hobbs | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 63 | James Fouche | Bolton Equities-Black Spoke | s.t. |
| 64 | Aaron Gate | Bolton Equities-Black Spoke | s.t. |
| 65 | Maël Guégan | CIC U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 66 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 67 | Bram Welten | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 68 | Alex Baudin | Ag2r-Citroën | 4:10 |
| 69 | Valentin Retailleau | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 70 | Harry Birchill | Saint Piran | s.t. |
| 71 | Nikolaj Mengel | BHS-PL Belton Bornholm | s.t. |
| 72 | Toon Clynhens | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 73 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 74 | Noa Isidore | CIC U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 75 | Yaël Joalland | CIC U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 76 | Jonathan Couanon | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 77 | Jérémy Cabot | TotalEnergies | 5:05 |
| 78 | Charles-Etienne Chrétien | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
| 79 | Robbe De Ryck | Materiel-Velo.com | 5:33 |
| 80 | Bastien Tronchon | Ag2r-Citroën | 5:38 |
| 81 | Ewen Costiou | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 82 | Mads-Emil Hougaard | BHS-PL Belton Bornholm | s.t. |
| 83 | Axel Mariault | Cofidis | 6:32 |
| 84 | Pierre-Luc Périchon | Cofidis | 8:46 |
| 85 | Leon Mazzone | Saint Piran | 10:17 |
| 86 | Florian Carpentier | Team Ecoflo Chronos | s.t. |
| 87 | Louis Coqueret | Team Ecoflo Chronos | s.t. |
| 88 | Lenaic Langella | Team Ecoflo Chronos | s.t. |
| 89 | Elias Vanheel | Materiel-Velo.com | s.t. |
| 90 | Andreas Brandt Aidel | BHS-PL Belton Bornholm | s.t. |
| 91 | Adam Lewis | Saint Piran | s.t. |
| 92 | Nicholas Thorøe-Hansen | BHS-PL Belton Bornholm | s.t. |
| 93 | Angel Madrazo | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 94 | Rodrigo Álvarez | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 95 | Théo Bonnet | Materiel-Velo.com | s.t. |
| 96 | Felix Hamel | Team Ecoflo Chronos | s.t. |
| 97 | Luke Valenti | Team Ecoflo Chronos | s.t. |
| 98 | Brent Van Der Eycken | Materiel-Velo.com | s.t. |
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