Classic Loire-Atlantique (1.1), France
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
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The race:
The Classic Loire-Atlantique is a single-day race held in late March in the French Loire-Atlantique department (on France's west coast, just south of Brittany).
The race has been organized since 2000 and has slowly increased in stature. The 2003 edition was classed 1.5.
In 2005 it was upgraded to a 1.2 and in 2011 the Classic Loire-Atlantique was reclassified as a 1.1 race.
It is currently (2019) run on a demanding 16.6 km circuit near La Haye - Fouassière.
So far, Alex Gougaerd is the race's only repeat winner, having won in 2014 and 2015.
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Complete podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 2000 | Frédéric Delalande | Emmanuel Mallet | Gille Canouet | ||
| 2001 | Nicolas L'Hote | Erki Putsep | Jonathan Dayus | ||
| 2002 | Rune Jogert | Ludovic Rousselot | Lloyd Mondory | ||
| 2003 | Thomas Voeckler 4hr 0min 16sec |
Anthony Charteau @ 40sec |
Sébastien Hinault @ 1min 13sec |
177 km | 44.20 |
| 2004 | Erki Putsep 4hr 20min 45sec |
Denis Robin @ s.t. |
Franck Pencolé @ s.t. |
181 km | 41.649 |
| 2005 | José Alberto Martinez 3hr 54min 50sec |
Alberto Benito Guerreiro @ 12sec |
Alexandre Usov @ s.t. |
173 km | 44.201 |
| 2006 | Sergey Kolesnikov 4hr 24min 10sec |
Noan Lelarge @ s.t. |
Mathieu Drujon @ 1min 11sec |
186 km | 42.246 |
| 2007 | Nicolas Jalabert 4hr 11min 1sec |
Yuri Trofimov @ s.t. |
Piotr Zielinski @ s.t. |
182.5 km | 43.622 |
| 2008 | Mikel Gaztanaga 4hr 34min 23sec |
Jimmy Casper @ s.t. |
Frédéric Finot @ 8sec |
180 km | 39.360 |
| 2009 | Cyril Bessy 4hr 39min 47sec |
Michael Reihs @ 5sec |
David Le Lay @ 8sec |
184.8 km | 39.640 |
| 2010 | Laurent Mangel 4hr 9min 41sec |
Renaud Dion @ 4sec |
Pierrick Fedrigo @ s.t. |
168 km | 40.371 |
| 2011 | Lieuwe Westra 4hr 31min 45sec |
Bert Scheirlinckx @ 2sec |
Yohan Cauquil @ 9sec |
184.8 km | 40.802 |
| 2012 | Florian Vachon 4hr 33min 40sec |
Mirko Selvaggi @ s.t. |
Sébastien Delfosse @ 16sec |
184.8 km | 40.516 km/hr |
| 2013 | Edwig Cammaerts 4hr 50min 41sec |
Yauheni Hutarovich @ 7sec |
Laurent Pichon @ s.t. |
184.8 km | 38.145 |
| 2014 | Alexis Gougaerd 4hr 31min 15sec |
Kenneth Vanbilsen @ 10sec |
Wesley Kreder @ s.t. |
184.8 km | 40.877 |
| 2015 | Alexis Gougeard 4hr 27min 24sec |
Marco Marcato @ 3sec |
Anthony Delaplace @ s.t. |
182.8 km | 41.017 |
| 2016 | Anthony Turgis 4hr 22min 37sec |
Loic Chetout @ 1min 2sec |
Kevin Ledanois @ 1min 7sec |
182.8 km | 41.764 km/hr |
| 2017 | Laurent Pichon 4hr 26min 19sec |
Thomas Boudat @ s.t. |
Hugo Hofstetter @ s.t. |
182.8 km | 41.284 km/hr |
| 2018 | Rasmus Quaade 4hr 20min 47sec |
Daniel Hoelgaard @ 3sec |
Armindo Fonseca @ s.t. |
182.8 km | 42.058 km/hr |
| 2019 | Rudy Barbier 4hr 28min 10sec |
Marc Sarreau @ s.t. |
Rory Townsend @ s.t. |
182.8 km | 40.900 km/hr |
| 2020 | Race cancelled because of Coronovirus pandemic | ||||
| 2021 | Alan Riou 4hr 29min 30sec |
Valentin Madouas @ s.t. |
Dorian Godon @ s.t. |
182.8 km | 40.698 km/hr |
| 2022 | Anthony Perez 4hr 16min 15sec |
Lewis Askey @ s.t. |
Matis Louvel @ s.t. |
182.8 km | 42.802 km/hr |
| 2023 | Axel Zingle 4hr 27min 17sec |
Laurence Pithie @ s.t. |
Maikel Zijlaard @ s.t. |
182.8 km | 41.035 km/hr |
| 2024 | Paul Lapeira 4hr 16min 27sec |
Tom Van Asbroeck @ 19sec |
Emmanuel Morin @ s.t. |
182.8 km | 42.769 km/hr |
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