2025 Route Adélie de Vitré (1.1), France

29th edition: Friday, April 4, 2025

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Two circuits near Vitré : 5 x 21.1 km + 8 x 8.9 km (about) = 174.2 km

Stian Fredheim is the winner.

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Weather at Vitré (in Brittany, east of Rennes) at 2:10 PM, local time: 21C (69F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 21 km/hr (13 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the race report from second place Paul Penhoët's Team Groupama-FDJ:

After some unlucky races lately, Paul Penhoët nearly missed victory this Friday. After quite an eventful race on La Adélie Route de Vitré, the 23-year-old was able to contest the final sprint for victory. However, having started his effort a few meters behind Stian Fredheim, he had to settle for second place at the end of the slight uphill finish in Vitré. He then took his seventh top-10 of the season, also his third podium, and will try again next week in the Pays de la Loire Region Tour.

For the fifth round of the FDJ French Cup, numerous loops were on the table for the riders this Friday around the Breton town of Vitré. In detail, the day’s course consisted of five laps of a twenty-one-kilometre circuit and eight laps of a smaller, nine-kilometre circuit. Also, despite there were no major climbs, the total elevation gain was close to 2,000 meters, due to the repetition of small hills and false flats.

It all started in a relatively classic way, with a five-rider breakaway establishing itself, but as soon as they entered the finishing circuit, with approximately seventy kilometres to go, a whole new race began. The early fugitives were caught, the moves started, and Groupama-FDJ joined the action. Clément Davy followed the first accelerations, before Cyril Barthe and Rémi Cavagna joined a clearer attempt. The “TGV de Clermont-Ferrand” even took the lead within a four-man group for nearly a lap. “We wanted to be active from the start of the small circuit, so as not to be one step behind and not have to chase, because it’s a tiring circuit, where it can be difficult to close the gap on a breakaway,” explained Yvon Caër. “Rémi likes this type of racing, but everyone had the opportunity to go for it, and above all, we were never a step behind.”

Once the French rider was caught, a five-man breakaway formed in the final thirty kilometres. The peloton then remained more or less together, until neutralizing the attempt at the start of the final lap. “If we were heading towards a sprint in the final, we had to make sure Paul was in good position,” Yvon explained. “Once the race was on, I felt really good,” said Paul. “That being said, it’s a race where you can quickly get caught out, which was the case once or twice, even when I was very well placed at the top of the climbs. The goal was to have a strong team around me, which was the case, and the boys were in the moves when I wasn’t. I think that’s the key in this kind of race.”

The young man was finally able to start the last climb of the circuit in the leading positions, but he briefly found himself caught behind a split. “Cyril made a crazy effort after the last climb because we had to close the gap right away,” Yvon said. “Paul was almost too much in front on the climb, the attacks came from behind, and he was a bit surprised. He didn’t want to make the effort in the wrong timing, but fortunately, Cyril was there to bring him back. I saw great solidarity, with Maxime who also came back to pull and Cyril to position him. In the end, it was all good for Paul as he hadn’t made a single effort before the sprint.”

After a final turn by Cyril Barthe under the flamme rouge, Paul Penhoët slipped into third place in a very reduced pack on the tricky descent before the final 400-meter false flat. “Coquard left a small gap on the first guy, then he took the last corner a little too fast and his rear wheel slipped,” Paul recounted in detail. “I had to brake a little, and with the false flat finish, it was impossible to regain enough speed.”

Already a few lengths behind Stian Fredheim at the beginning of the sprint, the French rider was unable to make up enough ground before the finish line and had to settle for second place. “I would have liked to see Paul in action without this race circumstance,” said Yvon. “Hats off to the winner, who was nonetheless strong, but we have a few regrets about how the sprint unfolded.” “It’s really frustrating because we were up there all day, we were always well represented,” said Paul. “The last few weeks haven’t been easy for the team, but today we showed that we can be in the mix when everyone is motivated. It’s not a win, but it’s still an important thing to take away from this race. A second-place finish is never really positive on a personal level, but I know I’m in good shape. There’s another race next week, and the goal will be to win there, because I really miss it.”

The podium, from left: Paul Penhoët (2nd), Stian Fredheim (1st) & Emilien Jeannière (3rd)

Yvon Caër also gave his feelings about the day, at the end of which Rémi Cavagna also received the most combative rider award. “I saw riders who were motivated and who gave their all throughout the race,” he said. “You obviously hope for more when you finish second, but regarding the state of mind and the energy, it was a successful day. As for Paul, he was able to compete in a normal final, without a crash or a puncture, and we can see what he is capable of in these conditions. We don’t have to put excessive pressure on ourselves. We must continue to work like this, have confidence in him, and we will win races. He should have opportunities during the first two days of the Région Pays de la Loire Tour next week. He needs to recover well, take advantage of his good form and we will do our best to win at least one stage.”

Complete results:

174.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.152 km/hr

1	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	3hr 51min 29sec
2	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
3	Emilien Jeannière	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
4	Clément Venturini	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
5	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
6	Jenthe Biermans	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
7	Luca Van Boven	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
8	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
9	Noa Isidore	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
10	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
11	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
12	Eduard Prades	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
13	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
14	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
15	Lander Loockx	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
16	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
17	Paul Seixas	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
18	Maxime Decomble	Groupama-FDJ	@ 8sec
19	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	0:10
20	Filippo Magli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
21	Lorenzo Rota	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
22	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	0:12
23	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
24	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	0:14
25	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
26	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
27	Antonio Soto	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
28	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
29	Francisco Galván	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
30	Killian Théot	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
31	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
32	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
33	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
34	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
35	Emmanuel Houcou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
36	Iúri Leitão	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
37	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
38	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
39	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
40	Jocelyn Baguelin	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
41	Alex Diaz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
42	Lorenzo Conforti	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
43	Felix Ørn-Kristoff	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
44	Marc Brustenga	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
45	Abram Stockman	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
46	Simone Gualdi	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
47	Emil Schandorff Iwersen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
48	Filippo Ridolfo	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
49	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
50	Luca Colnaghi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
51	Rémi Capron	Van Rysel-Roubaix	0:22
52	Jacob Schebye	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	0:25
53	Paul Hennequin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
54	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	0:27
55	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:30
56	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
57	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	0:36
58	Lucas Boniface	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
59	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	0:38
60	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
61	Yaël Joalland	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
62	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:40
63	Lorrenzo Manzin	Team TotalEnergies	0:41
64	Nicola Marcerou	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
65	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
66	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	0:44
67	Axel Mariault	CIC-U-Nantes	v52
68	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	1:02
69	Boas Lysgaard	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	1:06
70	Paul Ourselin	Cofidis	1:14
71	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
72	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
73	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
74	Antoine Hue	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
75	Iker Bonillo	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
76	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
77	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
78	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
79	Declan Irvine	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
80	Gerben Kuypers	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
81	Niklas Larsen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	s.t.
82	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	1:35
83	Hugo Aznar	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:51
84	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:54
85	Matisse Julien	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
86	Marcus Sander Hansen	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm	3:34
87	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	3:37
88	Jonas Hvideberg	Uno-X Mobility	4:00
89	Daniel Årnes	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
90	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	4:01
91	Adam Toupalik	Unibet Tietema Rockets	5:15
92	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	5:21
93	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
94	Ibai Azanza	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.

 

Maps & profiles of the two loops and the start/finish area.

Here is the first, larger loop of 21.1 km.

Profile of the larger loop.

The second, smaller 8.9 km loop.

Profile of the smaller loop.

Map of the start-finish area

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Start list with back numbers, April 3, 2025:

	Arkea-B&B Hotels
1	Jenthe Biermans
2	Axel Bouquet
3	Ewen Costiou
4	Baptiste Gillet
5	Swann Gloux
6	Emmanuel Houcou
7	Clément Venturini
	Cofidis
11	Bryan Coquard
12	Valentin Ferron
13	Clement Izquierdo
14	Nicolas Debeaumarché
15	Paul Ourselin
16	Benjamin Thomas
17	Hugo Toumire
	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
21	Louis Chaleil
22	Noa Isidore
23	Antoine L'Hote
24	Nans Peters
25	Gianluca Pollefliet
26	Paul Seixas
27	Aubin Sparfel
	Groupama-FDJ
31	Cyril Barthe
32	Remi Cavagna
33	Clément Davy
34	Maxime Decomble
35	Eddy Le Huitouze
36	Paul Penhoët
37	Matthew Walls
	Intermarché-Wanty
41	Louis Barré
42	Simone Gualdi
43	Felix Ørn-Kristoff
44	Gerben Kuypers
45	Tobias Müller
46	Lorenzo Rota
47	Luca Van Boven
	Team TotalEnergies
51	Lucas Boniface
52	Florian Dauphin
53	Emilien Jeannière
54	Samuel Leroux
55	Lorrenzo Manzin
56	Nicola Marcerou
57	Anthony Turgis
	Uno-X Mobility
61	Martin Urianstad Bugge
62	Erlend Blikra
63	Stian Fredheim
64	Jonas Hvideberg
65	Sakarias Koller Løland
66	Henrik Pedersen
67	Rasmus Bøgh Wallin
	Unibet Tietema Rockets
71	Tomas Kopecky
72	Axel Huens
73	Lander Loockx
75	Charlie Paige
76	Abram Stockman
77	Adam Toupalik
	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
81	Eduard Prades
82	Sergi Darder
83	Alex Diaz
84	Javier Ibanez
85	Joseba Lopez
86	Iúri Leitão
87	Francisco Peñuela
	Wagner Bazin WB
91	Jocelyn Baguelin
92	Pierre Barbier
93	Victor Papon
95	Tom Portsmouth
96	Henri-Francois Haquin
97	Jelle Vermoote
	Euskaltel-Euskadi
101	Jon Aberasturi
102	Iker Bonillo
103	David Dekker
104	Paul Hennequin
105	Danny van der Tuuk
	Team Novo Nordisk
111	Sam Brand
112	Declan Irvine
113	Matyas Kopecky
114	Antonio Polga
115	Umberto Poli
116	Filippo Ridolfo
117	Célestin Wattelle
	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè
121	Federico Biagini
122	Luca Colnaghi
123	Lorenzo Conforti
124	Filippo Fiorelli
125	Filippo Magli
127	Enrico Zanoncello
	Equipo Kern Pharma
131	Francisco Galván
132	Hugo Aznar
133	Unai Aznar
134	Ibai Azanza
135	Marc Brustenga
136	Mikel Retegi
137	Antonio Soto
	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93
141	Lucas Bénéteau
142	Nicolas Breuillard
143	Romain Cardis
144	Dillon Corkery
145	Alan Riou
146	Yohann Simon
147	Morne Van Niekerk
	BHS-PL Beton Bornholm
151	Marcus Sander Hansen
152	Emil Schandorff Iwersen
153	Niklas Larsen
154	Boas Lysgaard
155	Jacob Schebye
156	Asger Røjbek Sørensen
157	Daniel Stampe
	Van Rysel-Roubaix
161	Daniel Årnes
162	Rémi Capron
163	Célestin Guillon
164	Maxime Jarnet
165	Emmanuel Morin
166	Baptiste Planckaert
167	Killian Théot
	CIC-U-Nantes
171	Ronan Augé
172	Justin Ducret
173	Similien Hamon
174	Antoine Hue
175	Yaël Joalland
176	Matisse Julien
177	Axel Mariault
	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur
181	Andrei Carbunarea
182	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli
183	Andrea Mifsud
184	Alexander Konijn
185	Damien Girard
187	Carter Guichard