2022 Cholet - Pays de Loire (1.1), France

43rd edition: Sunday, March 20, 2022

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Cholet - Cholet, 202 km. Cholet is a town in northwest France, about 50km southeast of Nantes.

Marc Sarreau wins in Cholet.

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The race:

Weather at the start/finish city of Cholet at 12:45 PM, local time: 14C (57F), sunny, with the wnd from the southeast at 11 km/hr (7 mph). There is a 5% chance of rain.

The race: Winner Marc Sarreau's Ag2r-Citroën team sent me this report. It is machine-translated from the French:

Marc Sarreau: "It feels good"

“The finale was intense. Paul Lapeira was ahead on the last lap. In the peloton, we followed the attacks well and when the breakaways were caught, I was well positioned with Clément Venturini who placed me well.

"With the headwind, I lauched my sprint 250 meters from the line.

"It's a real relief because it's been a long time since I have won. I have experienced troubless, injuries, falls, an iliac artery operation, covid... It feels good. Next Sunday, I will attack the Roue Tourangelle, which I have won in the past, with good spirits."

The number: 1

Marc Sarreau's victory is the first success of 2022 for the AG2R CITROËN team.
This is the second time that Marc Sarreau has won Cholet Pays de Loire and the 13th bouquet of his professional career. He won in 2019.
He had not won since Paris-Bourges 2019.

Info: Marc Sarreau and the AG2R CITROËN team

Thanks to the victory in Cholet-Pays de Loire, Marc Sarreau takes the lead in the Coupe de France.

The AG2R CITROËN team consolidates its first place in the team classification.
Paul Lapeira, caught 500 meters from the line and 4th the day before the Classic Loire Atlantique, is sixth in the youth classification.

Complete Results:

202 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.576 km/hr

1	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	4hr 44min 40sec
2	Emmanuel Morin	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
3	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
4	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
5	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
6	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
7	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
8	Vito Braet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
9	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
10	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	Samuel Leroux	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
12	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
13	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
14	Robin Froidevaux	Swiss Racing Academy	s.t.
15	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
16	Julian Mertens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
17	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
18	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
19	Matteo Vercher	Equipe de France Espoirs	s.t.
20	Sean Flynn	Swiss Racing Academy	s.t.
21	Fabien Doubey	TotalEnergies	s.t.
22	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
23	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
24	Hugo Page	Equipe de France Espoirs	s.t.
25	Aloïs Charrin	Swiss Racing Academy	s.t.
26	Thomas Joseph	Minerva Cycling	s.t.
27	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
28	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
29	Jordi Lopez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
30	Pierre Rolland	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
31	Gilles Borra	Minerva Cycling	s.t.
32	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	@ 4sec
33	Nicolas Edet	Arkéa-Samsic	0:07
34	Anthony Maldonado	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
35	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	0:13
36	Nicolas Prodhomme	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
37	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	0:23
38	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
39	Fabien Grellier	TotalEnergies	s.t.
40	Romain Gregoire	Equipe de France Espoirs	0:29
41	Petr Kelemen	Swiss Racing Academy	0:31
42	Conn McDunphy	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
43	Enrico Dhaeye	Minerva Cycling	s.t.
44	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
45	Roberto Gonzalez	Java-Kiwi Atlántico	s.t.
46	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
47	Mael Guegan	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
48	Kevin Besson	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
49	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	0:35
50	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
51	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
52	Xavier Canellas	Java-Kiwi Atlántico	s.t.
53	Jeremy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
54	Eliot Lietaer	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
55	Antoine Devanne	Equipe de France Espoirs	s.t.
56	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	0:37
57	Fabian Weiss	Swiss Racing Academy	0:41
58	Aaron Van Poucke	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:59
59	Mathias Le Turnier	U Nantes-Atlantique	1:07
60	Danny Van der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
61	Jonathan Hivert	B&B Hotels-KTM	1:34
62	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	2:54
63	Alan Jousseaume	TotalEnergies	3:32
64	Anthony Perez	Cofidis	s.t.
65	Yoann Paillot	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
66	Valentin Retailleau	Equipe de France Espoirs	s.t.
67	Valentin Tabellion	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	3:53
68	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
69	Edouard Bonnefoix	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	7:10
70	Tony Hurel	St Michel-Auber 93	8:02
71	Yentl Vandevelde	Minerva Cycling	8:06
72	Gilles De Wilde	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
73	Savva Novikov	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
74	Marti Marquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
75	Rait arm	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
76	Barry Miller	Java-Kiwi Atlántico	s.t.
77	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
78	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
79	Thibault Ferasse	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
80	Louis Barre	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
81	Stefano Museeuw	Minerva Cycling	s.t.
82	Maarten Verheyen	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
83	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
84	Louis Contal	Java-Kiwi Atlántico	s.t.
85	Stephane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
86	Nikiforos Arvanitou	Java-Kiwi Atlántico	8:28
87	Miguel Heidemann	B&B Hotels-KTM	10:14
88	Bastien Tronchon	Equipe de France Espoirs	s.t.
89	Julien Amadori	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
90	Tom Paquet	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
91	Loris Trastour	Swiss Racing Academy	s.t.
92	Axel Huens	Equipe de France Espoirs	s.t.
93	Kenneth Caethoven	Minerva Cycling	11:21
94	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
95	JB Murphy	EvoPro Racing	s.t.
96	Louis Richard	U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
97	Robbe Van Praet	Minerva Cycling	s.t.

 

Course map & profile:

Start list with back numbers: March 19, 2022:

	COFIDIS
1	ALLEGAERT Piet
2	CHAMPION Thomas
3	FINE Eddy
4	LAFAY Victor
5	PEREZ Anthony
6	ZINGLE Axel
	AG2R-CITROEN
11	SARREAU Marc
12	PRODHOMME Nicolas
13	LAPEIRA Paul
14	GALL Felix
15	PARET-PEINTRE Valentin
16	RAUGEL Antoine
17	VENTURINI Clément
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
21	ASKEY Lewis
22	ARM Rait
23	PICKERING Finlay
24	LIENHARD Fabian
25	MADOUAS Valentin
26	WELTEN Bram
27	LE HUITOZE Eddy
	ARKÉA -SAMSIC
31	EDET Nicolas
32	GRONDIN Donovan
34	GUGLIELMI Simon
35	RIOU Alan
36	LOUVEL Matis
37	VERRE Alessandro
	TOTALENERGIES
42	DOUBEY Fabien
43	FERRON Valentin
44	GRELLIER Fabien
45	JOUSSEAUME Alan
46	MANZIN Lorrenzo
47	OURSELIN Paul
	B&B HOTELS-KTM
51	BARBIER Pierre
52	FERASSE Thibault
53	GAUTIER Cyril
54	HEIDEMANN Miguel
55	HIVERT Jonathan
56	LIETAER Eliot
57	ROLLAND Pierre
	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
61	APERS Ruben
62	BERCKMOES Jenno
63	BONNEU Kamiel
64	BRAET Vito
65	DE WILDE Gilles
66	MERTENS Julian
67	VAN POUCKE Aaron
	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA
71	VAN DER TUUK Danny
72	SANCHEZ Eugenio
73	MARQUEZ Martí
74	MIQUEL Pau
75	LOPEZ Jordi
76	JFERNANDEZ Alex
77	NOVIKOV Savva
	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93
81	CARDIS Romain
82	ROSSETTO Stéphane
83	TESSON Jason
84	DELBOVE Joris
85	HUREL Tony
86	PAILLOT Yoann
87	MALDONADO Anthony
	GO SPORT-ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE
91	BOUDAT Thomas
92	LEROUX Samuel
93	DENIS Thomas
94	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas
95	TABELLION Valentin
96	VAHTRA Norman
97	LEVEAU Jérémy
	TEAM U NANTES ATLANTIQUE
101	BARRE Louis
102	GUEGAN Maël
103	LE TURNIER Mathias
104	MORIN Emmanuel
105	PAQUET Tom
106	RICHARD Louis
107	RICHARD-ANDRADE Florian
	NICE METROPOLE COTE D'AZUR
111	URRUTY Maxime
112	BESSON Kevin
113	COUANON Jonathan
114	DELACROIX Tristan
115	BONNEFOIX Edouard
116	HENNEQUIN Paul
117	AMADORI Julien
	SWISS RACING ACADEMY
121	CHARRIN Aloïs
122	EGGENBERG Ruben
123	FLYNN Sean
124	FROIDEVAUX Robin
125	KELEMEN Petr
126	TRASTOUR Loris
127	WEISS Fabian
	JAVA-KIWI ATLANTICO
131	ARVANITOU Nikiforos
132	CANELLAS Xavier
133	GASPARINI Alessio
134	GONZALEZ Roberto
135	CONTAL Louis
136	TORRES Edwin
137	MILLER Barry
	EVOPRO RACING
141	BRITTON Rhys
142	GUINET Dylan
143	MCDUNPHY Conn
144	KEOGH Cian
145	CURLEY Liam
146	VERHEYEN Maarten
147	MURPHY Jack
	MINERVA CYCLING TEAM
151	VANDEVELDE Yentl
152	DHAEYE Enrico
153	VAN PRAET Robbe
154	JOSEPH Thomas
155	BORRA Gilles
156	MUSEEUW Stefano
157	CAETHOVEN Kenneth
	EQUIPE DE FRANCE ESPOIRS
161	DEVANNE Antoine
162	GREGOIRE Romain
163	HUENS Axel
164	TRONCHON Bastien
165	PAGE Hugo
166	RETAILLEAU Valentin
167	VERCHER Mattéo