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2021 Cholet-Pays de la Loire

2021 Cholet-Pays de la Loire

Cycling race

The 2021 Cholet-Pays de la Loire was the 43rd edition of the Cholet-Pays de la Loire road cycling one day race, which was held on 28 March 2021, starting and finishing in the French town of Cholet, in the Maine-et-Loire department. The route covers 201.8 kilometres (125.4 mi) and finishes off with seven laps of an 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) long circuit within Cholet.[2] The race was a 1.1-rated event on the 2021 UCI Europe Tour and the second event of the 2021 French Road Cycling Cup.[3]

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The race was won in a sprint finish by Elia Viviani (Cofidis) ahead of Jon Aberasturi (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA) and Pierre Barbier (Delko).[4][5] Initially, Nacer Bouhanni (Arkéa–Samsic) finished third in the race, but he was first relegated and then disqualified following a dangerous sprint, during which he pushed Jake Stewart (Groupama–FDJ) into the barriers, breaking Stewart's hand.[6][7]

Teams

Four UCI WorldTeams, eleven UCI ProTeams, and six UCI Continental teams made up the twenty-one teams that participated in the race. Four teams (Arkéa–Samsic, Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB, Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux, and Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise) entered with seven riders, while all other teams entered with eight riders each. 143 of the 164 riders in the race finished.[8]

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References

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    "Le circuit en ligne" [The circuit]. 2021 Cholet-Pays de la Loire (in French). Cholet-Pays de la Loire. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
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    "Accueil" [French] (in French). Cholet-Pays de la Loire. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
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    "Cholet-Pays de la Loire". UCI. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
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    "Viviani ends 18-month winless streak at Cholet-Pays de la Loire". CyclingNews. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
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    "Classement de l'étape" [Classification of the stage] (PDF). Cholet-Pays de la Loire (in French). Matsport. 28 March 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
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    "Nacer Bouhanni facing disciplinary action after 'dangerous conduct' in Cholet sprint". CyclingNews. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
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    "Jake Stewart suffers broken hand after Bouhanni collision". CyclingNews. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
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    "Les équipes" [The teams] (in French). Cholet-Pays de la Loire. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
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