Région Pays de la Loire Tour

{{Infobox cycling race

| name = Région Pays de la Loire Tour

| image =

| current_event =

| date = Early April

| region = Pays de la Loire, France

| english = Circuit of Sarthe

| localnames = Circuit de la Sarthe {{in lang|fr}}

| nickname =

| discipline = Road

| competition = UCI Europe Tour

| type = Stage race

| organiser =

| director =

| first = {{Start date|1953}}

| number = 71 (as of 2025)

| last =

| firstwinner = {{flagathlete|Jacky Hays|FRA}}

| mostwins = {{flagathlete|Jean-Pierre Danguillaume|FRA}} (3 wins)

| mostrecent = {{flagathlete|Kévin Vauquelin|FRA}}

| firstwinner_women = {{flagathlete|Michaela Drummond|NZL}}

| mostrecent_women = {{flagathlete|Michaela Drummond|NZL}}

}}

The Région Pays de la Loire Tour, formerly Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de la Loire, ({{langx|en|Circuit of Sarthe}}) is an early-season short road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. A women's edition has been held since 2024 as a category 1.2 one-day event.{{cite web | url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/region-pays-de-la-loire-tour-feminin/2024/result | title=Région Pays de la Loire Tour - Féminin | work=ProCyclingStats | accessdate=22 August 2024}}

Between 1953 and 1974 it was an amateur race, becoming a professional race in 1975.

Winners

=Men=

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1953|name={{sortname|Jacky|Hays}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=V.C. Tours}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1954|name={{sortname|Bernard|Fournières||Fournieres, Bernard}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=La Suze}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1955|name={{sortname|André|Bernard|dab=cyclist||Bernard, Andre}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Couêmon}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1956|name={{sortname|Jean|Danguillaume}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=A.V.T.}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1957|name={{sortname|Raymond|Guérin||Guerin, Raymond}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=C.O.P.}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1958|name={{sortname|Jean|Danguillaume}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=A.V.T.}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1959|name={{sortname|Jean|Danguillaume}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=A.V.T.}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1960|name={{sortname|André|Foucher|André Foucher (cyclist)|Foucher, Andre}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Rennes}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1961|name={{sortname|Jean|Jeugnet}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=V.C. Tours}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1963|name={{sortname|Claude|Juin}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=U.V. Aube}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1964|name={{sortname|Jean|Cosseron}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Pelforth}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1965|name={{sortname|José Manuel|López-Rodríguez||Lopez-Rodriguez, Jose Manuel}}|nat=ESP|natvar=1945|team=Spain (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1966|name={{sortname|Pierre|Matignon}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Bières 33}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1967|name={{sortname|Guy|Grimbert}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Pampryl}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1968|name={{sortname|Guy|Grimbert}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Caen}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1969|name={{sortname|Ryszard Jan|Szurkowski}}|nat=POL|natvar=|team=Poland (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1970|name={{sortname|Claude|Lechatelier}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=France (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1971|name={{sortname|Vladislav|Nelyubin}}|nat=URS|natvar=|team=U.S.S.R. (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1972|name={{sortname|Régis|Ovion}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1973|name={{sortname|Nikolay|Gorelov}}|nat=URS|natvar=|team=U.S.S.R. (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1974|name={{sortname|Ivan|Skosyrev}}|nat=URS|natvar=|team=U.S.S.R. (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1975|name={{sortname|Bernard|Hinault}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Gitane–Campagnolo}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1976|name={{sortname|Bernard|Hinault}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Gitane–Campagnolo}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1977|name={{sortname|Aavo|Pikkuus}}|nat=URS|natvar=|team=U.S.S.R. (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1978|name={{sortname|Bernd|Drogan}}|nat=GDR|natvar=|team=East Germany (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1979|name={{sortname|Christian|Muselet}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=La Redoute–Motobécane}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1980|name={{sortname|Greg|LeMond||Lemond, Greg}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=United States (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1981|name={{sortname|Yuri|Barinov}}|nat=URS|natvar=|team=U.S.S.R. (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1982|name={{sortname|Ivan|Mitchenko}}|nat=URS|natvar=|team=U.S.S.R. (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1983|name={{sortname|Pascal|Jules}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Renault–Elf}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1984|name={{sortname|Claude|Moreau}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Coop–Hoonved}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1985|name={{sortname|Pascal|Jules}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Renault–Elf}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1986|name={{sortname|Didier|Garcia}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Peugeot–Shell–Velo Talbot}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1987|name={{sortname|Piotr|Ugrumov}}|nat=URS|natvar=|team=U.S.S.R. (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1988|name={{sortname|Thierry|Marie}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Système U}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1989|name={{sortname|Thierry|Laurent}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|RMO|1989}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1990|name={{sortname|Dimitri|Zhdanov}}|nat=URS|natvar=|team=U.S.S.R. (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1991|name={{sortname|Bruno|Cornillet}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Z–Peugeot}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1992|name={{sortname|Jean-François|Bernard||Bernard, Jean Francois}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|GCE|1992}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1993|name={{sortname|Jean-François|Bernard||Bernard, Jean François}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|GCE|1993}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1994|name={{sortname|Stéphane|Heulot||Heulot, Stephane}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|GCE|1994}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1995|name={{sortname|Thierry|Marie}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Castorama}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1996|name={{sortname|Adriano|Baffi}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|MAP|1996}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1997|name={{sortname|Melcior|Mauri}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|ONC|1997}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1998|name={{sortname|Melcior|Mauri}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|ONC|1998}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1999|name={{sortname|Steffen|Kjærgaard||Kjaergaard, Steffen}}|nat=NOR|natvar=|team=Team Chicky World}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2000|name={{sortname|David|Cañada||Canada, David}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|ONC|2000}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2001|name={{sortname|David|Millar}}|nat=GBR|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|COF|2001}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2002|name={{sortname|Didier|Rous}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|BBO|2002}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2003|name={{sortname|Carlos|Da Cruz}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|FDJ|2003}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2004|name={{sortname|Thomas|Löfkvist||Lofkvist, Thomas}}|nat=SWE|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|FDJ|2004}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2005|name={{sortname|Sylvain|Chavanel}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|COF|2005}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2006|name={{sortname|Stefan|Schumacher}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|GST|2006}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2007|name={{sortname|Andreas|Klöden||Kloden, Andreas}}|nat=GER|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|AST|2007}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2008|name={{sortname|Thomas|Voeckler}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|BBO|2008}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2009|name={{sortname|David|Lelay}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|AGR|2009}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2010|name={{sortname|Luis León|Sánchez||Sanchez, Luis Leon}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|GCE|2010}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2011|name={{sortname|Anthony|Roux}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|FDJ|2011}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2012|name={{sortname|Luke|Durbridge}}|nat=AUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|GEC|2012a}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2013|name={{sortname|Pierre|Rolland|dab=cyclist}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|EUC|2013}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2014|name={{sortname|Ramūnas|Navardauskas}}|nat=LTU|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|GRS|2014}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2015|name={{sortname|Ramūnas|Navardauskas}}|nat=LTU|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|GRS|2015}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2016|name={{sortname|Marc|Fournier}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|FDJ|2016}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2017|name={{sortname|Lilian|Calmejane}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|DEN|2017}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2018|name={{sortname|Guillaume|Martin}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|WGG|2018}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2019|name={{sortname|Alexis|Gougeard}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|ALM|2019}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2022|name={{sortname|Olav|Kooij}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|TJV|2022}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2023|name={{sortname|Alexander|Kamp}}|nat=DEN|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|TUD|2023}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2024|name={{sortname|Marijn|van den Berg}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|EFE|2024}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2025|name={{sortname|Kévin|Vauquelin}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|ARK|2025}}}}

=Women=

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2024|name={{sortname|Michaela|Drummond}}|nat=NZL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|ARK women|2024}}}}

References

External links

{{Official website|http://circuitcycliste.sarthe.com/}} {{in lang|fr}}

Category:UCI Europe Tour races

Category:Cycle races in France

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1953

Category:1953 establishments in France