The Région Pays de la Loire Tour, formerly Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de la Loire, () is an early-season short

road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The ...

stage race held annually in

Sarthe Sarthe () is a department of the French region of Pays de la Loire, and the province of Maine, situated in the '' Grand-Ouest'' of the country. It is named after the river Sarthe, which flows from east of Le Mans to just north of Angers. It ha ...

Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire (; but can also mean 'Lower Loire') is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital an ...

, France. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the

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. A women's edition has been held since 2024 as a category 1.2 one-day event. Between 1953 and 1974 it was an amateur race, becoming a professional race in 1975.

Winners

Men

Women

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Region Pays de la Loire Tour UCI Europe Tour races Cycle races in France Recurring sporting events established in 1953 1953 establishments in France