Rudy Barbier of Team Roubaix Lille Metropole has won the 39th Cholet Pays De Loire.
A 210km race which started and finished in Cholet saw Maxime Daniel (AG2R), Murillo Fischer (FDJ), Ryan Anderson (Direct Energie) and Yannis Yssaad (Topsport) get clear.
They soon had a lead of 1.30 over a chasing group and 3.30 over the peloton.That lead went out to 10.40.
The quartet stayed clear until there was forty kilometres left and the race came down to a sprint which Rudy Barbier won ahead in 5.11.06 of Baptiste Planckaert, Yanis Issaad, Nico Denz and Marc Sarreau.