May 31, 2025
50th Boucles de la Mayenne – Crédit Mutuel 2025 🇫🇷 (2.Pro) ME – Stage 2 – Sainte-Suzanne – Bais : 210,2 km
The Boucles de la Mayenne is a road bicycle race held annually in the Mayenne department and Pays de la Loire region in France.
May 31, 2025
50th Boucles de la Mayenne – Crédit Mutuel 2025 🇫🇷 (2.Pro) ME – Stage 2 – Sainte-Suzanne – Bais : 210,2 km
The Boucles de la Mayenne is a road bicycle race held annually in the Mayenne department and Pays de la Loire region in France. It was first held in 1975 and from 2006 until 2019, it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became part of the new UCI ProSeries in 2020.
Aaron Gate has continued XDS Astana’s spectacular run of 2025 success with a stunning last-minute victory on stage 2 of the Boucles de la Mayenne, edging out stage 2 winner Pierre Latour to go top of the GC.
Stage 2 between Sainte Suzanne and Bais was decided with four circuits of a demanding 26 kilometre circuit with repeated ascents of the Mont Rochard and Montaigu climbs, and a fast descent to the finish.
Latour went clear 13 kilometres from the finish, only to be caught almost within sight of the line by Gate, who then outpowered the TotalEnergies racer to clinch the stage. Milan Menten (Lotto) won the bunch sprint for third, five seconds back.
Gate now leads by just a few hundredths of a second thanks to his better placing in the opening prologue, but with bonus seconds on offer on the final undulating 163.9km stage on Sunday between Javron-les-Chapelles and Laval, the race is far from decided.
Meanwhile, thanks to Gates biggest success since winning the Tour of Hainan last year, XDS Astana have now clinched 17 victories this season to date, 12 more than in the whole of 2024.
Results :
 ME - Stage 2 </strong> - Sainte-Suzanne - Bais : 210,2 km
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The Boucles de la Mayenne is a road bicycle race held annually in the Mayenne department and Pays de la Loire region in France. It was first held in 1975 and from 2006 until 2019, it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became part of the new UCI ProSeries in 2020.
Aaron Gate has continued XDS Astana's spectacular run of 2025 success with a stunning last-minute victory on stage 2 of the Boucles de la Mayenne, edging out stage 2 winner Pierre Latour to go top of the GC.
Stage 2 between Sainte Suzanne and Bais was decided with four circuits of a demanding 26 kilometre circuit with repeated ascents of the Mont Rochard and Montaigu climbs, and a fast descent to the finish.
Latour went clear 13 kilometres from the finish, only to be caught almost within sight of the line by Gate, who then outpowered the TotalEnergies racer to clinch the stage. Milan Menten (Lotto) won the bunch sprint for third, five seconds back.
Gate now leads by just a few hundredths of a second thanks to his better placing in the opening prologue, but with bonus seconds on offer on the final undulating 163.9km stage on Sunday between Javron-les-Chapelles and Laval, the race is far from decided.
Meanwhile, thanks to Gates biggest success since winning the Tour of Hainan last year, XDS Astana have now clinched 17 victories this season to date, 12 more than in the whole of 2024.
<strong>Results : </strong>
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