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June 29, 2025
National Championships 2025 (NC) โ France ๐ซ๐ท โ Road Race ME – Les Herbiers – Les Herbiers : 214,5 km
The French National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where the French cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come.
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June 29, 2025
National Championships 2025 (NC) โ France ๐ซ๐ท โ Road Race ME – Les Herbiers – Les Herbiers : 214,5 km
The French National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where the French cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The event was established in 1899, a professional championship was established in 1907 and the women’s championship was established in 1951. Several additional categories were added later. The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic cycling jersey which is blue, white and red, just like the national flag, these colours can be worn by the rider at other road racing events in the country to show their status as national champion. The champion’s stripes can be combined into a sponsored rider’s team kit design for this purpose.
Dorian Godon (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) won the French national title, beating Romain Grรฉgoire (Groupama-FDJ) and Kรฉvin Vauquelin (Arkรฉa-B&B Hotels) in a sprint in Les Herbiers.
As a 10-rider group sped up to the finish line atop Mont des Alouettes climb, Nicolas Prodhomme (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) opened the sprint first, but was reeled in by four riders accelerating for the line. Godon, Grรฉgoire, Vauquelin and Alexandre Delettre (TotalEnergies) battled with Godon ultimately holding off his rivals.
The group battling for the win split out from a 19-rider lead group with one kilometre to go after defending champion Paul Lapeira (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) was reeled in after a 22km solo flyer.
The lead group also included Axel Laurance (Ineos Grenadiers), Louis Barrรฉ (Intermarchรฉ-Wanty), Julien Bernard (Lidl-Trek), Paul Seixas (Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale) and Paul Magnier (Soudal Quick-Step).
“I couldn’t see very clearly, I was pushed by the crowd,” said Godon who will not be racing at the Tour de France.
“Paul [Seixas] did a great job, he took his time well so that I could catch my breath before the sprint, then Nico [Prodhomme], I told him ‘full gas’, but he really went full gas. It’s silly to say but I knew from the first lap that I was going to get a big result on the line, I was really having a good day. I’m going to go on holiday happy.”
With 26 riders on the start list, the Groupama-FDJ squad was very active at the start of the 214.5km race, where the men tackled 13 laps of a 16.5km circuit with the ascent of Mont des Alouettes (1.9km at 4.7%). Due to the hot temperatures hovering around 36ยฐ C, the organisers removed one lap of the course, originally slated to be 14 laps.
Groupama-FDJ used their numbers to cause the major split with 16 riders breaking away with 52km to go. Three chasers would ultimately join the group inside of three laps to go.
Groupama had the biggest representation in the front group with nine riders: Cyril Barthe, Clรฉment Braz Afonso, Valentin Madouas, Rudy Molard, Quentin Pacher, Paul Penhoet, Brieuc Rolland, Clรฉment Russo and Grรฉgoire. Decathlon had four with Paul Seixas, Lapeira, Prodhomme and Godon.
Inertia took hold at the front of the race, allowing the chasing peloton to close the gap from over a minute to just a few seconds with two laps remaining. Sensing the threat, several riders launched attacks until Lapeira broke clear with 22km to go.
The defending champion carved out a maximum lead of 17 seconds, but the combination of heat and the demanding Alouettes climb began to wear him down. Behind him, Vauquelin launched repeated accelerations that ultimately spelled the end of the solo move. Lapeira was caught by Barrรฉ on the final ascent.
Results :
 โ France ๐ซ๐ท โ Road Race ME </strong> - Les Herbiers - Les Herbiers : 214,5 km
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The French National Road Race Championship is a cycling race where the French cyclists decide who will become the champion for the year to come. The event was established in 1899, a professional championship was established in 1907 and the women's championship was established in 1951. Several additional categories were added later. The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic cycling jersey which is blue, white and red, just like the national flag, these colours can be worn by the rider at other road racing events in the country to show their status as national champion. The champion's stripes can be combined into a sponsored rider's team kit design for this purpose.
Dorian Godon (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) won the French national title, beating Romain Grรฉgoire (Groupama-FDJ) and Kรฉvin Vauquelin (Arkรฉa-B&B Hotels) in a sprint in Les Herbiers.
As a 10-rider group sped up to the finish line atop Mont des Alouettes climb, Nicolas Prodhomme (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) opened the sprint first, but was reeled in by four riders accelerating for the line. Godon, Grรฉgoire, Vauquelin and Alexandre Delettre (TotalEnergies) battled with Godon ultimately holding off his rivals.
The group battling for the win split out from a 19-rider lead group with one kilometre to go after defending champion Paul Lapeira (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) was reeled in after a 22km solo flyer.
The lead group also included Axel Laurance (Ineos Grenadiers), Louis Barrรฉ (Intermarchรฉ-Wanty), Julien Bernard (Lidl-Trek), Paul Seixas (Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale) and Paul Magnier (Soudal Quick-Step).
"I couldn't see very clearly, I was pushed by the crowd," said Godon who will not be racing at the Tour de France.
"Paul [Seixas] did a great job, he took his time well so that I could catch my breath before the sprint, then Nico [Prodhomme], I told him 'full gas', but he really went full gas. It's silly to say but I knew from the first lap that I was going to get a big result on the line, I was really having a good day. I'm going to go on holiday happy."
With 26 riders on the start list, the Groupama-FDJ squad was very active at the start of the 214.5km race, where the men tackled 13 laps of a 16.5km circuit with the ascent of Mont des Alouettes (1.9km at 4.7%). Due to the hot temperatures hovering around 36ยฐ C, the organisers removed one lap of the course, originally slated to be 14 laps.
Groupama-FDJ used their numbers to cause the major split with 16 riders breaking away with 52km to go. Three chasers would ultimately join the group inside of three laps to go.
Groupama had the biggest representation in the front group with nine riders: Cyril Barthe, Clรฉment Braz Afonso, Valentin Madouas, Rudy Molard, Quentin Pacher, Paul Penhoet, Brieuc Rolland, Clรฉment Russo and Grรฉgoire. Decathlon had four with Paul Seixas, Lapeira, Prodhomme and Godon.
Inertia took hold at the front of the race, allowing the chasing peloton to close the gap from over a minute to just a few seconds with two laps remaining. Sensing the threat, several riders launched attacks until Lapeira broke clear with 22km to go.
The defending champion carved out a maximum lead of 17 seconds, but the combination of heat and the demanding Alouettes climb began to wear him down. Behind him, Vauquelin launched repeated accelerations that ultimately spelled the end of the solo move. Lapeira was caught by Barrรฉ on the final ascent.
<strong>Results : </strong>
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