2021 Cholet-Pays de la Loire

The 2021 Cholet-Pays de la Loire was the 43rd edition of the Cholet-Pays de la Loire road cycling one day race, which was held on 28 March 2021, starting and finishing in the French town of Cholet, in the Maine-et-Loire department. The route covers 201.8 km and finishes off with seven laps of an 8 km long circuit within Cholet. The race was a 1.1-rated event on the 2021 UCI Europe Tour and the second event of the 2021 French Road Cycling Cup.

The race was won in a sprint finish by Elia Viviani ahead of Jon Aberasturi  and Pierre Barbier. Initially, Nacer Bouhanni finished third in the race, but he was first relegated and then disqualified following a dangerous sprint, during which he pushed Jake Stewart  into the barriers, breaking Stewart's hand.

Teams
Four UCI WorldTeams, eleven UCI ProTeams, and six UCI Continental teams made up the twenty-one teams that participated in the race. Four teams (,, , and ) entered with seven riders, while all other teams entered with eight riders each. 143 of the 164 riders in the race finished.

UCI WorldTeams



UCI ProTeams



UCI Continental Teams