2023 Boucles de la Mayenne

The 2023 Boucles de la Mayenne (transl. Loops of the Mayenne) was a road cycling stage race that took place between 25 and 28 May 2023 in the Mayenne department in northwestern France. The race was rated as a category 2.Pro event on the 2023 UCI ProSeries calendar, and was the 48th edition of the Boucles de la Mayenne.^[1]

2023 Boucles de la Mayenne

2023 UCI ProSeries
Race details
Dates	25–28 May 2023
Stages	3 + Prologue
Distance	537.6 km (334.0 mi)
Results
Winner  Oier Lazkano (ESP) (Movistar Team)   Second  Arnaud Démare (FRA) (Groupama–FDJ)   Third  Axel Zingle (FRA) (Cofidis) Points  Arnaud Démare (FRA) (Groupama–FDJ) Mountains  Jacob Hindsgaul Madsen (DEN) (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) Youth  Oier Lazkano (ESP) (Movistar Team)   Team Movistar Team
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Teams

6 of the 18 UCI WorldTeams, eleven UCI ProTeams and four UCI Continental teams made up the 21 teams that participated in the race.^[2]

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R Citroën Team
• Arkéa–Samsic
• Cofidis
• Groupama–FDJ
• Movistar Team
• UAE Team Emirates

UCI ProTeams

• Bingoal WB
• Burgos BH
• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Equipo Kern Pharma
• Human Powered Health
• Lotto–Dstny
• Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
• Team Flanders–Baloise
• Team TotalEnergies
• Tudor Pro Cycling Team
• Uno-X Pro Cycling Team

UCI Continental Teams

• CIC U Nantes Atlantique
• Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur
• St. Michel–Mavic–Auber93
• Van Rysel–Roubaix–Lille Métropole

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
P	25 May	Laval (Espace Mayenne)	4.1 km (2.5 mi)		Individual time trial	Ivo Oliveira (POR)
1	26 May	Saint-Mars-sur-Colmont to Lassay-les-Châteaux	185.2 km (115.1 mi)		Hilly stage	Oier Lazkano (ESP)
2	27 May	Saint-Berthevin to Meslay-du-Maine	181.3 km (112.7 mi)		Flat stage	Arnaud Démare (FRA)
3	28 May	Montsûrs to Laval	167 km (104 mi)		Hilly stage	Arvid de Kleijn (NED)
Total			537.6 km (334.0 mi)

Stages

Prologue

25 May 2023 – Laval (Espace Mayenne), 4.1 km (2.5 mi)^[4]

Prologue Result[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ivo Oliveira (POR) UAE Team Emirates 5' 17" 2  Axel Zingle (FRA) Cofidis + 2" 3  Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 3" 4  Mathias Norsgaard (DEN) Movistar Team + 4" 5  Maikel Zijlaard (NED) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 6" 6  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 6" 7  Lorenzo Germani (ITA) Groupama–FDJ + 6" 8  Tom Bohli (SUI) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 7" 9  Ewen Costiou (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 7" 10  Dries Van Gestel (BEL) Team TotalEnergies + 7"

General classification after Prologue[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ivo Oliveira (POR) UAE Team Emirates 5' 17" 2  Axel Zingle (FRA) Cofidis + 2" 3  Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 3" 4  Mathias Norsgaard (DEN) Movistar Team + 4" 5  Maikel Zijlaard (NED) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 6" 6  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 6" 7  Lorenzo Germani (ITA) Groupama–FDJ + 6" 8  Tom Bohli (SUI) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 7" 9  Ewen Costiou (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 7" 10  Dries Van Gestel (BEL) Team TotalEnergies + 7"

Stage 1

26 May 2023 – Saint-Mars-sur-Colmont to Lassay-les-Châteaux, 185.2 km (115.1 mi)^[6]

Stage 1 Result[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Oier Lazkano (ESP) Movistar Team 4h 29' 07" 2  Célestin Guillon (FRA) Van Rysel–Roubaix–Lille Métropole + 31" 3  Jacob Hindsgaul Madsen (DEN) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 32" 4  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 41" 5  Sandy Dujardin (FRA) Team TotalEnergies + 41" 6  Axel Zingle (FRA) Cofidis + 41" 7  Milan Menten (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 41" 8  Clément Venturini (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 41" 9  Jon Barrenetxea (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 41" 10  Manuel Peñalver (ESP) Burgos BH + 41"

General classification after Stage 1[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Oier Lazkano (ESP) Movistar Team 4h 34' 23" 2  Ivo Oliveira (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 42" 3  Jacob Hindsgaul Madsen (DEN) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 44" 4  Axel Zingle (FRA) Cofidis + 44" 5  Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 44" 6  Mathias Norsgaard (DEN) Movistar Team + 46" 7  Célestin Guillon (FRA) Van Rysel–Roubaix–Lille Métropole + 48" 8  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 48" 9  Ewen Costiou (FRA) Arkéa–Samsic + 49" 10  Dries Van Gestel (BEL) Team TotalEnergies + 49"

Stage 2

27 May 2023 – Saint-Berthevin to Meslay-du-Maine, 181.3 km (112.7 mi)^[8]

Stage 2 Result[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 4h 05' 42" 2  Milan Menten (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 0" 3  Arvid de Kleijn (NED) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 0" 4  Tord Gudmestad (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 5  Matteo Malucelli (ITA) Bingoal WB + 0" 6  Jason Tesson (FRA) Team TotalEnergies + 0" 7  Axel Zingle (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 8  Dries Van Gestel (BEL) Team TotalEnergies + 0" 9  Manuel Peñalver (ESP) Burgos BH + 0" 10  Clément Venturini (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 0"

General classification after Stage 2[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Oier Lazkano (ESP) Movistar Team 8h 40' 05" 2  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 38" 3  Ivo Oliveira (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 40" 4  Axel Zingle (FRA) Cofidis + 41" 5  Milan Menten (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 43" 6  Jacob Hindsgaul Madsen (DEN) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 43" 7  Sandy Dujardin (FRA) Team TotalEnergies + 45" 8  Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 45" 9  Mathias Norsgaard (DEN) Movistar Team + 46" 10  Célestin Guillon (FRA) Van Rysel–Roubaix–Lille Métropole + 48"

Stage 3

28 May 2023 – Montsûrs to Laval, 167 km (104 mi)^[10]

Stage 3 Result[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Arvid de Kleijn (NED) Tudor Pro Cycling Team 3h 55' 22" 2  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 0" 3  Axel Zingle (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 4  Stian Fredheim (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 5  Milan Menten (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 0" 6  Gonzalo Serrano (ESP) Movistar Team + 0" 7  Nicolò Parisini (ITA) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 0" 8  Manuel Peñalver (ESP) Burgos BH + 0" 9  Pierre Gautherat (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 0" 10  Matteo Malucelli (ITA) Bingoal WB + 0"

General classification after Stage 3[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Oier Lazkano (ESP) Movistar Team 12h 35' 30" 2  Arnaud Démare (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 29" 3  Axel Zingle (FRA) Cofidis + 33" 4  Ivo Oliveira (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 38" 5  Milan Menten (BEL) Lotto–Dstny + 40" 6  Jacob Hindsgaul Madsen (DEN) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 43" 7  Sandy Dujardin (FRA) Team TotalEnergies + 45" 8  Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 45" 9  Mathias Norsgaard (DEN) Movistar Team + 46" 10  Clément Venturini (FRA) AG2R Citroën Team + 47"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
P	Ivo Oliveira	Ivo Oliveira	Ivo Oliveira	not awarded	Maikel Zijlaard	AG2R Citroën Team
1	Oier Lazkano	Oier Lazkano	Oier Lazkano	Jacob Hindsgaul Madsen	Oier Lazkano	Movistar Team
2	Arnaud Démare		Arnaud Démare
3	Arvid de Kleijn
Final		Oier Lazkano	Arnaud Démare	Jacob Hindsgaul Madsen	Oier Lazkano	Movistar Team

Classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification		Denotes the winner of the young rider classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[11]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Oier Lazkano (ESP)	Movistar Team	12h 35' 30"
2	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 29"
3	Axel Zingle (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 33"
4	Ivo Oliveira (POR)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 38"
5	Milan Menten (BEL)	Lotto–Dstny	+ 40"
6	Jacob Hindsgaul Madsen (DEN)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	+ 43"
7	Sandy Dujardin (FRA)	Team TotalEnergies	+ 45"
8	Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 45"
9	Mathias Norsgaard (DEN)	Movistar Team	+ 46"
10	Clément Venturini (FRA)	AG2R Citroën Team	+ 47"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[9]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Arnaud Démare (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	69
2	Axel Zingle (FRA)	Cofidis	62
3	Milan Menten (BEL)	Lotto–Dstny	48
4	Arvid de Kleijn (NED)	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	41
5	Oier Lazkano (ESP)	Movistar Team	37
6	Ivo Oliveira (POR)	UAE Team Emirates	29
7	Jacob Hindsgaul Madsen (DEN)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	28
8	Sandy Dujardin (FRA)	Team TotalEnergies	27
9	Célestin Guillon (FRA)	Van Rysel–Roubaix–Lille Métropole	24
10	Manuel Peñalver (ESP)	Burgos BH	21

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)^[11]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Jacob Hindsgaul Madsen (DEN)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	45
2	Marco Tizza (ITA)	Bingoal WB	26
4	Célestin Guillon (FRA)	Van Rysel–Roubaix–Lille Métropole	15
5	Maximilien Juillard (FRA)	Van Rysel–Roubaix–Lille Métropole	9
6	Maël Guégan (FRA)	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	9
7	Oier Lazkano (ESP)	Movistar Team	8
8	Jon Barrenetxea (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	8
9	Ewen Costiou (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	6
10	Samuel Leroux (FRA)	Van Rysel–Roubaix–Lille Métropole	6

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[11]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Oier Lazkano (ESP)	Movistar Team	12h 35' 30"
2	Jacob Hindsgaul Madsen (DEN)	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	+ 43"
3	Ewen Costiou (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 49"
4	Jon Barrenetxea (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	+ 49"
5	Nicolò Parisini (ITA)	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 50"
6	Aaron Van Der Beken (BEL)	Bingoal WB	+ 56"
7	Laurence Pithie (NZL)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 56"
8	Thomas Gachignard (FRA)	St. Michel–Mavic–Auber93	+ 58"
9	Vinicius Rangel (BRA)	Movistar Team	+ 59"
10	Danny van der Tuuk (NED)	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 1' 00"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[11]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Movistar Team	37h 48' 26"
2	Groupama–FDJ	+ 32"
3	Team TotalEnergies	+ 34"
4	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 39"
5	Van Rysel–Roubaix–Lille Métropole	+ 43"
6	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	+ 45"
7	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 56"
8	Bingoal WB	+ 1' 01"
9	Burgos BH	+ 1' 02"
10	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 1' 03"