This year’s French Cup consists of 16 one-day races. Four of the races have the new 1.Pro designation, while the remainder are rated 1.1.
I thought it would be handy to have a single thread for all of the races in the series.
Last year, a few of the races were streamed live in North America on FloBikes (I think they were the ones available on Eurosport). I believe (but am not sure) that many of the remainder are broadcast on the French L’Equipe channel. I’ve sent a couple of messages to USA based cycling content providers asking them to consider obtaining the rights to stream the races here—even if only with French commentary—but don’t hold out much hope that will happen in 2020. I also wrote L’Equipe asking if there was any way to watch the races legally in the USA, and got back a sort of form letter about geo-restrictions. Oh, well. I used to follow bike races by reading print magazines!
Anyway, here are this year’s races.
In 2019, when only 15 races were included in the Cup, the overall winning rider was Marc Sarreau of Groupama-FDJ. The winner of the young rider classification was Benoît Cosnefroy, riding for AG2R La Mondiale, which squad took the team classification.
I thought it would be handy to have a single thread for all of the races in the series.
Last year, a few of the races were streamed live in North America on FloBikes (I think they were the ones available on Eurosport). I believe (but am not sure) that many of the remainder are broadcast on the French L’Equipe channel. I’ve sent a couple of messages to USA based cycling content providers asking them to consider obtaining the rights to stream the races here—even if only with French commentary—but don’t hold out much hope that will happen in 2020. I also wrote L’Equipe asking if there was any way to watch the races legally in the USA, and got back a sort of form letter about geo-restrictions. Oh, well. I used to follow bike races by reading print magazines!
Anyway, here are this year’s races.
- The 41st Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise (1.1)—2nd February
- The 62nd Grand Prix de Denain - Porte du Hainaut (1.Pro)—19th March
- The 21st Classic Loire Atlantique (1.1)—28th March
- The 42nd Cholet - Pays de la Loire (1.1)—29th March
- The 25th Route Adélie de Vitré (1.1)—3rd April
- The 19th La Roue Tourangelle Centre Val de Loire - Trophée Harmonie Mutuelle (1.1)—5th April
- The 81st Paris-Camembert (1.1)—14th April
- The 35th Tour du Finistère (1.1)—18th April
- The 40th Tro-Bro Léon (1.Pro)—19th April
- The 30th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan (1.Pro)—16th May
- The 80th Boucles de l'Aulne - Châteaulin (1.1)—17th May
- The 40th La Poly Normande (1.1)—16th August
- The 34th Tour du Doubs (1.1)—6th September
- The 88th Grand Prix de Fourmies / La Voix du Nord (1.Pro)—13th September
- The 74th Grand Prix d'Isbergues - Pas de Calais (1.1)—20th September
- The 49th Tour de Vendée (1.1)—4th October
In 2019, when only 15 races were included in the Cup, the overall winning rider was Marc Sarreau of Groupama-FDJ. The winner of the young rider classification was Benoît Cosnefroy, riding for AG2R La Mondiale, which squad took the team classification.