La Pommeraye

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The blue pinpoint on the map shows the 2011-2014 startline. During that time the drivers drove straight on to the current startline, before looping back at what is now the first right corner. That meant the drivers raced a small part of the track in both directions.

Course de Côte de La Pommeraye – List of Winners

Date	Winner		Car	Time	Final
1964	Jean-Marie Vincent		AC Cobra
1965	Gransart		Lotus Ford
1966	Robert Cohen		Maserati 1300
1967	Philippe De Henning		Brabham F3
1968	René Ligonnet		Brabham
1969	Marcel Petitjean		Porsche Carrera
1970	Yves Martin		Tecno Ford
1971	Jean-Claude Le Goubin		Tecno 1595
1972	Yves Martin		Tecno F2
1973	Yves Martin		McLaren F2
1974	Yves Martin		McLaren F2
1975	Pierre Maublanc		March BMW
1976	Michel Lateste		March 742
1978	Yves Courage		Martini MK15
1979	Max Mamers		March BMW
1980	Yves Courage		Martini F2
1981	Yves Courage		Martini F2
1982	Jean-Philippe Grand		Lola T298
1983	Christian Debias		Martini MK28
1984	Marc Regal		Martini MK29
1985	Christian Debias		Martini MK43 BMW
1986	Serge Vidal		Martini MK43
1987	Gérard Dilmann		Martini MK52
1988	Marcel Tarres		Martini MK56
1989	Marcel Tarres		Martini MK58
1990	Marcel Tarres		Martini MK56T
1991	Daniel Boccard		Martini MK56
1992	Marcel Tarres		Martini MK56T
1993	Daniel Boccard		Martini MK56
1994	Christian Debias		Martini MK58B
1995	Christian Debias		Martini MK58B
1996	Daniel Boccard		Martini MK58
1997	Daniel Boccard		Martini MK63
1998	Christian Debias		Martini MK74
1999	Lionel Regal		Lola T91/50
2000	Bernard Chamberod		Reynard 92D
26-27/05/2001	Lionel Regal		Reynard 93D	1:49,90	Results
08-09/06/2002	Bernard Chamberod		Reynard 92D	0:56,517	Results
17-18/05/2003	Bernard Chamberod		Reynard 92D	0:57,427	Results
27-28/09/2003	Gérard Petit		Reynard 94D	0:59,620	Results
2005	Lionel Regal		Reynard 99D
13-14/05/2006	Lionel Regal		Reynard 95D	0:55,213	Results
12-13/05/2007	Lionel Regal		Reynard 1KL	0:57,698	Results
24-25/05/2008	Lionel Regal		Reynard 1KL	0:55,871	Results
09-10/05/2009	Lionel Regal		Reynard 1KL	0:55,767	Results
29-30/05/2010	Lionel Regal		Reynard 1KL	0:54,923	Results
28-29/05/2011	Sébastien Petit		Lola B06/51	1:06,687	Results
26-27/05/2012	Nicolas Schatz		Reynard Nippon	1:00,136	Results
25-26/05/2013	Nicolas Schatz		Norma M20FC	0:59,430	Results
24-25/05/2014	Nicolas Schatz		Norma M20FC	0:58,807	Results
23-24/05/2015	Sébastien Petit		Norma M20FC	0:50,669	Results
21-22/05/2016	Nicolas Schatz		Norma M20FC	0:53,889	Results
20-21/05/2017	Sébastien Petit		Norma M20 FC	0:50,990	Results
26-27/05/2018	Sébastien Petit		Norma M20 FC	0:50,144	Results
25-26/05/2019	Geoffrey Schatz		Norma M20 FC	1:39,510	Results

La Pommeraye is a town in the Pays de Loire. It hosts one of the only two hillclimbs in this region, the other being Bournezeau. The town is situated three kilometres south of the river Loire. The area is mostly used for viticulture. It lies right between three major cities; Nantes (70km west), Angers (32km east) and Cholet (42km south).
La Pommeraye is in the eastern most part of the Massif Armoricain. This Massif stretches from the western tip of Brittany towards western Normandy and the north of Pays de Loire near La Pommeraye. The peaks in this massif reach no higher than 410 metres. Nevertheless, in geology this is classified as a mountain range. The area was uplifted in the Cretaceous Period a 100 million years ago, when the Bay of Biscay was formed. The soil of the Massif Armoricain consists of very old rocks sometimes more than 600 million years old. Over time the mountain formations have been eroded to the plateau today.
The natural and historic region around La Pommeraye is called the Mauges. The area has always remained in the shadows of world history. The rich aristocracy lived further upstream the Loire, east of Angers. There they build enormous castles, now considered one of the most beautiful spots in France. A fine example can be found close to La Pommeraye, 15km north. It is the renaissance castle called Chateau de Serrant near Saint Georges de Loire.
The inhabitants of the Mauges were historically devoted catholics. They even joined the royalist rebellion against the Revolution in 1793. However there are not many large churches, certainly not in the Gothic or Romantic styles. Some 15 kilometres west of La Pommeraye is perhaps the biggest christian monument with the Abbey of Saint-Florent-le-Vieil. Nearby is also a prominent windmill that you will see on many touristic pictures.