Overview
- Thursday’s individual time trial in Les Herbiers covers a 26.5-kilometre course through the Vendée countryside.
- Bruno Armirail enters as the defending champion after edging out Vauquelin by three seconds in 2024.
- Kévin Vauquelin arrives in peak form following a win at the Étoile de Bessèges and podium finishes at La Flèche Wallonne and the Tour de Suisse.
- Rémi Cavagna, Thibault Guernalec and emerging talent Paul Seixas feature among the other contenders for the national title.
- Beyond the time trial, Vauquelin plans to contest Sunday’s road race with the ultimate aim of wearing the tricolor jersey on home roads during the Tour de France.