When Arkéa–B&B Hotels were setting out Arnaud Démare's race schedule for 2025, the WorldTour event of the Tour of Guangxi was the final race they had in mind for the French sprinter, however knowing that this season was to be his last Démare had his heart set on a different ending to the story of his 14-year WorldTour career.
"I said ‘no, don't take me to China, I want to finish at Paris-Tours.’ It was a symbolic race for me even before winning it," Démare said in a release from the organisers of Sunday's 211.6km race .
