Grand Prix du Morbihan (1.Pro), France
Podium places, times, distances and average speeds
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The race:
The Grand Prix du Morbihan is a single-day race run in the region of bike-mad Brittany in northwest France. The race generally takes place around the town of Plumelec.
Morbihan is a department (something like an American county) in Brittany. Plumelec, the original site of the race, is a small town in Morbihan of just about 2,500 inhabitants.
The race has been run since 1974, though it has had several name changes.
- 1974 - 1988: Grand Prix de Plumelec
- 1990 - 2004: A travers le Morbihan
- 2006 - 2019: Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 2021: Grand Prix du Morbihan
It was not held in 1979, 1989 and 2005 because of budgetary problems. It 2020 it was cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
When the race was started in 1974, it had a UCI ranking of 1.3. I 2005 the UCI promoted it to a 1.1 status. The 2021 edition was given a 1.Pro classification.
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Complete podium history
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 1974 | Roger Pingeon 6hr 19min 2sec |
Georges Talbourdet @ 24sec |
Patrick Béon @ s.t. |
236.3 km | 37.406 km/hr |
| 1975 | Georges Talbourdet | Jean-Claude Meunier | Guy Leleu | ||
| 1976 | Robert Alban | Raymond Martin | Roland Smet | ||
| 1977 | André Chalmel | Jacques Bossis | André Corbeau | ||
| 1978 | Raymond Martin | Pierre Bazzo | Régis Delepine | ||
| 1979 | Race not run | ||||
| 1980 | Christian Muselet | René Bittinger | Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande | ||
| 1981 | Robert Alban | Christian Lavavasseur | Pierre Le Bigaut | ||
| 1982 | Fabien De Vooght | Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle | Robert Alban | ||
| 1983 | Laurent Fignon | Christian Corre | Alain Vignron | ||
| 1984 | Pierre Bazzo | Patrick Bonnet | Jérôme Simon | ||
| 1985 | Marc Madiot | Denis Roux | Yvon Madiot | ||
| 1986 | Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle | Rudy Rogiers | Thierry Barrault | ||
| 1987 | Johnny Welz 5hr 3min 45sec |
Laurent Biondi @ 21sec |
Bernard Vallet @ 32sec |
185 km | 36.543 km/hr |
| 1988 | Frédéric Brun | Gérard Rué | Thierry Claveyrolat | ||
| 1989 | Race not run | ||||
| 1990 | Johan De Museeuw | Etienne De Wilde | Hendrik Redant | ||
| 1991 | Bruno Cornillet | Peter De Clercq | Søren Lilholt | ||
| 1992 | Peter De Clercq | Marcel Wüst | Franck Boucanville | ||
| 1993 | Marcel Wüst | Jans Koerts | Jaan Kirsipuu | ||
| 1994 | Peter De Clercq | François Simon | Ronan Pensec | ||
| 1995 | Francis Moreau | Jaan Kirsipuu | Christophe Leroscouet | ||
| 1996 | Johan Capiot 4hr 49min 26sec |
Jaan Kirsipuu @ 2sec |
Niko Eeckhout @ s.t. |
210 km | 43.534 km/hr |
| 1997 | Christophe Agnolutto | Jacky Durand | Xavier Jan | ||
| 1998 | Laurent Desbiens | Cyril Saugran | Dominique Rault | ||
| 1999 | Patrice Halgand | Laurent Desbiens | Johan De Geyter | ||
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| 2000 | Patrice Halgand | Serguei Yakovleve | Dave Bruylandts | ||
| 2001 | Gilles Maignan | Stuart O'Grady | Ruben Diaz | ||
| 2002 | Laurent Lefevre 4hr 16min 32sec |
Nicolas Vogondy @ s.t. |
Stéphane Heulot @ 25sec |
177 km | 41.398 km/hr |
| 2003 | Nicolas Vogondy | Sylvain Chavanel | Andy Flickinger | ||
| 2004 | Thomas Voeckler | Laurent Paumier | Pierrick Fedrigo | ||
| 2005 | Race not run | ||||
| 2006 | Cédric Hervé | Anthony Charteau | Samuel Dumoulin | ||
| 2007 | Simon Gerrans 4hr 2min 53sec |
Yann Huguet @ 42sec |
David Le Lay @ 45sec |
174 km | 42.984 km/hr |
| 2008 | Thomas Voeckler 4hr 2min 56sec |
Cyril Gautier @ 3sec |
Gianni Meersman @ 24sec |
174 km | 42.974 km/hr |
| 2009 | Jérémie Galland 4hr 24min 50sec |
Mickael Larpe @ s.t. |
Blel Kadri @ s.t. |
180 km | 40.779 km/hr |
| 2010 | Wesley Sulzberger 4hr 23min 41sec |
Renaud Dion @ 41sec |
Stéphane Auge @ 44sec |
181 km | 41.186 km/hr |
| 2011 | Sylvain Georges 4hr 32min 5sec |
Pierrick Fedrigo @ s.t. |
Jérémie Galland @ s.t. |
181 km | 39.914 km/hr |
| 2012 | Julien Simon 4hr 28min 48sec |
Samuel Dumoulin @ s.t. |
Javier Megias @ s.t. |
181 km | 40.402 km/hr |
| 2013 | Samuel Dumoulin 4hr 30min 8sec |
Anthony Geslin @ s.t. |
Julien Simon @ s.t. |
183 km | 40.647 km/hr |
| 2014 | Julien Simon 4hr 22min 15sec |
Luis Angel Mate @ s.t. |
Armindo Fonseca @ s.t. |
182 km | 41.640 km/hr |
| 2015 | Alexis Vuillermoz 4hr 21min 32sec |
Julien Simon @ 5sec |
Pierrick Fedrigo @ s.t. |
182 km | 41.754 km/hr |
| 2016 | Samuel Dumoulin 4hr 25min 8sec |
Alexis Vuillermoz @ s.t. |
Arthur Vichot @ s.t. |
182 km | 41.187 km/hr |
| 2017 | Alexis Vuillermoz 4hr 14min 30sec |
Jonathan Hivert @ 8sec |
Samuel Dumoulin @ 10sec |
182 km | 42.908 km/hr |
| 2018 | Andrea Pasqualon 4hr 27min 42sec |
Julien Simon @ s.t. |
Samuel Dumoulin @ s.t. |
182 km | 40.792 km/hr |
| 2019 | Benoît Cosnefory 4hr 35min 27sec |
Jesus Herrada @ s.t. |
Odd Christian Eiking @ s.t. |
188 km | 40.951 km/hr |
| 2020 | Race not held because of Covid-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2021 | Arne Marit 3hr 51min 40sec |
Bryan Coquard @ s.t. |
Elia Viviani @ s.t. |
176.9 km | 45.816 km/hr |
| 2022 | Julien Simon 4hr 24min 58sec |
Alexander Kristoff @ s.t. |
Jake Stewart @ s.t. |
185.4 km | 41.983 km/hr |
| 2023 | Arnaud De Lie 4hr 21min 59sec |
Romain Grégoire @ s.t. |
Rasmus Tiller @ s.t. |
188.6 km | 43.194 km/hr |
| 2024 | Benoît Cosnefroy |
Axel Zingle @ s.t. |
Arnaud De Lie @ s.t. |
196.4 km | 40.449 km/hr |
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