2024 Bretagne Classic Ouest-France
(World Tour)
88th edition: Sunday, August 25, 2024
Bretagne Classic podium history | 2023 edition | Race map & profile | Start list
Formerly named "GP Ouest-France Plouay".
Plouay - Plouay, 259.8 km
Marc Hirschi wins just ahead of a charging pack.
Weather at the start/finish city of Plouay at 2:20 PM, local time: 20C (68F), cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 19 km/hr (12 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.
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The race: Pepijn Reinderink (Soudal Quick-Step) did not start.
Here's the report from second-place Paul Magnier's Team Soudal Quick-Step.
Paul Magnier finished an incredible runner-up at one of the hardest one-day races of the season, the Bretagne Classic, which this year ran its 88th edition, over a 260km course containing around two dozen climbs.
Soudal Quick-Step’s French neo-pro, who won a total of five races this year with both the World Tour and Devo Team, as well as the points classification at the GiroNextGen, became the youngest rider this century to sit on the podium of the prestigious event held around Plouay after a remarkable display on a day that contained more than 3500 vertical meters.
The start line. Benjamin Thomas, Christophe Laporte, Thomas Pidcock, Warren Barguil & Julian Alaphilippe (left to right) are in the front row.
A race for puncheurs, Bretagne Classic came close to being won by one of the fastest up-and-coming riders in the peloton, in the end just one second separating Paul Magnier from Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates), who attacked with three kilometers to go, barely holding off the chasers on the uphill drag to the line. Behind him, the 20-year-old from Grenoble – who had benefited from the work of his teammates Julian Alaphilippe and Ilan Van Wilder – showed a fantastic turn of speed to beat more seasoned riders and notch up our team’s fourth top-three finish at the French race.
“It’s amazing to be on the podium. Of course, there is some disappointment, because I want to win a race when I enter it, but at the end of the day this is an incredible result, which I wouldn’t have expected at the start. It was the longest race in my career, but I had the confidence of this amazing team, with Julian and Ilan covering a lot of attacks and trying to keep things together. I did my best in the sprint and it’s a great result to be runner-up in front of my home fans and of my parents, who were present on the course today. This podium makes me very proud”, said Paul after his tenth top-three result of the year.
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Complete results:
259.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.177 km/hr
| 1 | Marc Hirschi | UAE Team Emirates | 6hr 9min 35sec |
| 2 | Paul Magnier | Soudal Quick-Step | @ 1sec |
| 3 | Magnus Cort | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 4 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 5 | Thibau Nys | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 6 | Dorian Godon | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 7 | Michael Matthews | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 8 | Thibaud Gruel | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 9 | Clément Venturini | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 10 | Hugo Page | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 11 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 12 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 13 | Mikkel Honore | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 14 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 15 | Krists Neilands | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 16 | Julien Simon | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 17 | Tiesj Benoot | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 18 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 19 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 20 | Alexander Hajek | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 21 | Søren Kragh Andersen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 22 | Jake Stewart | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 23 | Frederik Wandahl | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 24 | Antonio Angulo | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 25 | Warren Barguil | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
| 26 | Benoît Cosnefroy | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 27 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 28 | Jan Christen | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 29 | Alex Aranburu | Movistar | s.t. |
| 30 | Lukas Nerurkar | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 31 | Nils Eekhoff | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
| 32 | Thomas Gachignard | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 33 | Lawrence Warbasse | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 34 | Andrea Vendrame | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 35 | Clément Champoussin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 36 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 37 | Romain Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 38 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 39 | Andrea Bagioli | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 40 | Max Schachmann | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 41 | Maxim Van Gils | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 42 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 43 | Michael Valgren | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 44 | Valentin Madouas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 45 | Louis Barré | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 46 | Alex Baudin | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 47 | Felix Grossschartner | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 48 | Paul Lapeira | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 49 | Jasper Stuyven | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 50 | Ben Hermans | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 51 | Tom Pidcock | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 52 | Ander Okamika | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 53 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 54 | Bastien Tronchon | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:07 |
| 55 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 56 | Ilan Van Wilder | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:10 |
| 57 | Markus Hoelgaard | Uno-X Mobility | 0:11 |
| 58 | Julian Alaphilippe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 59 | Nick Schultz | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:20 |
| 60 | Anders Foldager | Jayco-AlUla | 0:44 |
| 61 | Bauke Mollema | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 62 | Anthony Delaplace | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 63 | Sergio Samitier | Movistar | s.t. |
| 64 | Hugo Houle | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 65 | Fredrik Dversnes | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 66 | Sandy Dujardin | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 67 | Gorka Izagirre | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 68 | Mick van Dijke | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 69 | Laurenz Rex | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:19 |
| 70 | Francesco Busatto | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 71 | Davide De Pretto | Jayco-AlUla | 1:30 |
| 72 | Tobias Bayer | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:42 |
| 73 | Iván García Cortina | Movistar | s.t. |
| 74 | Quinn Simmons | Lidl-Trek | 1:58 |
| 75 | Bart Lemmen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2:23 |
| 76 | Axel Laurance | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 77 | Ivan Romeo | Movistar | s.t. |
| 78 | Florian Vermeersch | Lotto Dstny | 4:19 |
| 79 | Xavier Cañellas | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 4:38 |
| 80 | Guillaume Boivin | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 81 | Nikias Arndt | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 82 | Angel Fuentes | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 83 | Clément Alleno | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 84 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 85 | Koen Bouwman | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 86 | Jordan Jegat | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 87 | Martin Svrcek | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 88 | Jai Hindley | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 89 | Johan Jacobs | Movistar | s.t. |
| 90 | Matteo Sobrero | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 91 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 92 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 93 | Rasmus Tiller | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 94 | Casper van Uden | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
| 95 | Connor Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 96 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 97 | Gianni Vermeersch | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 7:59 |
| 98 | Tobias Foss | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 99 | Finn Fisher-Black | UAE Team Emirates | 8:05 |
| 100 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto Dstny | 8:26 |
| 101 | Laurence Pithie | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 102 | Liam Slock | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 103 | John Degenkolb | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
| 104 | Adrien Petit | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 105 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 106 | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 107 | Emil Herzog | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 108 | Ben Turner | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 109 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 110 | Julien Vermote | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 111 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 112 | Baptiste Planckaert | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 113 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 114 | Pierre Latour | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 115 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 11:41 |
| 116 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 117 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 118 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | s.t. |
| 119 | Fred Wright | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 120 | Nolann Mahoudo | Cofidis | 15:08 |
| 121 | Alexis Gougeard | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 122 | Óscar Pelegrí | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 123 | Sebastian Mora | Burgos-BH | 15:53 |
| 124 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 125 | Silvan Dillier | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 126 | Piet Allegaert | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 127 | Daniil Marukhin | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
| 128 | Karel Vacek | Burgos-BH | s.t. |
| 129 | Andoni Lopez | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
Map of the 2024 Bretagne Classic Ouest-France
Profile of the 2024 Bretagne Classic Ouest-France
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Start list with back numbers, August 24, 2024:
| Groupama-FDJ | |
| 1 | Valentin Madouas |
| 2 | Laurence Pithie |
| 3 | Romain Grégoire |
| 4 | Sam Watson |
| 5 | Olivier Le Gac |
| 6 | Thibaud Gruel |
| 7 | Clément Davy |
| TotalEnergies | |
| 11 | Mathieu Burgaudeau |
| 12 | Jordan Jegat |
| 13 | Thomas Gachignard |
| 14 | Julien Simon |
| 15 | Sandy Dujardin |
| 16 | Pierre Latour |
| 17 | Fabien Grellier |
| UAE Team Emirates | |
| 21 | Marc Hirschi |
| 22 | Diego Ulissi |
| 23 | Felix Grossschartner |
| 24 | Jan Christen |
| 25 | Finn Fisher-Black |
| 26 | Domen Novak |
| 27 | Alessandro Covi |
| Lotto Dstny | |
| 31 | Arnaud De Lie |
| 32 | Maxim Van Gils |
| 33 | Florian Vermeersch |
| 34 | Jasper De Buyst |
| 35 | Liam Slock |
| 36 | Cédric Beullens |
| 37 | Sébastien Grignard |
| Team Visma | Lease a Bike | |
| 41 | Christophe Laporte |
| 42 | Tiesj Benoot |
| 43 | Bart Lemmen |
| 44 | Koen Bouwman |
| 45 | Mick van Dijke |
| 46 | Tosh Van der Sande |
| 47 | Julien Vermote |
| Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 51 | Jai Hindley |
| 52 | Max Schachmann |
| 53 | Matteo Sobrero |
| 54 | Frederik Wandahl |
| 55 | Alexander Hajek |
| 56 | Emil Herzog |
| 57 | Anton Palzer |
| INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 61 | Tom Pidcock |
| 62 | Magnus Sheffield |
| 63 | Tobias Foss |
| 64 | Connor Swift |
| 65 | Ben Turner |
| 66 | Ben Swift |
| 67 | Salvatore Puccio |
| EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 71 | Neilson Powless |
| 72 | Michael Valgren |
| 73 | Simon Carr |
| 74 | Lukas Nerurkar |
| 75 | Mikkel Honore |
| 76 | Yuhi Todome |
| 77 | Jardi Van Der Lee |
| Jayco-AlUla | |
| 81 | Michael Matthews |
| 82 | Anders Foldager |
| 83 | Luka Mezgec |
| 84 | Davide De Pretto |
| 85 | Lucas Hamilton |
| 86 | Lawson Craddock |
| 87 | Christopher Juul-Jensen |
| Israel-Premier Tech | |
| 91 | Nick Schultz |
| 92 | Simon Clarke |
| 93 | Hugo Houle |
| 94 | Krists Neilands |
| 95 | Jake Stewart |
| 96 | Mads Würtz Schmidt |
| 97 | Guillaume Boivin |
| Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | |
| 101 | Warren Barguil |
| 102 | Casper van Uden |
| 103 | John Degenkolb |
| 104 | Tobias Lund Andresen |
| 105 | Nils Eekhoff |
| 106 | Timo Roosen |
| 107 | Alex Edmondson |
| Arkea-B&B Hotels | |
| 111 | Kévin Vauquelin |
| 112 | Ewen Costiou |
| 113 | Clément Venturini |
| 114 | Clément Champoussin |
| 115 | Louis Barré |
| 116 | Alan Riou |
| 117 | Anthony Delaplace |
| Movistar | |
| 121 | Alex Aranburu |
| 122 | Iván García Cortina |
| 123 | Ivan Romeo |
| 124 | Remi Cavagna |
| 125 | Johan Jacobs |
| 126 | Manlio Moro |
| 127 | Sergio Samitier |
| Lidl-Trek | |
| 131 | Jasper Stuyven |
| 132 | Andrea Bagioli |
| 133 | Thibau Nys |
| 134 | Edward Theuns |
| 135 | Bauke Mollema |
| 136 | Quinn Simmons |
| 137 | Fabio Felline |
| Intermarché-Wanty | |
| 141 | Laurenz Rex |
| 142 | Hugo Page |
| 143 | Francesco Busatto |
| 144 | Dion Smith |
| 145 | Baptiste Planckaert |
| 146 | Gijs Van Hoecke |
| 147 | Adrien Petit |
| Cofidis | |
| 151 | Benjamin Thomas |
| 152 | Piet Allegaert |
| 153 | Ben Hermans |
| 154 | Anthony Perez |
| 155 | Alexis Gougeard |
| 156 | Nolann Mahoudo |
| 157 | Gorka Izagirre |
| Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 161 | Benoît Cosnefroy |
| 162 | Paul Lapeira |
| 163 | Andrea Vendrame |
| 164 | Dorian Godon |
| 165 | Alex Baudin |
| 166 | Bastien Tronchon |
| 167 | Lawrence Warbasse |
| Astana Qazaqstan | |
| 171 | Simone Velasco |
| 173 | Samuele Battistella |
| 174 | Dmitriy Gruzdev |
| 175 | Daniil Marukhin |
| 176 | Michele Gazzoli |
| 177 | Igor Chzhan |
| Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 181 | Julian Alaphilippe |
| 182 | Ilan Van Wilder |
| 183 | Yves Lampaert |
| 184 | Paul Magnier |
| 185 | Martin Svrcek |
| 186 | Pepijn Reinderink |
| 187 | Ayco Bastiaens |
| Bahrain Victorious | |
| 191 | Pello Bilbao |
| 192 | Edoardo Zambanini |
| 193 | Fred Wright |
| 194 | Yukiya Arashiro |
| 195 | Nikias Arndt |
| 196 | Dusan Rajovic |
| 197 | Andrea Pasqualon |
| Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
| 201 | Axel Laurance |
| 202 | Gianni Vermeersch |
| 203 | Søren Kragh Andersen |
| 204 | Michael Gogl |
| 205 | Tobias Bayer |
| 206 | Silvan Dillier |
| 207 | Senne Leysen |
| Uno-X Mobility | |
| 211 | Jonas Abrahamsen |
| 212 | Søren Wærenskjold |
| 213 | Rasmus Tiller |
| 214 | Magnus Cort |
| 215 | Markus Hoelgaard |
| 216 | Fredrik Dversnes |
| 217 | William Blume Levy |
| Burgos-BH | |
| 221 | Ander Okamika |
| 222 | Angel Fuentes |
| 223 | Clément Alleno |
| 224 | Antonio Angulo |
| 225 | Óscar Pelegrí |
| 226 | Sebastian Mora |
| 227 | Karel Vacek |
| Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 231 | Victor De La Parte |
| 232 | Xavier Cañellas |
| 233 | Andoni Lopez |
| 234 | Asier Etxeberria |
| 235 | Unai Cuadrado |
| 236 | Nicolas Alustiza |
| 237 | Unai Zubeldia |