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Formerly named "GP Ouest-France Plouay".
Plouay - Plouay, 254.86 km.
Wout van Aert wins in Plouay.
Weather at the start/finish city of Plouay at 2:00 PM, local time: 26C (79F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 19 km/hr (12 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Saturday afternoon the UCI told the organizers that the two short gravel sectors on the course could not be used. They were 1,575 meters long (80 km from the finish) and 675 m (54 km from the finish), making a total of 2,250 m (0.8% of the course).
Here's the race report from winner Wout van Aert's Team Jumbo-Visma:
Wout van Aert has won the Bretagne Classic. In a captivating final, the 27-year-old Belgian was the strongest in the sprint of a reduced group. Van Aert’s victory brings Team Jumbo-Visma’s season tally to 42.
Six riders broke away immediately after the start. On behalf of Team Jumbo-Visma, David Dekker and Koen Bouwman controlled the tempo in the peloton and kept the gap within limits. However, ten riders joined the six-rider group. The leaders hung on for a long time, but Team Jumbo-Visma maintained control. In the hilly area, Van Aert attempted to cross over to the breakaway group. Initially unsuccessful, the Belgian ultimately closed the gap with several riders over the last local lap in Plouay.
After that, a reduced group had to sprint for the win. At first, Van Aert seemed to be boxed in, but the Team Jumbo-Visma rider could maneuver through the group and, in an extended power sprint, beat Axel Laurance and Alexander Kamp. Van Aert won for the ninth time this season.
“It was a tough day for our team”, Van Aert said. “Although racing was challenging since other teams alternated attacks, I felt good in the final. In the sprint, we went into the last hundreds of metres at high speed, but I was in a bad position. I had to regain a few places and, thanks to the others’ speed, I could take the lead. I am thrilled with this victory. After the Tour de France, I took the time to recover. With a few important weeks ahead, it’s nice that the form is slowly coming back.”
Complete results:
254.86 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.968 km/hr
1 | Wout van Aert | Jumbo-Visma | 6hr 4min 22sec |
2 | Axel Laurance | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
3 | Alexander Kamp | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
4 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
5 | Filippo Fiorelli | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
6 | Biniam Girmay | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
7 | Oliver Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
8 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | s.t. |
9 | Toms Skujins | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
10 | Andrea Piccolo | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
11 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
12 | Alex Aranburu | Movistar | s.t. |
13 | Warren Barguil | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
14 | Jan Tratnik | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
15 | Valentin Madouas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
16 | Mikkel Honore | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
17 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
18 | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
19 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | @ 5sec |
20 | Benoît Cosnefroy | Ag2r-Citroën | 0:08 |
21 | Pierre Latour | TotalEnergies | 0:18 |
22 | Martin Urianstad | Uno-X | 0:27 |
23 | Clément Venturini | Ag2r-Citroën | 0:29 |
24 | Marco Tizza | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
25 | Cristian Scaroni | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
26 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
27 | Michael Matthews | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
28 | Mauro Schmid | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
29 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
30 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
31 | Victor Campenaerts | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
32 | Samuele Zoccarato | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
33 | Giovanni Aleotti | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
34 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar | s.t. |
35 | Pierre Rolland | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
36 | Rui Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | 0:32 |
37 | Marijn Van Den Berg | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:03 |
38 | Dylan Teuns | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:09 |
39 | Dimitri Claeys | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
40 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
41 | Markus Hoelgaard | Trek-Segafredo | 1:23 |
42 | Pavel Bittner | Team DSM | 1:25 |
43 | Jhonnatan Narvaez | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:37 |
44 | Krists Neilands | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:41 |
45 | Loic Vliegen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
46 | Magnus Cort | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:09 |
47 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
48 | Stan Dewulf | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
49 | Alexis Gougeard | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
50 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
51 | Emils Liepins | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
52 | Elia Viviani | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
53 | Ryan Gibbons | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
54 | Jens Keukeleire | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
55 | Louis Blouwe | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
56 | Donavan Grondin | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
57 | Iván García | Movistar | s.t. |
58 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
59 | Hugo Page | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
60 | Andrea Pasqualon | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
61 | Davide Gabburo | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
62 | Sacha Modolo | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
63 | Hugo Hofstetter | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
64 | Jan Maas | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
65 | Lewis Askey | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
66 | Guillaume Boivin | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
67 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | s.t. |
68 | Luca Mozzato | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
69 | Fredrik Dversnes | Uno-X | s.t. |
70 | Stefan Küng | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
71 | Johan Meens | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
72 | Kevin Geniets | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
73 | Laurent Pichon | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
74 | Julien Simon | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
75 | Franck Bonnamour | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
76 | Chris Hamilton | Team DSM | s.t. |
77 | Mikaël Chérel | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
78 | Brent Van Moer | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
79 | Frederik Frison | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
80 | Leon Heinschke | Team DSM | s.t. |
81 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
82 | François Bidard | Cofidis | s.t. |
83 | Andrea Bagioli | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
84 | Vinicius Rangel | Movistar | s.t. |
85 | Vegard Stake Laengen | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
86 | Ide Schelling | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
87 | Connor Swift | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
88 | Matteo Trentin | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
89 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
90 | Edward Dunbar | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
91 | Michael Storer | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
92 | Guillaume Martin | Cofidis | s.t. |
93 | David Gaudu | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
94 | Florian Vermeersch | Lotto Soudal | 3:23 |
95 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X | 6:29 |
96 | Valerio Conti | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
97 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
98 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
99 | Cyril Barthe | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
100 | Ben Zwiehoff | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
101 | Tom Devriendt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
102 | Tim Declercq | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
103 | Erik Resell | Uno-X | s.t. |
104 | Jon Aberasturi | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
105 | Cesare Benedetti | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
106 | Peter Sagan | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
107 | Cyril Gautier | B&B Hotels-KTM | s.t. |
108 | Stefan Bissegger | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
109 | Kenny Molly | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
110 | Baptiste Planckaert | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
111 | Attilio Viviani | Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces | s.t. |
112 | Otto Vergaerde | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
113 | Martijn Tusveld | Team DSM | s.t. |
114 | Romain Combaud | Team DSM | s.t. |
115 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
116 | Jakob Fuglsang | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
117 | Anthony Turgis | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
118 | Filippo Zana | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
119 | Zdenek Stybar | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
120 | Rasmus Tiller | Uno-X | s.t. |
121 | Arnaud Démare | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
122 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | 10:05 |
123 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis | s.t. |
124 | Lukas Pöstlberger | BORA-hansgrohe | 11:17 |
125 | Patrick Gamper | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
126 | Yuriy Natarov | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
127 | Fabien Doubey | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
128 | Matevz Govekar | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
129 | Anders Skaarseth | Uno-X | s.t. |
130 | William Barta | Movistar | s.t. |
131 | Axel Zingle | Cofidis | 13:47 |
132 | Timo Roosen | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
133 | Lukasz Wisniowski | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
134 | Sebastian Langeveld | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
135 | Davide Ballerini | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
136 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
137 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
138 | Stephen Williams | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |