Bretagne Classic – Ouest-France 2016

Bretagne Classic 2016
General
output	80th Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France
Racing series	UCI WorldTour 2016 1st UWT
date	August 28, 2016
overall length	247 km
Host country	France
begin	Plouay
target	Plouay
Teams	25th
Driver at the start	200
Driver at the finish	128
Average speed	41.308 km / h
Result
winner	Oliver Naesen ( IAM )
Second	Alberto Bettiol ( Cannondale-Drapac )
Third	Alexander Kristoff ( Katusha )
◀ 2015	2017 ▶
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The 21st Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France 2016 was a French road bike race . The one-day race took place on Sunday , August 28, 2016 . This bike race started and ended in Plouay in Brittany with a length of 247 km . It was also part of the UCI WorldTour 2016 and was the 22nd of a total of 28 races in this series.

The winner of the two-man sprint was Oliver Naesen (IAM) ahead of Alberto Bettiol (CDT). The first two had pulled away 50 kilometers from the finish together with Guillaume Martin (WGG) and Alexis Gougeard (ALM).

Participating teams

The 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically entitled to start . In addition, seven UCI Professional Continental teams were invited.

18 UCI WorldTeams						7 UCI Professional Continental Teams
ALM	Ag2r La Mondiale	FDJ	FDJ	LTS	Lotto Soudal	BAR	Bardiani CSF
AST	Astana Pro Team	TGA	Team Giant-Alpecin	MOV	Movistar team	CCC	CCC Sprandi Polkowice
BMC	BMC Racing Team	I AM	IAM Cycling	OBE	Orica-BikeExchange	DMP	Delko Marseille Provence KTM
CDT	Cannondale-Drapac	CAT	Team Katusha	SKY	Team Sky	THE	Direct energy
DDD	Team Dimension Data	LAM	Lampre-Merida	TNK	Tinkoff	FVC	Fortuneo Vital Concept
EQS	Etixx-Quick Step	TLJ	Team Lotto NL-Jumbo	TFS	Trek-Segafredo	WGG	Wanty-Groupe Gobert
						COF	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits

Race result

Overall rating driver country team time 1. Oliver Naesen Belgium I AM 5 h 58 min 46 s 2. Alberto Bettiol Italy Cannondale-Drapac + 2 s 3. Alexander Kristoff Norway Katusha + 5 s 4th Michael Matthews Australia Orica-BikeExchange + 5 s 5. John Degenkolb Germany Giant Alpecin + 5 s 6th Maciej Paterski Poland CCC Sprandi Polkowice + 5 s 7th Daniel Hoelgaard Norway FDJ + 5 s 8th. Giacomo Nizzolo Italy Trek-Segafredo + 5 s 9. Matteo Trentin Italy Etixx-Quick Step + 5 s 10. Edvald Boasson Hagen Norway Dimension data + 5 s

Source: ProCyclingStats

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bretagne Classic: Noses with a perfect premiere. radsport-news.com, August 28, 2016, accessed July 8, 2017 . 

Web links

• Official website
• Bretagne Classic – Ouest-France 2016 in the ProCyclingStats.com database