Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France

The Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France (formerly Grand Prix Ouest-France or Grand Prix de Plouay Ouest-France ) is a French cycling race .

The one-day race , which usually has its date at the end of August, was first held in 1931. Until 1988 the race was called after the venue, the Breton Plouay , Grand Prix de Plouay Ouest-France . From 1989 to 2015 it was named Grand Prix Ouest France .

With the introduction of the UCI ProTour in the 2005 season, the race became part of this series of the most important cycling races of the year. Since 2011 the race has been part of the successor series UCI WorldTour . The Grand Prix Ouest-France was also part of the Coupe de France , a series of French one-day races from 1992 to 1998 . Record winners are Oliver Naesen , Philippe Bono , Armand Audaire , Emile Guérinel , Jean Gainche , Fernand Picot , Jean Jourden , Jacques Bossis and Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle who each won the race twice.

The race along with numerous other cycling competitions during the Fêtes de Plouay , including the former Mrs. World Cup races and current UCI Women's World Tour -race Grand Prix de Plouay-Bretagne organized.

route

The race with start and finish in the French municipality of Plouay in the Morbihan department in Brittany was held on a 19.75 kilometer circuit, the Circuit Jean-Yves Perron , which the drivers had to bypass eleven times. Starting in 2006, the circuit was extended by 5.6 kilometers to make the course more selective. As a result, the drivers now had to tackle three instead of the previous two climbs per lap. For the first time on the program in 2006 were the ascent of Kérihuel (length: 2.3 km; average gradient: 8%), as well as that in Lezot (1.3 km; 7%) and in Ty Marrec (1.0 km; 7 %). In 2016, the race was renamed the Bretagne Classic and the route led in a large lap over 235 kilometers through Brittany with the aim of better staging this region.

winner

2019 Sep Vanmarcke 2018 Oliver Naesen 2017 Elia Viviani 2016 Oliver Naesen 2015 Alexander Kristoff 2014 Sylvain Chavanel 2013 Filippo Pozzato 2012 Edvald Boasson Hagen 2011 Grega Bole 2010 Matthew Goss 2009 Simon Gerrans 2008 Pierrick Fédrigo 2007 Thomas Voeckler 2006 Vincenzo Nibali 2005 George Hincapie 2004 Didier Rous 2003 Andy Flickinger 2002 Jeremy Hunt 2001 Nico Mattan 2000 Michele Bartoli 1999 Christophe Mengin 1998 Pascal Hervé 1997 Andrea Ferrigato 1996 Frank Vandenbroucke 1995 Rolf Järmann 1994 Andrej Tschmil 1993 Thierry Claveyrolat 1992 Ronan Pensec 1991 Armand de Las Cuevas 1990 Bruno Cornillet

1989 Jean-Claude Colotti 1988 Luc Leblanc 1987 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle 1986 Martial Gayant 1985 Eric Guyot 1984 Sean Kelly 1983 Pierre Bazzo 1982 Francis Castaing 1981 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle 1980 Patrick Friou 1979 Frits Pirard 1978 Pierre-Raymond Villemiane 1977 Jacques Bossis 1976 Jacques Bossis 1975 Cyrille Guimard 1974 Raymond Martin 1973 Jean-Claude Largeau 1972 Robert Bouloux 1971 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume 1970 Jean Marcarini 1969 Jean Jourden 1968 Jean Jourden 1967 François Hamon 1966 Claude Mazeaud 1965 François Goasduff 1964 Jean Bourlès 1963 Fernand Picot

1962 Jean Gainche 1961 Fernand Picot 1960 Hubert Ferrer 1959 Emmanuel Crenn 1958 Jean Gainche 1957 Isaac Vitré 1956 Valentin Huot 1955 Jean Petitjean 1954 Ugo Anzile 1953 Serge Blusson 1952 Émile Guérinel 1951 Émile Guérinel 1950 Armand Audaire 1949 Armand Audaire 1948 Éloi Tassin 1947 Raymond Louviot 1946 Ange Le Strat 1945 Éloi Tassin 1939–44 not held 1938 Pierre Cloarec 1937 Jean-Marie Goasmat 1936 Pierre Cogan 1935 Jean Le Dily 1934 Lucien Tulot 1933 Philippe Bono 1932 Philippe Bono 1931 Fañch Favé

Web links

• Official website (French)
• Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ comitedesfetes-plouay.com: GP Ouest-France / Historique Grand Prix Plouay ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Page accessed on July 10, 2008) 
2. ↑ Am Dansie: Big Stars on a Small Stage . In: Procycling , German edition . October, 2016, p. 57 ff .