Bretagne Classic

Bretagne Classic
Race details
DateLate August
RegionBrittany, France
English nameBrittany Classic West France
Local name(s)Bretagne Classic Ouest-France (in French)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI World Tour
TypeOne-day race
OrganiserComité des Fêtes de Plouay
Web sitepco.bzh/4-jours-cic-plouay/grand-prix-bretagne-classic.php Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1931; 93 years ago (1931)
Editions88 (as of 2024)
First winner François Favé (FRA)
Most wins10 riders with 2 wins
Most recent Marc Hirschi (SUI)

The Bretagne Classic, also called Bretagne Classic Ouest-France, is an elite cycling classic held annually in late summer around the Breton village of Plouay in western France.

The race was originally named Grand-Prix de Plouay and, from 1989 to 2015, GP Ouest-France. It was included in the inaugural UCI ProTour in 2005 and in 2011 in its successor, the UCI World Tour. Since 2016 it is called Bretagne Classic Ouest-France.[1]

Since 2002, a women's event, the Classic Lorient Agglomération is organized on Saturday, the day before the men's race. Supporting events have grown over the years and now include BMX races, track racing and a mass-participation ride, as part of a four–day festival in the last summer weekend in Brittany.

  1. ^ "Bretagne classic ouest-france". bretagne-classique-ouest-france.bzh (in French). Retrieved 29 August 2016.