Tro-Bro Leon 2021 [FULL RACE]

May 16, 2021

Tro-Bro Leon 2021 – Lannilis – Lannilis : 207 km

As the peloton leaves the pavé behind and heads to the Belgian Ardennes, one race in the west of France soldiers on in an attempt to keep the cobbled dream alive. With a combination of dirt roads, disused railway tracks and even a prized pig for the winner, this race has everything and more. It’s no wonder many fans have nicknamed it the ‘Hipster’s Paris-Roubaix.’ Tro-Bro Léon started its life in 1984 as an amateur race held over the graveled backlanes and farmers’ tracks that weave an intricate web around the rolling hills of Finistère. In 2000 the race made the step up to professional level and in 2005 it finally established itself on the UCI Europe Tour, sitting alongside Paris-Camembert and the Tour du Finistère as one of the many events that make up the French Road Cycling Cup. The route contains 24 sectors of what the locals call ‘ribinoù’, a Breton word for anything that is not tarmac. In this race that can mean anything from disused railway tracks to cobbled streets. These ribinoù add up to around 30km and often dictate the outcome of the race, just like the cobbled sectors do in Paris-Roubaix. Unlike the cobbled sectors in Paris-Roubaix, however, a lot of these dirt paths are unmaintained with some almost completely covered in grass and moss. Some parts of this race resemble more a cross-country mountain bike course, than a road bike course.

Connor Swift takes win in photo finish at Tro-Bro Léon
Briton edges Allegaert at line in Brittany one-day race

Results :
1 Connor Swift (GBr) Team Arkea-Samsic 5:18:38
2 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis
3 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
4 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
5 Rasmus Tiller (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
6 John Degenkolb (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:00:26
7 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team
8 Bram Welten (Ned) Team Arkea-Samsic
9 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis
10 Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ
11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
12 Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole
13 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
14 Clément Russo (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
15 Romain Cardis (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
16 Valentin Ferron (Fra) Total Direct Energie
17 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
18 Lucas Eriksson
19 Julien El Fares (Fra) EF Education-Nippo
20 Jordy Bouts (Bel) Beat Cycling
21 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
22 Mathias De Witte (Bel) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole
23 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
24 Antoine Raugel (Fra) Groupama-FDJ Continental
25 Jérémy Cabot
26 Florian Vermeersch (Bel) Lotto Soudal
27 Frederik Backaert (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
28 Jules Hesters (Bel) Beat Cycling
29 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Cofidis 0:42:00
30 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:45:00
31 Martijn Budding (Ned) Beat Cycling 0:01:45
32 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
33 Maxime Urruty (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole
34 Jasper De Plus (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
35 Tom Wirtgen (Lux) Bingoal WB
36 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:01:47
37 Angel Fuentes Paniego (Spa) Burgos-BH
38 Clément Davy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:49
39 Mitch Docker (Aus) EF Education-Nippo
40 Bert De Backer (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
41 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko 0:02:04
42 Piotr Havik (Ned) Beat Cycling
43 Juan Felipe Osorio Arboleda (Col) Burgos-BH 0:02:11
44 Julien Trarieux (Fra) Delko
45 Marcel Meisen (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix 0:02:19
46 Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:02:27
47 Julien Morice (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM 0:02:38
48 Damien Touzé 0:03:05
49 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko 0:03:43
50 Harry Sweeny 0:03:45
51 Lionel Taminiaux (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:04:33
52 Joel Sutter
53 Logan Owen (USA) EF Education-Nippo
54 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 0:04:44
55 Tom Bohli (Swi) Cofidis
56 Peio Goikoetxea Goiogana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:05:16
57 Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroën Team 0:05:48
58 Ludovic Robeet (Bel) Bingoal WB 0:05:54
59 Luuc Bugter (Ned) Beat Cycling 0:06:48
60 Benjamin King (USA) Rally Cycling
61 Erik Resell
62 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Cofidis
63 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
64 Tobias Kongstad 0:08:40
65 Morné Van Niekerk (RSA) St Michel-Auber 93
66 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH
67 Arvid de Kleijn (Ned) Rally Cycling
68 Yoann Paillot (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
69 Pier Cote
70 Théo Delacroix (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
71 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling
72 Alexys Brunel (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
73 Lewis Askey (GBr) Groupama-FDJ Continental
74 Matteo dal Cin 0:09:48
75 Ibon Ruiz Sedano (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
76 Ludwig De Winter (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:09:49
77 Diego Lopez Fuentes (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
78 Marlon Gaillard (Fra) Total Direct Energie
79 Laurens de Vreese 0:09:52
80 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
81 Dylan Kowalski (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole
82 Mikel Aristi Gardoki (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:09:58
83 Felipe Orts Lloret (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:14:29
84 Antonio Angulo Sampedro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:14:58
85 Savva Novikov (Rus) Equipo Kern Pharma
86 Iver Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:15:56
DNF André Carvalho (Por) Cofidis
DNF Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis
DNF Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
DNF Anthony Jullien (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
DNF Marc Sarreau (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
DNF Lachlan Morton (Aus) EF Education-Nippo
DNF Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education-Nippo
DNF Hideto Nakane (Jpn) EF Education-Nippo
DNF Sébastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Matthew Holmes (GBr) Lotto Soudal
DNF Maxime Cam (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
DNF August Jensen (Nor) Delko
DNF Eduard Grosu
DNF Dusan Rajovic (Srb) Delko
DNF Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Delko
DNF Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNF Amaury Capiot (Bel) Team Arkea-Samsic
DNF Paul Ourselin (Fra) Total Direct Energie
DNF Edward Anderson (USA) Alpecin-Fenix
DNF Guillaume van Keirsbulck
DNF Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Pol) Bingoal WB
DNF Tom Paquot (Bel) Bingoal WB
DNF Boris Vallée
DNF Mario Aparicio Muñoz (Spa) Burgos-BH
DNF Juan Antonio Lopez Cozard Jaimez
DNF Alex Jaime Fernandez (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
DNF Marti Marquez Roman (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
DNF Danny van den Tuuk
DNF Mikel Alonso Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Xabier Azparren
DNF Julen Irizar Laskurain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Dzmitry Zhyhunou (Blr) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling
DNF Søren Wærenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
DNF Jonas Hvideberg
DNF Syver Waersted
DNF Tony Hurel (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
DNF Louis Louvet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
DNF Anthony Maldonado (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
DNF Jason Tesson (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
DNF Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole
DNF Jordan Levasseur (Fra) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole
DNF Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Metropole
DNF Marten Kooistra (Ned) Beat Cycling
DNF Stefano Museeuw (Bel) Beat Cycling
DNF Jesper Hansen
DNF Rasmus Quaade
DNF Kim Magnusson
DNF Elmar Reinders
DNF Nick van der Lijke