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May 5, 2024
41st Tro-Bro Léon (1.Pro) 2024 🇫🇷 ME – Le Carpont Plouguin – Lannilis : 203,6 km
Tro-Bro Léon (English: Tour of Léon or The Hipsters’ Paris—Roubaix;
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May 5, 2024
41st Tro-Bro Léon (1.Pro) 2024 🇫🇷 ME – Le Carpont Plouguin – Lannilis : 203,6 km
Tro-Bro Léon (English: Tour of Léon or The Hipsters’ Paris—Roubaix; French: Tour du Léon) is a professional cycle road race held in Finistère, Brittany. The event was first run in 1984 as an amateur race before becoming a professional race since 2000. The race was established in 2005 as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2020, the event joined the UCI ProSeries in its inaugural edition, although the cancellation of the 2020 edition meant that the inaugural event was held in 2021. Tro-Bro Léon is often called Le Petit Paris–Roubaix, The Hell of the West or The Hipsters’ Paris—Roubaix due to its similarities with Paris–Roubaix, because Tro-Bro Léon includes around two dozen sections of ribinoù, which longtime race director Jean-Paul Mellouët described as a variety of farm tracks and unpaved roads on the rolling and windy roads of Brittany that can feature cobblestones, dirt paths, and/or gravel. The rider who crosses the line first and the best placed Breton rider each receive a piglet.
Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Dstny) held off chasers in the closing sprint to win the 2024 Tro-Bro Léon on Sunday, just one day after finishing third at Grand Prix Morbihan. Clément Venturini (Arkéa B&B Hotels) finished second while Pierre Gautherat (Décathlon AG2R La Mondiale) held off a surging Riley Sheehan (Israel-Premier Tech) for the final spot on the podium.
The 22-year-old Belgian overcame two punctures in the 203.6km race, the undulating terrain beginning from Le Carpont Plouguin this year and punctuated with 29 sectors of unpaved dirt roads that added up to 34.6 kilometres.
Seven riders got away for the day’s breakaway – Alexander Konijn (Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur), Aaron Gate (Burgo-BH), Kévin Avoine (Van Rysel-Roubaix), Danny Van Der Tuuk (Equipo Kern Pharma), Antoine Hue (CIC U Nantes Atlantique), Gorka Izagirre (Cofidis) and Morné Van Niekerk (St Michel-Mavic-Auber93). Van Niekerk was the final rider caught, with De Lie attacking at the front with just 6.5km from the finish in Lannils.
De Lie had to kick to the front again with 1km to go as a chase group closed him down and he held on for the win. Last year De Lie finished second to Giacomo Nizzolo in the sprint.
”I didn’t make the same mistake as last year. As soon as I started to sprint I felt that I still had good legs. Winning here is really great,” said Le Lie, who gave a salute at the finish to replicate bull horns, a nod to his nickname “the bull from Lescheret’.
It was the second victory of the season for De Lie, who won a week ago at Lotto Famenne Ardenne Classic.
Results :
 2024 🇫🇷 ME </strong> - Le Carpont Plouguin - Lannilis : 203,6 km
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Tro-Bro Léon (English: Tour of Léon or The Hipsters’ Paris—Roubaix; French: Tour du Léon) is a professional cycle road race held in Finistère, Brittany. The event was first run in 1984 as an amateur race before becoming a professional race since 2000. The race was established in 2005 as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2020, the event joined the UCI ProSeries in its inaugural edition, although the cancellation of the 2020 edition meant that the inaugural event was held in 2021. Tro-Bro Léon is often called Le Petit Paris–Roubaix, The Hell of the West or The Hipsters’ Paris—Roubaix due to its similarities with Paris–Roubaix, because Tro-Bro Léon includes around two dozen sections of ribinoù, which longtime race director Jean-Paul Mellouët described as a variety of farm tracks and unpaved roads on the rolling and windy roads of Brittany that can feature cobblestones, dirt paths, and/or gravel. The rider who crosses the line first and the best placed Breton rider each receive a piglet.
Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Dstny) held off chasers in the closing sprint to win the 2024 Tro-Bro Léon on Sunday, just one day after finishing third at Grand Prix Morbihan. Clément Venturini (Arkéa B&B Hotels) finished second while Pierre Gautherat (Décathlon AG2R La Mondiale) held off a surging Riley Sheehan (Israel-Premier Tech) for the final spot on the podium.
The 22-year-old Belgian overcame two punctures in the 203.6km race, the undulating terrain beginning from Le Carpont Plouguin this year and punctuated with 29 sectors of unpaved dirt roads that added up to 34.6 kilometres.
Seven riders got away for the day’s breakaway - Alexander Konijn (Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur), Aaron Gate (Burgo-BH), Kévin Avoine (Van Rysel-Roubaix), Danny Van Der Tuuk (Equipo Kern Pharma), Antoine Hue (CIC U Nantes Atlantique), Gorka Izagirre (Cofidis) and Morné Van Niekerk (St Michel-Mavic-Auber93). Van Niekerk was the final rider caught, with De Lie attacking at the front with just 6.5km from the finish in Lannils.
De Lie had to kick to the front again with 1km to go as a chase group closed him down and he held on for the win. Last year De Lie finished second to Giacomo Nizzolo in the sprint.
''I didn't make the same mistake as last year. As soon as I started to sprint I felt that I still had good legs. Winning here is really great,” said Le Lie, who gave a salute at the finish to replicate bull horns, a nod to his nickname “the bull from Lescheret’.
It was the second victory of the season for De Lie, who won a week ago at Lotto Famenne Ardenne Classic.
<strong>Results : </strong>
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