Tro-Bro Léon
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| Race details | |
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| Date | Late-April |
| Region | Brittany, France |
| English name | Tour of Pays de Léon |
| Local name(s) | Tour du Pays Léonard (in French) Tro-Bro Léon (in Breton) |
| Nickname(s) | Le Petit Paris–Roubaix |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
| Type | Single-day |
| Race director | Jean-Paul Mellouet |
| Web site | www |
| History | |
| First edition | 1984 (1984) |
| Editions | 36 (as of 2019) |
| First winner |  Bruno Chemin (FRA) |
| Most wins | Philippe Dalibard (FRA) (3 wins) |
| Most recent |  Andrea Vendrame (ITA) |
Tro-Bro Léon (English: Tour of Léon, 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, becoming a professional race since 2000. The race was established in 2005 as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.[1]
It is often called Le Petit Paris–Roubaix or The Hell of the West due to its similarities with Paris–Roubaix, because Tro-Bro Léon includes 24 sections of dirt, cobblestones and gravel roads (making up to 29.7 km or 18.5 mi) on the rolling and windy roads of Brittany.[2] These tracks are called Ribinoù, which is a Breton word meaning anything that is not tarmac, farm tracks, gravel roads, etc
Winners
References
- ^ "Cyclisme: Terpstra reprendra au Tro Bro Leon". EuroNews. AFP. 2019-04-08.
- ^ "Tro Bro Leon". trobroleon.
External links
- Official website (in French)
Other Languages
Copyright
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