The 2021 Grand Prix du Morbihan was the 44th edition of the

Grand Prix du Morbihan Grand Prix du Morbihan is a single-day men's road bicycle race held annually in May around Plumelec, in the region of Brittany, France. Since 2020, the race is organised as a UCI race classifications, 1.Pro event on the UCI ProSeries, also being p ...

, a one-day

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race held on 16 October 2021 in and around

Grand-Champ Grand-Champ (; br, Gregam) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Demographics Inhabitants of Grand-Champ are called ''Grégamistes'' in French. Grand-Champ counted 5,404 inhabitants in 2017, an increase ...

Morbihan Morbihan ( , ; br, Mor-Bihan ) is a department in the administrative region of Brittany, situated in the northwest of France. It is named after the Morbihan (''small sea'' in Breton), the enclosed sea that is the principal feature of the coastli ...

, in the Brittany region of northwestern France. This edition was the race's first in the

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; the 2020 edition was expected to feature in the

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UCI ProSeries but was cancelled due to the

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. It was also the fifteenth and penultimate event of the 2021 French Road Cycling Cup. The race was originally due to be held on 15 May but was postponed by COVID-19 precautions. The race began in Grand-Champ and headed southeast through the Regional Natural Park of the Gulf of Morbihan, passing through the towns of

Saint-Avé Saint-Avé (; br, Sant-Teve) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. It's the 8th most populated commune of the Morbihan department and the 32nd of the Brittany region with its population of 11,787 inhabitants ...

Treffléan Treffléan (; br, Trevlean) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Treffléan are called in French ''Treffléanais''. See also *Communes of the Morbihan department The follo ...

, and

Theix-Noyalo Theix-Noyalo (; br, Teiz-Noaloù) is a commune in the Morbihan department of western France. Theix is the municipal seat. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Theix and Noyalo.

en route to the southernmost point of the race near Surzur. Then, the race headed north through

Sulniac Sulniac (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Sulniac are called in French ''Sulniacois''. See also *Communes of the Morbihan department The following is a list of the ...

to Trédion, with sprint points in both towns, before heading west back to Grand-Champ for six laps of the hilly finishing circuit, which was long; the first of these circuits began with left in the race.

Teams

Three of the 19

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s, seven UCI ProTeams, five

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teams, and the French national team made up the 16 teams that participated in the race. UCI ProTeam was also expected to participate, but the team ceased operations with immediate effect on 11 October due to financial problems. There were seven teams that did not field a full squad of seven riders; , , , , and each entered six riders, while and each entered five riders. In total, 103 riders started the race, of which 85 finished. UCI WorldTeams * * * UCI ProTeams * * * * * * * UCI Continental Teams * * * * * National Teams *

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