Tour de Bretagne Cycliste, also known as the Tour de Bretagne trophée des granitiers and formerly known as Ruban Granitier Breton, is an annual early season professional

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held in late April and early May in

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. The race often acts as a show case for upcoming riders of the under 23 category who race together with Elite riders. The race was renamed Tour de Bretagne in 2005 when the race also became a professional race. The 2007 edition was dominated by

Lars Boom Lars Anthonius Johannes Boom (born 30 December 1985) is a professional cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing cyclist from the Netherlands. He has also competed professionally in road racing, between 2004 and 2019. Born in Vlijmen, Netherlands, B ...

and

Edvald Boasson Hagen Edvald Boasson Hagen (born 17 May 1987) is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam . He was ranked as no. 3 in the world by UCI as of 31 August 2009, when he was 22 years old. He is known as an all-rounder, havin ...

who both wore the leader's jersey and won stages of the race. The 2008 edition was dominated by the

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team with defending champion

and

Coen Vermeltfoort Coen Vermeltfoort (born 11 April 1988) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . Major results ;2007 : 3rd Grand Prix de Waregem : 6th Overall Olympia's Tour ::1st Stage 5 : 10th Omloop van het Houtland ;2008 : ...

winning two stages each. The Bretagne Armor Lux won the general classification with

Benoît Poilvet Benoît Poilvet (born 27 August 1976 in Saint-Brieuc) is a French professional road bicycle racer. He rode for UCI ProTeam Crédit Agricole between 2000 and 2007. For the 2008 season he joined the continental team Bretagne Armor Lux, with whom ...

. The 2010 edition started in

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- the first time stages of the race had been held outside Brittany.

Past winners

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tour De Bretagne Cycliste Cycle races in France Recurring sporting events established in 1967 1967 establishments in France UCI Europe Tour races