The 2021 Tro-Bro Léon was the 37th edition of

Tro-Bro Léon Tro-Bro Léon ( or ''The'' ''Hipsters’ Paris—Roubaix''; ) 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 establi ...

, a one-day

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race in the northwestern French region of

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, that took place on 16 May 2021. The 1.Pro-category race was initially scheduled to be a part of the inaugural edition of the

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, but after the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the

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, it made its UCI ProSeries debut in

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, while also still being a part of the

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. It was also the fourth event of the 2021 French Road Cycling Cup. This year's edition was the first since its move to the new mid-May time slot from its usual late April time slot. The race started and finished in

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, and covered of the rolling and windy roads of Brittany. Interspersed along the route were 26 ''ribinoù'' sections totalling .

Teams

Six of the nineteen

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s, eleven UCI ProTeams, and four

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teams made up the twenty-one teams that participated in the race. Each team was allowed to field up to seven riders, but many teams chose to enter less than the maximum: and each entered five riders, while , , , , and each entered six. With two late scratches, 136 riders started the race, of which 86 finished. UCI WorldTeams * * * * * * UCI ProTeams * * * * * * * * * * * UCI Continental Teams * * * *

Teams

Result

References

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