Tro-Bro Léon
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | Late-April |
| Region | Brittany, France |
| English name | Tour of Pays de Léon |
| Local name(s) | Tour du Pays Léonard (French) Tro-Bro Léon (Breton) |
| Nickname(s) | Le Petit Paris–Roubaix |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
| Type | Single-day |
| Race director | Jean-Paul Mellouet |
| History | |
| First edition | 1984 |
| Editions | 28 (as of 2011) |
| First winner | |
| Most wins | |
| Most recent | |
Tro-Bro Léon (English: Tour of 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
It is often called Le Petit Paris–Roubaix 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/18.5 mi) on the rolling and windy roads of Brittany.[1]
| Rider | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Bruno Chemin (FRA) | ||
| 1985 | Bruno Chemin (FRA) | ||
| 1986 | Philippe Dalibard (FRA) | ||
| 1987 | Dominique Le Bon (FRA) | ||
| 1988 | Philippe Dalibard (FRA) | ||
| 1989 | Philippe Dalibard (FRA) | ||
| 1990 | Marc Hibou (FRA) | ||
| 1991 | William Milloux (FRA) | ||
| 1992 | Jaan Kirsipuu (EST) | ||
| 1993 | Jean-Philippe Rouxel (FRA) | ||
| 1994 | Stéphane Pétilleau (FRA) | ||
| 1995 | Camille Coualan (FRA) | ||
| 1996 | Thierry Bricaud (FRA) | ||
| 1997 | Frédéric Delalande (FRA) | ||
| 1998 | Frédéric Delalande (FRA) | ||
| 1999 | Jean-Michel Thilloy (FRA) | ||
| 2000 | Jo Planckaert (BEL) | Cofidis | |
| 2001 | Jacky Durand (FRA) | Française des Jeux | |
| 2002 | Baden Cooke (AUS) | Française des Jeux | |
| 2003 | Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) | Jean Delatour | |
| 2004 | Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) | AG2R Prévoyance | |
| 2005 | Tristan Valentin (FRA) | Auber 93 | |
| 2006 | Mark Renshaw (AUS) | Crédit Agricole | |
| 2007 | Saïd Haddou (FRA) | Bouygues Télécom | |
| 2008 | Frédéric Guesdon (FRA) | Française des Jeux | |
| 2009 | Saïd Haddou (FRA) | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | |
| 2010 | Jérémy Roy (FRA) | Française des Jeux | |
| 2011 | Vincent Jérôme (FRA) | Team Europcar |