Cycle tour in Brittany 2024: start in Finistère from Locmaria-Plouzané on Thursday 25 April

“An international field on a selective and rough route”: this is how the 57th edition of the Tour de Bretagne bicycle, which will be launched this Thursday 25 April since Finistèrehair Locmaria-Plouzané exact.

The stage for the 57th edition of the Tour de Bretagne cycling is set: 150 riders and a tough international field with 1,259.7 kilometers on the menu spread over seven stages.
President of the event, Christophe Fossani is burning with impatience at the thought of seeing the runners set off on April 25, since Locmaria-Plouzané to reach Plougonvelin with an arrival at the sumptuous site of Pointe Saint-Mathieu. This 2024 edition fits perfectly and faithfully to the organization’s hopes. “We will have the chance to offer difficult and varied routes with particularly tough and necessarily very competitive finishes, Christophe Fossani is already pleased as the edition promises to be “selective and rough”.

The President does not doubt for a moment the muscular duels that will enliven the event and focuses in particular on the arrivals of Pontivy and Dinan. » It will be terrible from the second day and a first selection will take place. And in Dinan, at the end of the issue, it will hurt the organizations very much. » And here the spectacle is guaranteed again with a paved sector in Dinan, as in La Gacilly actually.

Springboard for the great classics and the Tour de France

Many runners will already be scrutinizing the sixth stage between Saint-Onen-La-Chapelle and Louvigné-du-Désert (192.5 km) which presents itself as a roller coaster-like route with fear. – It will be very tiring, Christophe Fossani analysed. With passengers of 17 and 18%.

Suffice it to say that you have to be sharp and strong to take the podium. » Only one reserve from the UAE world tour will be missing, as the management has judged that the team was still too fragile, not sufficiently armed.

» As for Class 2, emphasizes Christophe Fossani, it is the longest event, equivalent to a third of the Tour de France. »

The teams and riders are not wrong, well aware that the Tour de Bretagne acts as a springboard that reveals teams, like the Tudor team last year.

Among the best hopes, including no less than 14 World Team and Pro Team development teams, many will be keen to make their mark with a view to integrating the Tour de France and the great classics as quickly as possible.

Stéphane the Tyrant

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