2014 Tro Bro Leon, 20th April (202.9 km)

[Geraint Too Fast]

It's almost time for the Amstel Gold Race, which means it's almost time for this great race as well.

Start List

It's live on France 3 (Bretagne) from 15:30 CET.

Official Site

 

[manafana]

so only on france 3 in the region? thought france 3 showed it nationally. This race is too good to class move it to Saturday surely

 

[Dazed and Confused]

The AGR - Tro Bro Leon conflict which is of equal proportions the Ukraine one.

Without a doubt many cycling fans would follow both if they could.

And Bretagne.... very beautiful in places.

I can see Mourey getting two in a row.

A two minute report from last year's race: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hyO4mJK7YM

 

[gooner]

The AGR - Tro Bro Leon conflict which is of equal proportions the Ukraine one.

Without a doubt many cycling fans would follow both if they could.

And Bretagne.... very beautiful in places.

I can see Mourey getting two in a row.

A two minute report from last year's race: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hyO4mJK7YM

Yeah, a pity Eurosport aren't showing it like they did last year.

Really enjoyed it and it's a race that deserves more attention in it's own right.

 

[Roude Leiw]

It should be moved away from the AGR slot. Would perhaps give a chance than other WT teams than the frenchies show up. Very nice race indeed.

 

[Mellow Velo]

French Eurosport have 90 minutes scheduled for 20-00cet.
Nothing on English language Eurosports.

 

[greenedge]

Has Le Bon been injured as of late?

If not I think he, Chainel and Mourey will be the best riders. This race would be suited very much to Cancellara and Sagan- a pity there's no incentive for many WT teams to race here.

 

[roundabout]

Oh, so it has already finished. Merde.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

I should've followed this instead of AGR.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

If anybody finds long footage of the race please post.

 

[trevim]

http://www.procyclingstats.com/mob/race.php?id=138399

Adrien Petit won, great!...

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

About time he got a breakout result. Looking forward to the highlights

 

[Gloin22]

Hardly a breakout result though.

He's just not the same level of likes Demare and Bouhanni. He'll always be a 3rd rate sprinter.

 

[trevim]

Hardly a breakout result though.

He's just not the same level of likes Demare and Bouhanni. He'll always be a 3rd rate sprinter.

I haven't watched the race but this doesn't look like a sprint win to me. Maybe he can turn into a decent classics rider. I agree with you that concerning speed, he can't hold a candle to Demare or Bouhanni.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

I haven't watched the race but this doesn't look like a sprint win to me. Maybe he can turn into a decent classics rider. I agree with you that concerning speed, he can't hold a candle to Demare or Bouhanni.

yep, the win was not from a bunch sprint. Still awaiting footage....

Result with gaps:
1. PETIT Adrien COF 04:56:15
2. DASSONVILLE Flavien AUB 00:00:03
3. PINEAU Cedric FDJ 00:00:27
4. PERICHON Pierre-Luc BSE 00:00:31
5. JARRIER Benoit BSE 00:00:41
6. LINDEMAN Bertjan RDT 00:00:41
7. TURGOT Sébastien ALM 00:00:41
8. JEROME Vincent EUC 00:00:41
9. LEVARLET Guillaume COF 00:00:41
10. CORBEL Erwann BSE 00:00:44

 

[roundabout]

Hardly a breakout result though.

He's just not the same level of likes Demare and Bouhanni. He'll always be a 3rd rate sprinter.

First win in Europe. I was going to say first win as a pro, but he did win a stage in the oonga boonga race a few years back.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Here we go, 90 minutes of today's race:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujdnanImgtc

Busy watching.....

 

[burning]

Here we go, 90 minutes of today's race:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujdnanImgtc

Busy watching.....

Thanks for sharing.

 

[manafana]

thanks what a unique race and frances answer to strade bianche needs to get put maybe just after ardennes week.

 

[Afrank]

Here we go, 90 minutes of today's race:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujdnanImgtc

Busy watching.....

Much thanks, will have to watch that later when I have time.

 

[Echoes]

thanks what a unique race and frances answer to strade bianche needs to get put maybe just after ardennes week.

Which one is the answer to the other, d'you think?

If ever the two can be compared, actually.

 

[coimbrawu]

Great photos and a good piece of work by cyclingtips:
http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/04/tro-bro-leon-in-photos/

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Great photos and a good piece of work by cyclingtips:
http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/04/tro-bro-leon-in-photos/

Thanks, wonderful pictures of a spectacular race.

Emotion on display as well: http://d4nuk0dd6nrma.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/80B_3771.jpg

 

[veji11]

It was a very nice race, with a fair bit of movement, really more of a Flanders type of rac with the dirt roads playing the role of Cobbles. le Tro Bro Léon is, with les 4 jours de Dunkerque in early may, part of those very nice second rate races that have this flanders flavour but end up stuck in the calendar, facing the Ardennaises or the giro. Hard to find good slots for all those races.

Regarding Petit, to me he was never a sprinter, and it was a mistake to try to use him as such. He lacks a bit of explosion and the killer/psycho mentality a sprinter needs to have.

He is making the conversion into classicman/attacker. He has more of a Ladagnous profile : Good on cobbles, fast enough to win sprints in small groups of 10/15, but can't do better than top10 in bunch sprints. Still a solid young rider, who with this different focus could get a couple of victories per year and some good placings on WT classics.

 

[veji11]

Great photos and a good piece of work by cyclingtips:
http://cyclingtips.com.au/2014/04/tro-bro-leon-in-photos/

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Wow, great photo gallery.