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Formerly named "GP Ouest-France Plouay". This year the organizers are calling it the second edition of the "Bretagne Classic". We're going to call it the 81st edition of a race that has had a name change.

227.8 km of the main circuit + a final circuit of 13.9 km = 241.7 kilometers

Elia Viviani times his sprint perfectly.

The race: Here's the report from winner Elia Viviani's Team Sky.

Elia Viviani continued his great form and added another WorldTour race to his palmares with victory at the Bretagne Classic.

The Italian timed his sprint to perfection in Plouay, diving out from a tight gap in the pack and finding space along the left-hand side of the road. He edged out rivals Alexander Kristoff (Katusha-Alpecin) and Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Merida) at the line to claim his fourth win in little over a week.

Team Sky did a great job imposing themselves across the 239.7-kilometre event, arriving at the front in numbers to control the pace following the feedzone. Philip Deignan led the line, and shortly after Tao Geoghegan Hart bridged across to a promising attack, which quickly swallowed up the early breakaway.

That forced other teams to step up and chase, with Michal Kwiatkowski riding attentively behind and looking to follow any counter attacks. In the end it came back together, with Owain Doull pushing hard to catch a final group of escapees. Viviani dragged himself over the tough final rise, and after Michal Golas strung out the pack into the final kilometre, the Italian did the rest in style.
After the race a thrilled Viviani heaped praise onto his team-mates, and talked about the current wave of momentum he’s riding.

He explained: “We started with (Danny) van Poppel and Kwiato as leaders, but I was a co-leader just behind because I came here with I think the dream week - winning in Hamburg, two stages of Poitou Charentes and a few second places. It’s a good moment for me.

“In the race I felt really good. We kept the lead with the team in the right time, when the roads were narrow and there was gravel on the road. It was dangerous but with 100km to go it was too far. But we controlled the race really well. It’s an amazing feeling to win two big races – two Classics – at the end of the season. The shape is more than the top – I think it’s the best shape of my life. Finally I’m on the level I want to be. I’m really happy and thanks to this amazing team.

“It’s really wonderful. After the Tour we’ve had a lot of big wins and these make a difference. Kwiato won San Sebastian and all the guys have done a great job.”

Complete Results:

241.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.240 km/hr

1	Elia Viviani	Sky	5hr 51min 39sec
2	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
3	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
4	Sep Vanmarcke	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
5	Michael Matthews	Team Sunweb	s.t.
6	Ruben Guerreiro	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
7	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Dimension Data	s.t.
8	Nacer Bouhanni	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Simone Consonni	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
10	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC	s.t.
11	Lukas Pöstlberger	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Enrico Battaglin	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
13	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
14	Kristian Sbaragli	Dimension Data	s.t.
15	Luka Mezgec	Orica-Scott	s.t.
16	Carlos Barbero	Movistar	s.t.
17	Kiel Reijnen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
18	Anthony Delaplace	Fortuneo-Oscaro	s.t.
19	Matteo Busato	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
20	Lilian Calmejane	Direct Energie	s.t.
21	Daniele Bennati	Movistar	s.t.
22	Danilo Wyss	BMC	s.t.
23	Guillaume Martin	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
24	Zdenek Štybar	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
25	Yoann Offredo	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
26	Julien Vermote	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
27	Nans Peters	Ag2r	s.t.
28	Daryl Impey	Orica-Scott	s.t.
29	José Herrada	Movistar	s.t.
30	Laurens De Plus	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
31	Lorenzo Rota	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
32	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
33	Michael Valgren	Astana	s.t.
34	Cyril Gautier	Ag2r	s.t.
35	Mauro Finetto	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
36	Xandro Meurisse	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
37	Thomas Boudat	Direct Energie	s.t.
38	Jesús Herrada	Movistar	s.t.
39	Tony Gallopin	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
40	Dylan van Baarle	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
41	Fabien Grellier	Direct Energie	s.t.
42	Ignatas Konovalovas	FDJ	s.t.
43	Philippe Gilbert	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
44	Héctor Carretero	Movistar	s.t.
45	Jasha Sütterlin	Movistar	s.t.
46	Julien Simon	Cofidis	s.t.
47	Michal Golas	Sky	+13''
48	Dimitri Claeys	Cofidis	+16''
49	Alberto Bettiol	Cannondale-Drapac	+24''
50	Andriy Grivko	Astana	+27''
51	Vyacheslav Kuznetsov	Katusha-Alpecin	+33''
52	Silvan Dillier	BMC	s.t.
53	Rick Zabel	Katusha-Alpecin	+50''
54	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r	s.t.
55	Alexey Vermeulen	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
56	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale-Drapac	+53''
57	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
58	Jenthe Biermans	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
59	Simone Velasco	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
60	Mirco Maestri	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
61	Quentin Pacher	Delko-Marseille Provence	s.t.
62	Pieter Serry	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
63	Enrico Gasparotto	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
64	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	s.t.
65	Nikolas Maes	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
66	Victor Campenaerts	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
67	Romain Hardy	Fortuneo-Oscaro	s.t.
68	Fabien Doubey	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
69	Angelo Tulik	Direct Energie	s.t.
70	Simone Petilli	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
71	Gianluca Brambilla	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
72	Kévin Ledanois	Fortuneo-Oscaro	s.t.
73	Cyril Lemoine	Cofidis	+1' 08''
74	Laurent Pichon	Fortuneo-Oscaro	+1' 28''
75	Florian Vachon	Fortuneo-Oscaro	+1' 29''
76	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	+1' 30''
77	Nathan Haas	Dimension Data	+2' 09''
78	Michael Schär	BMC	s.t.
79	Pierre Rolland	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
80	Olivier Le Gac	FDJ	s.t.
81	Mike Teunissen	Team Sunweb	s.t.
82	Kristijan Ðurasek	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
83	Tim Wellens	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
84	Simone Antonini	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
85	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
86	Romain Sicard	Direct Energie	+2' 53''
87	Ben Gastauer	Ag2r	s.t.
88	Bram Tankink	LottoNL-Jumbo	+2' 55''
89	Taylor Phinney	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
90	Dries Devenyns	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
91	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Sky	+3' 43''
92	Paul Martens	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
93	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
94	Dylan Teuns	BMC	s.t.
95	Simon Gerrans	Orica-Scott	s.t.
96	Marco Marcato	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
97	Arnaud Gérard	Fortuneo-Oscaro	s.t.
98	Clément Venturini	Cofidis	+3' 45''
99	Owain Doull	Sky	+4' 06''
100	Mathew Hayman	Orica-Scott	s.t.
101	Nathan Van Hooydonck	BMC	+4' 26''
102	Jacopo Mosca	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	+5' 00''
103	Michal Kwiatkowski	Sky	+6' 16''
104	Luka Pibernik	Bahrain-Merida	+6' 47''
105	Jay Thomson	Dimension Data	+7' 49''
106	Zhandos Bizhigitov	Astana	s.t.
107	Nikias Arndt	Team Sunweb	s.t.
108	Baptiste Planckaert	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
109	Mitch Docker	Orica-Scott	s.t.
110	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
111	Petr Vakoc	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
112	Martijn Keizer	LottoNL-Jumbo	+13' 01''
113	Tom Leezer	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
114	David Gaudu	FDJ	s.t.
115	Benoît Vaugrenard	FDJ	s.t.
116	Manuel Belletti	Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia	s.t.
117	Edward Ravasi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
118	Marco Minnaard	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
119	Paul Ourselin	Direct Energie	+14' 15''
120	Ryan Mullen	Cannondale-Drapac	s.t.
121	Vincenzo Albanese	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
122	Jempy Drücker	BMC	+20' 05''

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