Search our site:
Bretagne Classic Ouest-France
(World Tour)
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
Formerly Grand Prix de Ouest-France
Bill & Carol McGann's book The Story of the Tour de France, Vol 1: 1903 - 1975 is available in print, Kindle eBook & audiobook versions. To get your copy, just click on the Amazon link on the right.
The race:
The Bretagne Classic Ouest-France (until 2015 called "GP Ouest-France") is a one-day race held in the town of Plouay in bike-mad Brittany, France.
It is run in August/September. Originally called the Grand-Prix de Plouay, it was renamed GP Ouest-France in 1989.
When the UCI started the Pro Tour in 2005, the race was included in its roster and when the Pro Tour was replaced by the UCI World Tour, the race was made part of that race group.
The race was started by a former Tour de France doctor, Dr. Berty. He was able to use his influence to attract the cream of French cycling for his first edition. A look at the podium history below will show that the race has attracted some of the best racers of in French cycling history.
The course is challenging. "Plouay is never an easy race. You don’t have a single meter of flat roads there, just a lot of climbing and technical roads, and even some gravel sections in the last 80 kilometers," Team Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl director Wilfried Peeters said.
Content continues below the ads
Complete podium history:
Year |
1st place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 1931 | François Fave | Pierre Le Doare @ 3min |
Andre Godinat @ s.t. |
110 km | |
| 1932 | Philippe Bono 5hr 10min |
Paul Le Drogo @ s.t. (some results show Ferdinand 2nd) |
Ferdinand Le Drogo s.t. |
160 km | 30.9 |
| 1933 | Philippe Bono 4hr 55min |
Raymond Louviot @ s.t. |
Julien Grujeon @ s.t. |
160 km | 32.54 |
| 1934 | Lucien Tulot 4hr 51min |
Jean Keriel @ 7min |
Rene Durin @ 10min |
150 km | 30.93 |
| 1935 | Jean Le Dilly 3hr 55min 30sec |
E. Le Gallo @ s.t. |
Raymond Drouet @ 3min 40sec |
140 km | 35.67 |
| 1936 | Pierre Cogan | François Lucas | Jean Le Dilly | ||
| 1937 | Jean-Marie Grosmat 4hr 50sec |
Robert Oubron @ s.t. |
Amedee Fournier @ 6min |
160 km | 33.1 |
| 1938 | Pierre Cloarec 5hr 56min |
Robert Tanneveau @ 9min |
Jean-Marie Goasmat @ 11min |
200 km | 33.71 |
| 1945 | Eli Tassin 4hr 16min 30sec |
Christophe Taeron @ 2min |
François Gouyette @ s.t. |
153 km | 35.79 |
| 1946 | Ange Le Strat | Roger Chupin @ 1min 30sec |
Pierre Cogan @ 7min 35sec |
150 km | |
| 1947 | Raymond Louviot | Albert Bourlon @ s.t. |
Roger Chupin @ 3min 40sec |
150 km | |
| 1948 | Eloi Tassin 4hr 7min |
Francis Chretien @ 1min 53sec |
Raymond Louviot @ s.t. |
150 km | 36.44 |
| 1949 | Armand Audaire 5hr 54min |
Guy Butteux @ 4min |
Rene Haugustaine @ s.t. |
200 km | 33.90 |
| 1950 | Armand Audaire | Andre Ruffet | Germain Mercier | ||
| 1951 | Emile Guerniel | Guy Butteux | Jean Erussard | ||
| 1952 | Emile Guerniel 5hr 10min |
François Mahe @ s.t. |
Jean Bobet@ 15sec | 189 km | 36.58 |
| 1953 | Serge Blusson 4hr 43min |
Louis Gillet @ s.t. |
Raymond Scardin @ s.t. |
180 km | 36.16 |
| 1954 | Ugo Anzile 5hr 15min |
Jean Le Gilly @ 40sec |
Rene-Jean Gadras @ s.t. |
196 km | 37.33 |
| 1955 | Jacques Petitjean | Jacques Dupont | Joseph Le Cadet | 165 km | |
| 1956 | Valentin Huot 4hr 33min |
Rene Fournier @ 50sec |
Joseph Morvan @ s.t. |
175 km | 38.46 |
| 1957 | Isaac Vitre 4hr 58min |
Joseph Morvan @ 5sec |
Joseph Groussard @ s.t. |
180 km | 36.24 |
| 1958 | Jean Gainche 4hr 54min |
Andre Ruffet | Joseph Thomin Fernand Picot |
180 km | 36.73 |
| 1959 | Emmanuel Crenn | Jean Gainche @ 1min 15sec |
Felix Le Buhotel @ s.t. |
190 km | |
| 1960 | Hubert Ferrer | Andre Foucher @ 10sec |
Joseph Velly @ 2min 10sec |
195 km | |
| 1961 | Fernand Picot | Pierre Le Mellec | Max Bleneau | 188 km | |
| 1962 | Jean Gainche | Georges Groussard | Joseph Morvan | ||
| 1963 | Fernand Picot 5hr 8min |
Pierre Le Mellec @ s.t. |
Fernand Delort @ s.t. |
188 km | 36.62 |
| 1964 | Jean Bourles | Hubert Ferrer @ s.t. |
Jean Gainche @ 1min 35sec |
180 km | |
| 1965 | François Goasduff | Hubert Niel | Jean-Louis Jagueneau | 185 km | |
| 1966 | Claude Mazeaud 5hr 17min |
Jean Bourles @ s.t. |
Pierre Le Mellec @ s.t. |
195 km | 36.91 |
| 1967 | François Hamon 5hr 5min |
Georges Chappe @ s.t. |
Maurice Morin @ s.t. |
200 km | 39.34 |
| 1968 | Jean Jourden 5hr 9min |
Jean-Claude Lebaube @ 35sec |
Andre Zimmermann @ s.t. |
200 km | 38.83 |
| 1969 | Jean Jourden 5hr 8min |
François Goasduff @ 15sec |
Leon-Paul Menard @ s.t. |
196 km | 38.18 |
| 1970 | Jean Marcarini 5hr 34min 4sec |
Robert Bouloux @ s.t. |
Roland Berland @ s.t. |
205 km | 36.82 |
| 1971 | Jean-Pierre Dangauillaume 5hr 13min 10sec |
Jacques Gestraud @ 38sec |
Raymond Deslisle @ 3min 32sec |
202 km | 38.70 |
| 1972 | Robert Bouloux 6hr 35min |
Gereard Besnard @ 8sec |
Enzo Mattioda @ 17sec |
255 km | 38.72 |
| 1973 | Jean-Claude Largeau 5hr 9min |
Gilbert Bellone @ 42sec |
Guy Sibille @ 45sec |
205 km | 39.78 |
| 1974 | Raymond Martin 4hr 45min 55sec |
Jacques Botherel @ s.t. |
Claude Aigueparses @ s.t. |
194 km | 40.7 |
| 1975 | Cyrille Guimard 5hr 13min |
Jean-Louis Danguillaume @ 55sec |
Guy Santy @ 1min 40sec |
205 km | 39.28 |
| 1976 | Jacques Bossis |
Patrick Perret @ 5sec |
Pierre-Raymond Villemiane @ 1min 45sec |
||
| 1977 | Jacques Bossis | Roger Legeay @ s.t. |
Christian Seznec @ s.t. |
||
| 1978 | Pierre-Raymond Villemiane 4hr 54min |
Joop Zoetemelk @ s.t. |
Marcel Tinazzi @ 25sec |
202 km | 41.20 |
| 1979 | Frits Pirard | Jean Chassang @ 1min 40sec |
Yvon Bertin @ s.t. |
202 km |
Content continues below the ads
| 1980 | Patrick Friou | Jacques Bossis @ 16sec |
Bernard Becaas @ s.t. |
200 km | |
| 1981 | Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle 4hr 48min 28sec |
Dominique Arnaud @ 58sec |
Raymond Martin @ s.t. |
198 km | 41.18 |
| 1982 | Francis Castaing 5hr 15min 23sec |
Regis Clere @ s.t. |
Didier Vanoverschelde @ s.t. |
212 km | 40.33 |
| 1983 | Pierre Bazzo 5hr 25min 30sec |
Marc Madiot @ 3min 1sec |
Stephen Roche @ 3min 13sec |
225 km | 41.47 |
| 1984 | Sean Kelly 5hr 38min 34sec |
Frederic Vichot @ 2sec |
Eric Caritoux @ 3sec |
218 km | 38.63 |
| 1985 | Eric Guyot 5hr 43min 48sec |
Rudy Matthijs @ 7sec |
Marc Madiot @ 12sec |
225 km | 39.27 |
| 1986 | Martial Gayant 5hr 50min 54sec |
Sean Kelly @ s.t. |
Soren Lilholt @ s.t. |
225 km | 38.47 |
| 1987 | Gilbert Duclos-Lassale 5hr 38min 11sec |
Jean-Claude Bagot @ s.t. |
Frederic Brun @ 49sec |
237 km | 42.05 |
| 1988 | Luc Leblanc 5hr 58min 44sec |
Charly Mottet @ s.t. |
Patrice Esnault @ 1min 5sec |
237 km | 39.64 |
| 1989 | Jean-Claude Colotti 6hr 15min 6sec |
Bruno Cornillet @ s.t. |
Gilles Delion @ 5sec |
250 km | 39.99 |
| 1990 | Bruno Cornillet 5hr 8sec |
Martial Gayant @ s.t. |
Thomas Wegmuller @ 5sec |
208 km | 41.58 |
| 1991 | Armand de las Cuevas 5hr 2min 40sec |
Andreas Kappes @ s.t. |
Miguel Arroyo @ s.t. |
209 km | 41.43 |
| 1992 | Ronan Pensac 5hr 10min 47sec |
Serge Baguet @ 2sec |
Thierry Claveyrolat @ s.t. |
209 km | 40.35 |
| 1993 | Thierry Claveyrolat 5hr 9min 25sec |
Jean-François Bernard @ 1sec |
Thierry Laurent @ 14sec |
209 km | 40.53 |
| 1994 | Andrei Tchmil 4hr 55min 2sec |
Richard Virenque @ 55sec |
Jens Heppner @ s.t. |
209 km | 42.50 |
| 1995 | Rolf Jaermann 4hr 53min 29sec |
Laurent Madouas @ 3sec |
Christian Henn @ 31sec |
209 km | 42.73 |
| 1996 | Frank Vandenbroucke 4hr 52min 1sec |
Laurent Brochard @ 30sec |
Andrei Tchmil @ s.t. |
209 km | 42.94 |
| 1997 | Andrea Ferrigato 4hr 58min 32sec |
Sergio Barbero @ s.t. |
Chris Horner @ 2sec |
209 km | 42.00 |
| 1998 | Pascal Herve 4hr 57min 13sec |
Ludo Dierckxsens @ 1min 19sec |
Stephane Heulot 2 3min 30sec |
209 km | 41.19 |
| 1999 | Christophe Mengin 4hr 46min26sec |
Markus Zberg @ s.t. |
Serguei Ivanov @ 6sec |
209 km | 43.78 |
| 2000 | Michele Bartoli 4hr 59min |
Nico Mattan @ 10sec |
Walter Beneteau @ 11sec |
209 km | 41.94 |
| 2001 | Nico Mattan 4hr 30min 39sec |
Patrice Halgand @ 1sec |
Patrick Jonker @ s.t. |
198 km | 43.89 |
| 2002 | Jeremy Hunt 4hr 44min 2sec |
Stuart O'Grady @ s.t. |
Baden Cooke @ s.t. |
196 km | 41.40 |
| 2003 | Andy Flickinger 4hr 34min 22sec |
Anthony Geslin @ s.t. |
Nicolas Jalabert @ s.t. |
198 km | 43.30 |
| 2004 | Didier Rous 4hr 31min 27sec |
Serge Baguet @ s.t. |
Guido Trentin @ 2sec |
198 km | 43.76 |
Content continues below the ads
| 2005 | George Hincapie 4hr 59min 42sec |
Alexandre Usov @ s.t. |
Davide Rebellin @ s.t. |
211.5 km | 42.44 |
| 2006 | Vincenzo Nibali 5hr 18min 56sec |
Juan Antonio Flecha @ s.t. |
Manuele Mori @ s.t. |
226 km | 42.52 |
| 2007 | Thomas Voeckler 5hr 32min 47sec |
Thor Hushovd @ 2sec |
Danilo Di Luca @ s.t. |
210.1 km | 37.86 |
| 2008 | Pierrick Fedrigo 5hr 42min 44sec |
Alessandro Ballan @ s.t. |
David Lopez Garcia @ 3sec |
229.2 km | 40.09 |
| 2009 | Simon Gerrans 5hr 58min 53sec |
Pierrick Fedrigo @ s.t. |
Paul Martens @ s.t. |
229.2 km | 38.29 |
| 2010 | Matthew Harley Goss 6hr 37min 53sec |
Tyler Farrar @ s.t. |
Yoann Offredo @ s.t. |
248.3 km | 37.443 |
| 2011 | Grega Bole 6hr 32min 40sec |
Simon Gerrans @ s.t. |
Thomas Voeckler @ s.t. |
248.3 km | 37.941 |
| 2012 | Edvald Boasson Hagen 5hr 55min 28sec |
Rui Alberto Faria @ 5sec |
Heinrich Haussler @ s.t. |
243 km | 41.017 |
| 2013 | Filippo Pozzato 5hr 59min 54sec |
Giacomo Nizzolo @ s.t. |
Samuel Dumoulin @ s.t. |
243 km | 40.511 |
| 2014 | Sylvain Chavanel 5hr 38min 26sec |
Andrea Fedi @ s.t. |
Arthur Vichot @ s.t. |
229.1 km | 40.616 |
| 2015 | Alexander Kristoff 5hr 31min 32sec |
Simone Ponzi @ s.t. |
Ramunas Navardauskas @ s.t. |
229.1 km | 41.461 |
| 2016 | Oliver Naesen 5hr 58min 46sec |
Alberto Bettiol @ 2sec |
Alexander Kristoff @ 5sec |
248.9 km | 41.626 km/hr |
| 2017 | Elia Viviani 5hr 51min 39sec |
Alexander Kristoff @ s.t. |
Sonny Colbrelli @ s.t. |
241.7 km | 41.240 km/hr |
| 2018 | Oliver Naesen 6hr 16min 34sec |
Michael Valgren @ s.t. |
Tim Wellens @ 3sec |
253.9 km | 40.455 km/hr |
| 2019 | Sep Vanmarcke 6hr 12min 23sec |
Tiesj Benoot @ 3sec |
Jack Haig @ s.t. |
248.1 km | 39.975 km/hr |
| 2020 | Michael Matthews 6hr 1min 14sec |
Luka Mezgec @ 1sec |
Florian Senechal @ s.t. |
247.75 km | 41.151 km/hr |
| 2021 | Benoit Cosnefroy 5hr 59min 56sec |
Julian Alaphilippe @ s.t. |
Mikkel Honore @ 3sec |
250.5 km | 41.758 km/hr |
| 2022 | Wout van Aert 6ht 4min 22sec |
Axel Laurance @ s.t. |
Alexander Kamp @ s.t. |
254.86 km | 41.968 km/hr |
| 2023 | Valentin Madouas 6hr 15min 22sec |
Mathieu Burgaudeau @ s.t. |
Felix Grossschartner @ s.t. |
254.84 km | 40.735 km/hr |
| 2024 | Marc Hirschi 6hr 9min 35sec |
Paul Magnier @ 1sec |
Magnus Cort @ s.t. |
259.8 km | 42.177 km/hr |