The 39th Finistère Tour is particularly exciting. The organizers gathered a few days ago already at the CReduct agricultural of Finistère, in Quimper and notably announced the teams and some names which will appear on the departure list on Friday May 9. 6 WorldTour training will start from the race organized by our columnist Marc Fayet : Groupama-FDJ, Cofidis, Arkéa-B&B Hotels, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, Bahrain-Victorious et Movistar. From May 8 to 11, Brittany will host for the first time an unprecedented grouping of four events of the French FDJ Cup : Boucles de l’Alne-Châteaulin, Tour du Finistère Pays de Quimper, Grand Prix du Morbihan et Faith Bro Léonas it has just happened during the Tryptic of Franche-Comté.
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Marc Fayet, organizer of Tour du Finistère Pays de Quimperreturned after the LNC On the genesis of this project: “The idea of bringing the four races closer to a single weekend, where does it come from? Originally, this is the consequence of moving the four days of Dunkirk. Their test, planned for a certain period, had to be shifted because of major events in Dunkirk, in particular the commemorations of 1945 (Liberation and end of the war). “
Before continuing: “This discrepancy led the League to ask us to recover another niche, that of the end of May, initially reserved for our races (Tour du Finistère Pays de Quimper and Boucles de l’Alne). In return, we had to find another date. By working with the League, several options appeared. The choice of early May was naturally imposed: the Plumelec Grand Prix and Tro Bro Léon were already scheduled on May 10 and 11, which formed a great opportunity by relying on the extended weekend thanks to May 8 public holiday and May 9, which became a bridge. So we grafted this weekend. We had to obtain the agreement of the municipalities concerned, Quimper and Châteaulin in particular, to advance our dates. We, for example, agreed to run a Friday, in the middle of the week, which was not easy. But the holiday of May 8 helped maintain the crowds. “
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In addition to the 6 WorldTour training, we will find 8 Conti Pro (Israel-Prime Tech, Caja Rural-Seguros RGA, Totalenergies team, Euskaltel-Euskadi, Q36.5 Cycling Team, Unibet Tietema Rockets, Wagnez Bazin-Wb and Burgos-Burpellet BH). French training Van Rysel-Roubaix, Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur, CIC-Nantes et St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 Complete the tray.
Regarding the first riders announced, we find the crack Paul Seixas (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale), the winner of Milan-san row, Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Victorious), Bryan Coquard (COFIDIS) Ivan Garcia Cortina (Movistar), The country (Groupama-FDJ) or Anthony Turgis (Totalenergies team). Regarding the other information unveiled, the race course will be reduced to 168 kilometers in total. THE 39e Finistère Tour will start on the heights of Stang-Vihan, in Kerfeunteun.
