GP de Plouay

Grand Prix de Plouay

Race details
Date	late August
Region	Brittany, France
English name	Grand Prix of Plouay
Local name(s)	Grand Prix de Plouay
Discipline	Road bicycle racing
Competition	UCI Women's World Tour
Type	Singe-day race
History
First edition	2002
Editions	14 (as of 2015)
First winner	Regina Schleicher (GER)
Most wins	2 wins:  Noemi Cantele (ITA)  Emma Pooley (GBR)  Marianne Vos (NED)
Most recent	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)

The Grand Prix de Plouay is an elite professional women's road bicycle race held in Plouay, France.

It is organized annually since 2002, on the day before the men's race and on the same circuit.^[1] The race consists of four 26,9 km laps and one 13,9 km lap, totalling 121 km.

The race was part of the UCI Women's Road World Cup until 2015. In 2016 the race became part of the new UCI Women's World Tour.

Route

The course is known for its high rate of attrition. The first climb starts almost immediately as the race goes over the Côte du Lézot, a one-kilometre climb with an average gradient of 6%. Next is a six-kilometre ascent up to the Chapelle Sainte-Anne des Bois marking the half way point of the lap. After a flat section, the race addresses the Côte de Ty Marrec, which has a maximum gradient of 10%. The riders will have to tackle this 26.9 kilometre loop 4 times, before entering a last shortened 13.9 kilometre version of the loop, taking the riders over the Côte du Lézot and the Côte de Ty Marrec. The run-in to the finish is slightly downhill. The race is often won by the best sprinter of the climbers.^[2]

Winners

		Rider	Team
2002		Schleicher, ReginaRegina Schleicher (GER)
2003		Cooke, NicoleNicole Cooke (GBR)
2004		Pucinskaite, EditaEdita Pučinskaitė (LTU)
2005		Cantele, NoemiNoemi Cantele (ITA)
2006		Brandli, NicoleNicole Brändli (SUI)
2007		Cantele, NoemiNoemi Cantele (ITA)
2008		Luperini, FabianaFabiana Luperini (ITA)
2009		Pooley, EmmaEmma Pooley (GBR)	Cervélo TestTeam
2010		Pooley, EmmaEmma Pooley (GBR)	Cervélo TestTeam
2011		Vleuten, Annemiek vanAnnemiek van Vleuten (NED)	Nederland Bloeit
2012		Vos, MarianneMarianne Vos (NED)	Rabobank Women Cycling Team
2013		Vos, MarianneMarianne Vos (NED)	Rabobank–Liv Giant
2014		Brand, LucindaLucinda Brand (NED)	Rabo–Liv
2015		Armitstead, LizzieLizzie Armitstead (GBR)	Boels–Dolmans

Mulitiple winners

Wins	Rider	Editions
2	Noemi Cantele (ITA)	2005 + 2007
	Emma Pooley (GBR)	2009 + 2010
	Marianne Vos (NED)	2012 + 2013

Wins per Country

Wins	Country
4	Netherlands  United Kingdom
3	Italy
1	Germany  Lithuania   Switzerland

External links

• Official site
• GP de Plouay Palmares at Cycling Archives

References

1. Johnson, Greg. "Columbia-HTC has options for women’s GP Plouay assault. August 21, 2009". cyclingnews.com. CyclingNews. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
2. "Grand Prix de Plouay – Bretagne: who will be crowned UCI Women Road World Cup winner? 27 August 2015". uci.ch. UCI staff. Retrieved 27 November 2015.