Bretagne’s Classic – Tro-Bro Léon
Bretagne’s Tro-Bro Léon lived up to its reputation as one of the most exciting and unpredictable races on the international calendar. Cold rain and heavy winds battered the peloton as Pier-Andre Cote broke clear in what he described as, “the hardest I have ever gone to finish a race.” See what makes this race so unique through the lens of photographer Ethan Glading.
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- Euro GM and Bretagne native Stéphane Heulot gets ready for his home race.
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- By the end of the race, a number of riders will have switched bikes.
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- The peloton invades the beautiful Bretagne coastline.
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- Team car bridges across to Coté’s breakaway.
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- Arvid de Kleijn in his first race back after Tour of Turkey.
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- Canadian road champ Adam de Vos.
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- The dirtier you are the better you are at following wheels.
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- Coté approaching the famous tunnel and the final circuits.
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- Riders give it everything on every sector of ribin.
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- Matteo Dal-Cin digging deep.
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- Ben King on the effort required: “You just turn your brain off and try to have fun with it.”
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- It’ll take more than a few minutes to recover from an effort like that.
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- Soigneur Patrique Högemann catches up with Coté at the finish. Might also be thinking about pressure washing the riders and call it laundry.
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- Hand over your heart. AKA Rally.
