2011 GP Ouest-France explained

GP Ouest-France
Series:2011 UCI World Tour
Race No:23
Season No:27
Date:28 August 2011
Stages:1
Distance:248.3
Unit:km
Time:6h 32' 40"
Speed:37.94
First:Grega Bole
First Nat:Slovenia
Second:Simon Gerrans
Second Nat:Australia
Third:Thomas Voeckler
Third Nat:France
Previous:2010
Next:2012

The 2011 GP Ouest-France was the 75th edition of the GP Ouest-France, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 28 August 2011, over a distance of 248.3km (154.3miles), starting and finishing in Plouay, France. It was the 23rd event of the 2011 UCI World Tour season.

Grega Bole, the Slovenian road race champion riding for the team, took the victory after an attack within the final 2km (01miles) of the race and managed to hold on to his advantage, as the rest of the field closed on him in the closing metres.[1] Bole had been part of an eight-man breakaway,[2] and held off Simon Gerrans – the winner of the race in 2009 – who took second place for, while another previous race winner, Thomas Voeckler – the winner in 2007 – completed the podium for .[3]

Results

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RankCyclistTeamTimeUCI World Tour
Points[4]
16h 32' 40"80
2 s.t.60
3 s.t.
4s.t.40
5s.t.30
6s.t.
7s.t.14
8s.t.10
9s.t.
10s.t.

Notes and References

  1. News: Grega Bole wins the Grand Prix de Plouay 2011. Velowire. 28 August 2011. 28 November 2012.
  2. News: Bole wins GP Ouest-France. Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 28 August 2011. 29 August 2011.
  3. News: Bole sprints to win in Plouay. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 28 August 2011. 29 August 2011.
  4. Web site: Points scale – UCI WorldTour Ranking. UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. 29 August 2011. 12 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140712184029/http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTYwNzk&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=NjY0NTM&LangId=1. dead.