Saturday 18 April 2015 at 09h39

This weekend there will not only be the Amstel Gold Race (on Sunday), but also the Tour du Finistère today and the Tro Bro Léon tomorrow!

For this last mentioned race this article contains the race route on Google Maps, the time- and route schedule, the profile and the possibility to download the race route to open it in Google Earth. You'll also find a description of all the ribins ... and velowire.com will be present on this race in Brittany to share the race with you in photos and in a written summary and early next week in video!

The Tro Bro Léon 2015 on Google Maps

The Tro Bro Léon is some sort of a bis repetita of Paris-Roubaix. Without really comparing both races, where the second part of the Hell of the North's race route is full of cobble stones, the Tro Bro Léon - the Hell of the West - contains ribins which make this race particular.

I already hear you say ribins, what's that? Well, ribins (pronounce it as reebeens) or ribinous are roads across the fields, either as a sans road but often containing some gravel, which are spread around the race route. No less than 23 different ribins are on the race route, of which one is ridden 3 times in the laps on the circuit around the finish city (to get to a total of 25 ribins), for a total distance of 31.9 kilometers (the longest ribin is 3.3 kilometers long).

The start and finish will be in Lannilis, north of Brest. From there, the riders will leave the neutralised zone on the D28 where the sea enters the land close to Saint-Pabu. Via Ploudalmézeau they go to the coast line which they follow via the touristical route before they go back landinwards via Brélès and back to the sea close to Lampaul-Plouarzel. They'll then discover the different ribins:

#	location	length	name	km from the start
01	Plouarzel	1.100 m	Les Eoliennes	37,5
02	Milizac	1.700 m	Coatquennec	51
03	Bourg-Blanc	2.200 m	Ty Douar	60,1
04	Plabennec	2.300 m	Lanorven	69,9
05	Landerneau	1.200 m	Kergreis	86,5
06	Trémaouezan	1.100 m	Kervelec	95,1
07	Ploudaniel	1.400 m	Le Guézou Braz	102,2
08	Lanarvily	700 m	Salle des fêtes	112,1
09	Kernilis	1.500 m	Le Clos	114,9
10	Le Folgoët	1.200 m	Guiquelleau	118
11	Plounéour Trez	1.200 m	Le désert	130,4
12	Guissény	2.000 m	Lanveur	151,9
13	Plouguerneau	1.0200 m	V Anteren	154,8
14	Plouguerneau	1.500 m	Kerdelan	157,4
15	Plouguerneau	800 m	Kerfaven	159,6
16	Plouvien	800 m	Le Diouris	163,4
17	Lannilis	1.400 m	Kerouartz	168,7
18	Lannilis	900 m	Pouldu	171,3
19	Lannilis	700 m	Mescoat	174,1
20	Lannilis	800 m	Les Anges	179
21	Lannilis	1.000 m	Ker Ar Groaz	181,6
22	Lannilis	3.300 m	Mescleguer	184,8 km
23>25	Lannilis	700 m	Meshuel	192 196,8 201,6

All this ... on a 204.4 kilometer long race route.

Hereunder you'll find the race route on Google Maps, the profile and the time- and route schedule of the Tro Bro Léon 2015. Click on the images to open them.

The Tro Bro Léon 2015 race route in Google Earth

Do you prefer to see the Tro Bro Léon 2015 race route in Google Earth and for example do a virtual fly-over of the race route? Download the following KML below:

>> Download the Tro Bro Léon 2015 race route in Google Earth

door Thomas Vergouwen
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