Lannilis, Sunday, 10th May 2026
Nothing is ever guaranteed at the Tro Bro Leon, and the 42nd edition of the Breton race proved that once again in spectacular fashion. Long uncertain, always eventful, the day appeared to have swung in favor of five contenders who broke away 30 kilometers from the finish: Per Strand Hagenes (Visma–Lease a Bike), Lewis Askey (NSN Cycling), Fred Wright (Pinarello Q36.5), Paul Lapeira (Decathlon CMA CGM) and Benoît Cosnefroy (UAE Emirates XRG). But the fighting spirit of a chasing group flipped the race. The persistence of the outsiders finally paid off with 8 kilometers to go, when they achieved their comeback while entering the sector of la ferme. In the end, the race was decided on the last of the 29 ribinou sectors, the one of Meshuel. Catching the favorites off guard, Filippo Fiorelli (Visma–Lease a Bike) launched his decisive attack three kilometers from the finish and managed to hold off the chasing riders all the way to the line. At 31 years old, and without a victory since July 2022, the Italian claimed the finest win of his career in “the Hell of the West”. He crossed the line ahead of Alexis Renard (Cofidis), proudly finishing as the best Breton rider on home soil, while Askey secured his first podium finish in four appearances at the race. Pierre Gautherat (Decathlon CMA CGM) and Rasmus Tiller (Uno-X Mobility) completed the top five in a race whose outcome remained, as always, impossible to predict until the very end.
1 Filippo Fiorelli 43 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 04h 47′ 35” – – –
2 Alexis Renard 97 Cofidis 04h 47′ 35” – – –
3 Lewis Askey 22 NSN Cycling Team 04h 47′ 35” – – –
