Classic Lorient Agglomération - Ceratizit 2025

Mischa Bredewold claims third consecutive victory in reduced sprint

For a third year in a row, Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx-Protime) celebrated taking the victory at Classic Lorient Agglomération. Bredewold came back from an earlier crash on the wet roads to take the win in a reduced sprint.

Launching her sprint early, Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) finished second and Eline Jansen (VolkerWessels) took third in the all-Dutch podium in Plouay.

Classic Lorient Agglomération - Ceratizit 2025 information

The 2025 Classic Lorient Agglomération - Ceratizit takes place August 30 for a 24th edition, with the event starting as GP de Plouay and undergoing seven name changes. On the Women's WorldTour for many years, the rebranded Classic Lorient Agglomération-Ceratizit is now included as part of 4 Days CIC of Plouay with events for elite men and juniors.

The French one-day race began in 2002 as the GP de Plouay, German Regina Schleicher taking the victory. The current record for the most wins is held by British rider Lizzie Deignan, who between 2015 and 2020 earned three victories.

Last year Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx-Protime) defended her 2023 title, outsprinting Chloé Dygert (Canyon-SRAM) and Liane Lippert (Movistar) and carrying the European championship jersey to the top step of the podium in 158km route through southern Brittany.

This year's course will be slightly longer at 165.3km, with a familiar finishing circuit in Plouay to decide the winner.

Classic Lorient Agglomération - Ceratizit 2025 route

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The 2025 Classic Lorient Agglomération - Ceratizit provides the longest distance in the one-day races' 24-year history, stretching to 165.3km and 2,315 metres of elevation gain across 10 municipalities of Lorient Agglomération.

After the start in Plouay, the route leads on a serpentine course to the south. Once moving to the east, roads bring five categorised climbs and lead back to Plouay for two laps of a 11.7km finish circuit.

On the final circuit, the Côte du Lézot provides the only climb, with an average of 5% gradient across 900 metres and one section at 14%. On the second pass there is just 4.3km to the conclusion of the race.