Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil-DCM) celebrated his 27th birthday in fine fashion as he won the Tour du Finistère, the sixth round of the Coupe du France. The 27-year-old Frenchman gapped the peloton in the uphill field sprint as he topped runner-up Armindo Fonseca (Bretagne-Schuller) by one second and third-placed Sandy Casar (FDJ) by two seconds.
A promising six man escape comprised of Frederik Veuchelen (Vacansoleil-DCM), Cyril Gautier (Team Europcar), Jean-Marc Marino (Saur-Sojasun), Sébastien Minard (AG2R La Mondiale), Rémi Cusin (Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne) and Cédric Pineau (FDJ) attacked with 70km remaining in the 186km race, but were swept up by the peloton less than 20km to the finish in Quimper.
With the victory, Feillu is the new leader of the Coupe du France.
| 1 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 4:13:52 |
| 2 | Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:00:01 |
| 3 | Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ | 0:00:02 |
| 4 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 5 | Justin Jules (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | |
| 6 | Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 7 | Maxime Mederel (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 8 | Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| 9 | Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 10 | Sylvain Georges (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 11 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
| 12 | Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp | |
| 13 | Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 14 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ | |
| 15 | Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | |
| 16 | Jesús Del Nero Montes (Spa) Team Netapp | |
| 17 | Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 18 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ | |
| 19 | Evert Verbist (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
| 20 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 21 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:00:09 |
| 22 | Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ | |
| 23 | Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:00:14 |
| 24 | Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Endura Racing | |
| 25 | Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:00:19 |
| 26 | Rene Mandri (Est) Endura Racing | |
| 27 | Dimitri Le Boulch (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 28 | Santo Anza (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 29 | Julien Guay (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:00:23 |
| 30 | David Lelay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 31 | Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team Netapp | |
| 32 | Guillaume Faucon (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| 33 | Jacobus Venter (RSA) Veranda's Willems - Accent | 0:00:26 |
| 34 | Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Caja Rural | 0:00:28 |
| 35 | Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 36 | Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 37 | Alexander Riabkin (Rus) Caja Rural | 0:00:31 |
| 38 | Ronan Racault (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:00:32 |
| 39 | Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ | |
| 40 | Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 41 | Daniel Diaz (Arg) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | |
| 42 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| 43 | Rémi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 44 | Paul Poux (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 45 | Anthony Charteau (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:00:35 |
| 46 | Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:00:39 |
| 47 | Romain Lemarchand (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:43 |
| 48 | Steven Caethoven (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
| 49 | Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 50 | Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:51 |
| 51 | Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 52 | Laurent Pichon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | 0:00:54 |
| 53 | Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:58 |
| 54 | Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:01:01 |
| 55 | Johan Mombaerts (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | 0:01:30 |
| 56 | Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| 57 | Sébastien Joly (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | 0:01:37 |
| 58 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:55 |
| 59 | Igor Romero Etxebarria (Spa) Caja Rural | 0:03:43 |
| 60 | Dieter Cappelle (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | 0:04:59 |
| 61 | Guillermo Lana Baquedano (Spa) Caja Rural | 0:06:50 |
| 62 | Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Caja Rural | |
| 63 | Tom Last (GBr) Sigma Sport - Specialized | 0:07:02 |
| 64 | Simon Richardson (GBr) Sigma Sport - Specialized | 0:09:03 |
| DNF | Kit Gilham (GBr) Sigma Sport - Specialized | |
| DNF | James Moss (GBr) Endura Racing | |
| DNF | Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Endura Racing | |
| DNF | Alexander Wetterhall (Swe) Endura Racing | |
| DNF | John Anderson (Aus) Endura Racing | |
| DNF | Jack Bauer (NZl) Endura Racing | |
| DNF | Alexandre Blain (Fra) Endura Racing | |
| DNF | Thomas Copeland (GBr) Sigma Sport - Specialized | |
| DNF | Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | |
| DNF | Higinio Fernández (Spa) Caja Rural | |
| DNF | Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | |
| DNF | Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | |
| DNF | James Willamson (GBr) Sigma Sport - Specialized | |
| DNF | Mathieu Delaroziere (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | |
| DNF | Rubén Reig Conejero (Spa) Caja Rural | |
| DNF | Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| DNF | Arturo Mora Ortiz (Spa) Caja Rural | |
| DNF | Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| DNF | Sébastien Duret (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| DNF | Mathieu Halleguen (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| DNF | Eric Berthou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller | |
| DNF | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ | |
| DNF | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ | |
| DNF | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ | |
| DNF | Thomas Murray (GBr) Sigma Sport - Specialized | |
| DNF | Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Netapp | |
| DNF | Kévin Reza (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| DNF | Mathieu Claude (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| DNF | Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| DNF | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| DNF | Romain Matheou (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| DNF | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Saur - Sojasun | |
| DNF | Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| DNF | Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| DNF | Steve Houanard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| DNF | Michaël Baer (Swi) Team Netapp | |
| DNF | Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
| DNF | Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Team Netapp | |
| DNF | Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille | |
| DNF | Flavien Dassonville (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| DNF | Jonathan Thire (Fra) Big Mat - Auber 93 | |
| DNF | Matthieu Boulo (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| DNF | Anthony Colin (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| DNF | Kevin Lalouette (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| DNF | Florian Le Corre (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| DNF | Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | |
| DNF | Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) Team Europcar | |
| DNF | Thomas Vernaeckt (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
| DNF | Sven Van Den Houte (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
| DNF | Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp |
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