The Tro-Bro Léon is a UCI ProSeries one-day race that snakes through the unpaved tracks in the Finistère department of Brittany. First held in 1984 and joining the UCI calendar in 2000, the race is famous for its unique podium prize - a small pig - and its posters that feature an artist's rendering of the previous year's winner.
The event is also part of the Coupe de France - a national calendar series that is hotly contested by the French teams.
Sometimes referred to as le Petit Paris-Roubaix or the Hell of the West, the Tro-Bro Léon features 27 ribinou - unpaved farm tracks of varying degrees of maintenance. Some are muddy double-track, some well-groomed gravel, some on climbs and some on descents.
Along with the difficulty of the ribinou, the 204-kilometre distance makes the Tro-Bro Léon a highly selective race.
