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August 27, 2026
Kreiz Breizh Elites Féminin 2026 🇫🇷 (1.1) WE – Ploëzal – Callac : 134,2 km
Kreiz Breizh Elites Féminin is a UCI 1.1 one-day race run over rolling Breton terrain,
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August 27, 2026
Kreiz Breizh Elites Féminin 2026 🇫🇷 (1.1) WE – Ploëzal – Callac : 134,2 km
Kreiz Breizh Elites Féminin is a UCI 1.1 one-day race run over rolling Breton terrain, where narrow roads, short climbs, and exposed rural stretches make the racing selective despite the absence of major mountains. The route often features repeated rises and technical transitions that keep the peloton under pressure, with wind sometimes adding an extra layer of difficulty across open sections. Riders need to position well, respond quickly to accelerations, and manage effort carefully because the course can become harder as the pace increases. Race dynamics usually involve active breakaways, persistent chasing, and attacks on the punchier parts of the route, especially when the road tilts upward or the bunch enters a finishing circuit. Typical profiles include rolling roads, short ascents, and technical finales that reward both climbing strength and bike handling. The finish is often a reduced-group sprint, though a late solo move is also possible if the terrain and pace have created enough separation. It is a race defined by repeated pressure, tactical awareness, and steady resilience.
Loes Adegeest (Lidl-Trek) claimed an emphatic victory in the UCI 1.1 Kreiz Breizh Elites Féminin in a highly tactical finale in Callac. The Dutch rider out-sprinted Sarah Van Dam (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Mavi Garcia (UAE Team l’IMAD) from a four-rider breakaway.
World Champion Magdeleine Vallieres (EF Education-Oatly) was fourth.
A breakaway of eight riders escaped in the first hour of racing, with Idoia Eraso (Laboral Kutxa – Fundación Euskadi), Maéva Plagniol (Tenvels Le Dévoluy), Lilou Jauvin (Mayenne Monbana My Pie), Léonie Mahieu (Lanester Women Morbihan), Martha Stokkeland (Torelli), Sophie von Berswordt (VolkerWessels Cycling Team), Laury Milette (Team Abadie Magnan), and Giorgia Vettorello (Tenvels Le Dévoluy) in the move.
However, the escapees struggled to gain more than one minute on the peloton over the constantly undulating terrain. Not long after the move was established, half of the riders lost contact with Plagniol, Jauvin, Mahieu and Stokkeland dropped with 89km to go.
The remaining four held a small advantage on the peloton until Eraso attacked with 49km to go, eventually distancing Von Berswordt, Milette and Vettorello, but she too was caught with 37km to go as the race entered the six finishing circuits.
Garcia began the aggression with 33km to go, and was briefly joined by Léa Stern (Ma Petite Entreprise) but after the Swiss rider lost contact, two riders bridged across: Margot Vanpachtenbeke (Lidl – Trek) and Caroline Andersson (Liv AlUla Jayco).
Again, the gaps remained small between the leaders and an ever-shrinking chase, and with 12km to go, a dozen riders came together at the head of the race.
The ever-aggressive Garcia launched an attack at the bell lap, joined by Adegeest, Vallieres and Van Dam, but had used up most of her arsenal and could not match the Dutch rider’s speed.
Agegeest has been active and aggressive throughout a series of one day races this month.
“It’s a brutal course,” Adegeest said. “This race has been a goal for me since I saw it on my calendar. So I was really happy that the good feeling returned this week.”
Results :
 WE </strong> - Ploëzal - Callac : 134,2 km
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Kreiz Breizh Elites Féminin is a UCI 1.1 one-day race run over rolling Breton terrain, where narrow roads, short climbs, and exposed rural stretches make the racing selective despite the absence of major mountains. The route often features repeated rises and technical transitions that keep the peloton under pressure, with wind sometimes adding an extra layer of difficulty across open sections. Riders need to position well, respond quickly to accelerations, and manage effort carefully because the course can become harder as the pace increases. Race dynamics usually involve active breakaways, persistent chasing, and attacks on the punchier parts of the route, especially when the road tilts upward or the bunch enters a finishing circuit. Typical profiles include rolling roads, short ascents, and technical finales that reward both climbing strength and bike handling. The finish is often a reduced-group sprint, though a late solo move is also possible if the terrain and pace have created enough separation. It is a race defined by repeated pressure, tactical awareness, and steady resilience.
Loes Adegeest (Lidl-Trek) claimed an emphatic victory in the UCI 1.1 Kreiz Breizh Elites Féminin in a highly tactical finale in Callac. The Dutch rider out-sprinted Sarah Van Dam (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Mavi Garcia (UAE Team l'IMAD) from a four-rider breakaway.
World Champion Magdeleine Vallieres (EF Education-Oatly) was fourth.
A breakaway of eight riders escaped in the first hour of racing, with Idoia Eraso (Laboral Kutxa - Fundación Euskadi), Maéva Plagniol (Tenvels Le Dévoluy), Lilou Jauvin (Mayenne Monbana My Pie), Léonie Mahieu (Lanester Women Morbihan), Martha Stokkeland (Torelli), Sophie von Berswordt (VolkerWessels Cycling Team), Laury Milette (Team Abadie Magnan), and Giorgia Vettorello (Tenvels Le Dévoluy) in the move.
However, the escapees struggled to gain more than one minute on the peloton over the constantly undulating terrain. Not long after the move was established, half of the riders lost contact with Plagniol, Jauvin, Mahieu and Stokkeland dropped with 89km to go.
The remaining four held a small advantage on the peloton until Eraso attacked with 49km to go, eventually distancing Von Berswordt, Milette and Vettorello, but she too was caught with 37km to go as the race entered the six finishing circuits.
Garcia began the aggression with 33km to go, and was briefly joined by Léa Stern (Ma Petite Entreprise) but after the Swiss rider lost contact, two riders bridged across: Margot Vanpachtenbeke (Lidl - Trek) and Caroline Andersson (Liv AlUla Jayco).
Again, the gaps remained small between the leaders and an ever-shrinking chase, and with 12km to go, a dozen riders came together at the head of the race.
The ever-aggressive Garcia launched an attack at the bell lap, joined by Adegeest, Vallieres and Van Dam, but had used up most of her arsenal and could not match the Dutch rider's speed.
Agegeest has been active and aggressive throughout a series of one day races this month.
"It's a brutal course," Adegeest said. "This race has been a goal for me since I saw it on my calendar. So I was really happy that the good feeling returned this week."
<strong>Results : </strong>
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