A Breton one-day race where positioning and late accelerations decide the outcome
Grand Prix du Morbihan
A French one-day race that rewards sharp positioning and the ability to accelerate when the road tilts up in the final hour.
Next edition May 8, 2027
- Location
- 🇫🇷 France
- When
- Second Saturday in May
- Course
- One Day
- Most recent winner
- 🇫🇷 Benoît Cosnefroy (2026)
- Category
- Men’s 1.Pro
About Grand Prix du Morbihan
Grand Prix du Morbihan is a men's one-day bike race held each May in Brittany, France. Part of the ProSeries calendar, it typically features rolling terrain through the southern Breton countryside and a finale built around punchy circuits that punish hesitation and reward sharp acceleration.
A long-standing fixture on the Breton racing calendar, the Grand Prix du Morbihan has served as a proving ground for French puncheurs and sprinters chasing form in the late spring.
This is a race where the outcome hinges on reading the final circuits correctly and having the legs to respond when the pace lifts. The Breton roads offer enough gradient variation to split the field without requiring pure climbing power, and the finish often comes down to a small group that survived the last accelerations. It sits in a useful spot on the calendar for riders building form or testing condition between bigger targets.
Grand Prix du Morbihan winners
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 🇫🇷Benoît Cosnefroy |
| 2025 | 🇫🇷Benoit Cosnefroy |
| 2024 | 🇫🇷Benoit Cosnefroy |
| 2023 | 🇧🇪Arnaud De Lie |
| 2022 | 🇫🇷Julien Simon |
| 2021 | 🇧🇪Arne Marit |
2027 edition
May 8, 2027.
Grand Prix du Morbihan route
The race typically unfolds on rolling roads around the Morbihan department, with enough short climbs and technical sections to reward attentive positioning. The finale usually involves multiple laps of a circuit that includes at least one punchy rise, and the winning move often comes in the last 20 kilometers when fatigue narrows the group and positioning mistakes become expensive. This is not a race won by pure sprinters or pure climbers, but by riders who can handle repeated accelerations and stay near the front when the road kicks up. Weather can add another variable, especially if wind off the Atlantic reaches inland, but the decisive factor is usually who still has the sharpness to respond when the pace lifts on the final climbs.
What shapes the race
Race type
One-day race in Brittany, France, through the rolling Morbihan countryside.
Typical winner
A punchy rider comfortable on rolling terrain and in reduced bunch sprints.
Signature landmarks
The rolling hills of inland Brittany.
History
Iconic victories
Benoit Cosnefroy
Back-to-back wins in 2024-2025 made him the defining modern champion.
Arnaud De Lie
Won in 2023 with power and positioning.
Eras and records
A Breton one-day race through rolling countryside.
Location
Held in the Morbihan department of Brittany, France.