As announced in the previous article, this weekend will not only see the Amstel Gold Race taking place on Sunday, but also the Tour du Finistère on Saturday and the Tro Bro Léon on Sunday!

For the last mentioned race you can find in this article the race route on Google Maps, the time- and route schedule, the profile and the possibility to download the race route to open it in Google Earth.

The Tro Bro Léon 2012 on Google Maps

The Tro Bro Léon is a kind of a bis repetita of Paris-Roubaix. Indeed, where the second part of the race route of the Hell of the North is full of cobble stones, in the Tro Bro Léon it's the ribins which make the race particular.

The ribins? I hear you say ... yes, yes, the ribins (pronounce: reebeens) or ribinous are small paths crossing a field, either a sand path but often with gravel, which are part of the race route of this race. No less than 22 ribins are on the race route, one of which will be done 4 times in the laps on the local circuit around the finish city, over a total distance of 33.4 kilometers.

The start and finish are in Lannilis, north of Brest. From there, the riders will first go towards the coast line to get to the real start of the race, in L'Aber Wrac'h. After the start they'll return to Lannilis and get to the intermediate sprint in Ploudalmézeau. They'll continue onto the ribins:

#	place	length	from	to	km done	km to do
01	Plouarzel	1,200 m	Langoulouman	Les Eoliennes	46	160.4
02	Milizac	1,700 m	Coatquennec	Route de Milizac-Keralan	59.5	146.9
03	Bourg-Blanc	2,100 m	Ty Douar	Kervalanoc	68.8	137.6
04	Plabennec	2,400 m	Lanorven	Traon Bihan	78.4	128
05	St. Thonan	1,000 m	Lanvelar-vihan	Mestallic / St. Thonan	89.2	117.2
06	St. Thonan	1,500 m	Dourguen	Creac'h Coadic	92.3	114.1
07	Ploudaniel	3,200 m	Kerbilbren	Kermahellan Braz	100.5	105.9
08	Lanarvily	800 m	Loscoat	Loscoat	113.3	93.1
09	Kernilis	700 m	Le Vern	Toul-Douar	116.3	90.1
10	Kernilis	1,600 m	Le Clos	Penmarc'h	119.8	86.6
11	Le Folgoët	1,200 m	Quiquelleau	Lannuchen	122.5	83.9
12	Plounéour-Trez	1,200 m	Route de Plounéour-Trez	Gare de Plounéour-Trez	135	71.4
13	Kerlouan	1,200 m	Neiz Vran	Treseny	147.2	59.2
14	Guissnény	1,500 m	Lanveur	Kervaro	160.8	45.6
15	Plouguerneau	1,800 m	Enez Inoc	Sainte Anne	163.7	42.7
16	Plouguerneau	1,000 m	Enez Cadec	Anteren	166.5	39.9
17	Plouguerneau	2,000 m	Kerdélant	Lanebeur	169	37.4
18	Plouguerneau	1,500 m	Lanebeur	Le Cosquer	171.3	35.1
19	Plouvien	700 m	Kerarédeau	Kerabo	175.7	30.7
20	Lannilis	1,400 m	Keradraon	Kerouartz	180.6	25.8
21	Lannilis	900 m	Pouldu	Mesmeur	183.3	23.1
22>25	Lannilis	700 m	Meshuel	Trouz ar c'hant	188.6	17.8

In addition to the ribins, the riders will find on their road a climb in Coatquennec, battle for a sprint in Plabennec and climb again in Vern, get to another sprint in Lesneven, yet another climb in Kervaro and finally battle for a last intermediate sprint in Lannilis before the finish. All that ... on a 206.4 kilometer long race route.

Hereunder you'll find the race route on Google Maps, the profile and the time- and route schedule of the Tro Bro Léon 2012. Click on each of the images to open them.

The Tro Bro Léon 2012 race route in Google Earth

Do you prefer to view the race route in Google Earth and do a virtual fly-over of the race route? To do so, you can download the KML file below:

> Download the Tro Bro Léon 2012 race route in Google Earth

This file not only allows you to see the whole race route in Google Earth but also to do a virtual fly-over of it. In order to do so, you can use the default configuration as suggested by Google Earth, but if you prefer to do a fly-over which gives you the idea you're riding on the roads of the Tro Bro Léon 2012, I'd recommend you the following configuration: in the menu Tools > Options choose the tab Touring and fill in the following choices on that tab:
- Camera tilt angle : 80.0 degrees
- Camera range : 150.0 meters
- Speed : 500.0 (if this makes you feel dizzy or if your computer or Internet connection don't allow you to get clear images with these settings, you can try lowering the speed)

door Thomas Vergouwen
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