OPENING202 km starting and finishing in Lannilis at the western tip of Brittany, the 43rd Tro-Bro Léon and its signature menu of 29 ribinoù — short, rough farm-track gravel-and-cobble sectors totalling around 34 km of off-road. The 'Tour of the Léon' is the closest thing the French calendar has to a mini Roubaix: a road race repeatedly fractured by unpaved lanes where punctures, crashes and split-second positioning matter more than raw climbing legs. Defending champion Bastien Tronchon started with ambitions to repeat but, by the organiser's own account, was not on his best form and never figured in the decisive moves.

UNFOLDSAn early breakaway went clear but the ribinoù did the sorting: as the gravel sectors accumulated and teams hit them at full gas, the escapees were gradually pulled back and the bunch shattered into echelons and chase groups. Crashes, punctures and mechanicals were a constant theme, repeatedly reshuffling the front of the race. With around 30 km to go the race swung toward a strong classics-style front selection — Per Strand Hagenes (Visma), Lewis Askey, Fred Wright and others rode clear over the gravel, holding only a slim margin over a chasing peloton.

DECIDEDVisma | Lease a Bike and Decathlon both had numbers in the move, and the Dutch team used theirs ruthlessly. Axel Zingle attacked to force the others to chase and keep the race open and uncontrolled, while Hagenes' earlier aggression stretched rivals across the closing ribinoù. The favourites began marking each other, and Fiorelli — the team's winter signing, sitting relatively sheltered in the small front group — was perfectly placed for the move that mattered.

FINALEOn one of the final paved sections after the last gravel, with roughly 3 km to go, Fiorelli launched and immediately opened a gap on a hesitating group. He committed fully and rode solo all the way back into Lannilis, narrowly holding off the chase for the biggest victory of his career and Visma's first ever Tro-Bro Léon. Behind, the remnants of the lead group sprinted for the minor placings, Alexis Renard (Cofidis) taking second ahead of Lewis Askey (NSN) and Pierre Gautherat (Decathlon), all credited at the same time as the winner.