held in late April and early May in Brittany
, France
. The race often acts as a show case for upcoming riders of the under 23 category who race together with Elite riders. The race was renamed Tour de Bretagne in 2005 when the race also became a professional race.
The 2007 edition was dominated by Lars Boom
and Edvald Boasson Hagen
who both wore the leader's jersey and won stages of the race.
The 2008 edition was dominated by the Rabobank
team with defending champion Lars Boom
and Coen Vermeltfoort winning two stages each.
A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may think aloud.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.
A friendship that can be ended didn't ever start.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are born to share adversity.
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
It is amazing how you can surround yourself with so many people you can call friends, and yet actually only have one or two real ones.
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter;he who finds one finds a treasure.A faithful friend is beyond price,no sum can balance his worth.
Friendship is not for merriment but for stern reproach when friends go astray.