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The Vélodrome de Bretagne is a 500 seat, 1500 person capacity Velodrome in the French town of Loudeac in Brittany. Work to build the Velodrome started in January 2022 and took 18 months to complete at a cost of €13.38m. It is the first covered Velodrome in Brittany. [1]
Address | 18, rue des Livaudières, 22600 Loudéac, Brittany France |
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Coordinates | 48°11′06″N 2°45′07″W / 48.18500°N 2.75194°W |
Capacity | 500 |
Field size | 200 meter |
Surface | Wood |
Construction | |
Opened | September 2023 |
Construction cost | €13.38m |
Website | |
https://velodromedebretagne.bzh |
The Henri Caresmel Velodrome
editBefore the 'Velodrome de Bretagne' was built there was an outdoor velodrome in Loudéac called 'The Henri Caramel Velodrome'. It was built in 1946 and was originally named 'The Noëlles Velodrome'.[2] It was a 303m, 6.5m wide track.[3] The track was demolished in 2022. Over the years the track was raced by some of Brittany's best known cyclists including; Louison Bobet, Raymond Poulidor and Bernard Hinault. [4]
References
edit- ^ "VIDÉO. Cyclisme : La Bretagne tient enfin son vélodrome couvert". Ouest-France. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ "In Loudéac, the Henri-Caresmel velodrome is living its last days". Ouest-France. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ "Henri Caresmel Velodrome (Loudéac)". Patrimoni. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ "In Loudéac, final clap for the Henri-Caresmel velodrome". Le Telegramme. Retrieved 22 October 2024.