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{{Infobox cycling race report
| name               = GP Ouest-France
| series             = [[2011 UCI World Tour]]
| image              =
| image_caption      =
| race_no            = 23
| season_no          = 27
| date               = 28 August 2011
| stages             = 1
| distance           = 248.3
| unit               = km
| time               = 6h 32' 40"
| speed              = 37.94
| first              = [[Grega Bole]]
| first_nat          = Slovenia
| first_natvar       =
| first_team         = {{UCI team code|LAM|2011}}
| second             = [[Simon Gerrans]]
| second_nat         = Australia
| second_natvar      =
| second_team        = {{UCI team code|SKY|2011}}
| third              = [[Thomas Voeckler]]
| third_nat          = France
| third_natvar       =
| third_team         = {{UCI team code|EUC|2011}}
| previous           = [[2010 GP Ouest-France|2010]]
| next               = [[2012 GP Ouest-France|2012]]
}}
The '''2011 GP Ouest-France''' was the 75th edition of the [[GP Ouest-France]], a single-day cycling race. It was held on 28 August 2011, over a distance of {{convert|248.3|km|1|abbr=on}}, starting and finishing in [[Plouay]], [[France]]. It was the 23rd event of the [[2011 UCI World Tour]] season.

[[Grega Bole]], the Slovenian road race champion riding for the {{UCI team code|LAM|2011}} team, took the victory after an attack within the final {{convert|2|km|1|abbr=on}} of the race and managed to hold on to his advantage, as the rest of the field closed on him in the closing metres.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.velowire.com/article/507/en/grega-bole-wins-the-grand-prix-de-plouay-2011.html|title=Grega Bole wins the Grand Prix de Plouay 2011|work=Velowire|date=28 August 2011|access-date=28 November 2012}}</ref> Bole had been part of an eight-man breakaway,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/28082011/58/bole-wins-gp-ouest-france.html|title=Bole wins GP Ouest-France|work=[[Yahoo!]] [[Eurosport]]|publisher=[[TF1 Group]]|date=28 August 2011|access-date=29 August 2011}}</ref> and held off [[Simon Gerrans]] – the winner of the race in [[2009 GP Ouest-France|2009]] – who took second place for {{UCI team code|SKY|2011}}, while another previous race winner, [[Thomas Voeckler]] – the winner in [[2007 GP Ouest-France|2007]] – completed the podium for {{UCI team code|EUC|2011}}.<ref name="Cycling News">{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/gp-ouest-france-plouay-upt-2/results|title=Bole sprints to win in Plouay|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=28 August 2011|access-date=29 August 2011}}</ref>

==Results==
<ref name="Cycling News"/>
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
!Rank
!Cyclist
!Team
!Time
![[2011 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]]<br>Points<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTYwNzk&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=NjY0NTM&LangId=1|title=Points scale – UCI WorldTour Ranking|work=[[UCI World Tour]]|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|access-date=29 August 2011|archive-date=12 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712184029/http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTYwNzk&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=NjY0NTM&LangId=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 1
| {{flagathlete|[[Grega Bole]]|SLO}}
| {{UCI team code|LAM|2011}}
| 6h 32' 40"
| 80
|-
| 2 
| {{flagathlete|[[Simon Gerrans]]|AUS}}
| {{UCI team code|SKY|2011}}
| s.t.
| 60
|-
| 3 
| {{flagathlete|[[Thomas Voeckler]]|FRA}}
| {{UCI team code|EUC|2011}}
| s.t.
| –
|-
| 4
| {{flagathlete|[[Thor Hushovd]]|NOR}}
| {{UCI team code|GRM|2011}}
| s.t.
| 40
|-
| 5
| {{flagathlete|[[Giacomo Nizzolo]]|ITA}}
| {{UCI team code|LEO|2011}}
| s.t.
| 30
|-
| 6
| {{flagathlete|[[Arnaud Gérard]]|FRA}}
| {{UCI team code|FDJ|2011}}
| s.t.
| –
|-
| 7
| {{flagathlete|[[José Joaquín Rojas]]|ESP}}
| {{UCI team code|MOV|2011}}
| s.t.
| 14
|-
| 8
| {{flagathlete|[[Fumiyuki Beppu]]|JPN}}
| {{UCI team code|RSH|2011}}
| s.t.
| 10
|-
| 9
| {{flagathlete|[[Julien Simon]]|FRA}}
| {{UCI team code|SAU|2011}}
| s.t.
| –
|-
| 10
| {{flagathlete|[[Yoann Offredo]]|FRA}}
| {{UCI team code|FDJ|2011}}
| s.t.
| –
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.grandprix-plouay.com/}}

{{2011 UCI World Tour}}
{{GP Ouest-France}}

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