Michael Matthews takes the Bretagne Classic 2020 in a select sprint finish

The Australian took the win after his team-mate made a gap in the peloton in the closing stages

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Michael Matthews (Sunweb) took victory at the Bretagne Classic - Ouest-France in a small bunch finish ahead of Luka Mezgec (Mitchelton-Scott) after his team-mate, Nils Eekoff split the peloton in the final 3km of the race.

The race was filled with attacks started by Rémi Cavagna (Deceuninck - Quick-Step) with 70km to go, after that it was attacks left right and centre all the way to the last couple of kilometres.

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Tim Bonville-Ginn

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