Nearly 100 runners were gathered for the Open 2-3 race and Access from Pontvallain (Sarthe), this Sunday, May 4, 2025. With a beautiful set at the start, the fight for the final victory promised to be contested. After only three kilometers, however, the first men who were going to compose the good breakaway was already coming out.
There was already a bonnetable runner in front, I came back to him, we did two laps together then other runners returned from the rear
told the final winner Guillaume Cailleau (VC Conlie), once the finish line crossed.
Au 28e kilometer, they were seven at the front. Only Alexandre Deletang (Ac Châtelleraudais) then managed to make the junction from a peloton long remained in contact before splitting himself, by plugging a gap of fifty seconds. Four laps from the term, a group of counterattacks tried to imitate him but despite supported relays, the fugitives never returned under twenty seconds.
In the final, Lénaïk Adeline (Patriot of Bonnétable) was the first to launch hostilities, reducing the number of runners still in the running for the victory. Located just 150 meters from the line, the last turn made the arrival particularly tactical, each wishing to go out. In this game, Guillaume Cailleau was both the fastest and the most strategist: I launched my sprint at 500 meters, before the turn. A runner exceeded me too quickly, he missed his trajectory. I was able to go inside and hold up to the line.
+ In southern Sarthe, the bicycle will be honored in May
It is a new podium for the Conlinois, second in 2023. This time, he climbed on the highest step.
The classification:
1. Guillaume Cailleau (VC Conlie), 2. Alexandre Deletang (Ac Châtelleraudais), 3. Lénaïk Adeline (Patriote de Bonnétable), 4. Mathis Lemoine (Integle Bicycle Club Isle Jourdain), 5. Tony Drouet (VC Conlie).
