The bicycle festival started strong in Brittany with Les Boucles de l’Alne, the first of the four rounds of the French Cup scheduled for this weekend in Brittany. Victory of Lewis Askey for Groupama – FDJ in a massive sprint after a frantic race that you can relive here!
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Les Boucles de l’Alne in Chateaulin in Finistère marked the start of the great Breton cycling sequence of this weekend May 8.
A race counting for the French Cup (9th round), won in a massive sprint by Lewis Askey for the Groupama – FDJ team.
The top 5:
- 1/ Lewis ASKEY (Groupama-FDJ)
- 2/ Benoît Cosnefroy (Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale Team)
- 3/ Clément Prestry (Arkéa-B & B Hotels)
- 4/ Sandy Dujardin (TotaalEnergies)
- 5/ Pau Miquel Delgado (Kern Pharma team)
This edition marked a turning point: for the first time, the race included the French FDJ Cup at the opening of a long 100 % Breton cycling weekend. This change of calendar attracted weight teams: Movistar and Bahrain Victorious appeared, and Valentin Madouas, Olympic vice-champion, was at the start. The Ménez Quelc’h, climbed four times, made the race explosive.
On the program: 183 km, a nod to tradition with its circuits, but some new features, including a muscular passage around Saint-Ségal.
Relive the race in the video at the top of the article or by replaying our live a little lower.
Tomorrow, Friday May 9, the cyclist weekend continues with the Tour du Finistère, 10th round of the French Cup, to follow on the digital channels of France 3 Brittany (our site, the France.TV platform as well as on the Youtube channel and the Facebook account of France 3 Brittany)
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