His first words were strong and set the tone for this special evening. “Thank you for your passion and dedication”, said Philippe Lecoq, president of the Organizing Committee for the Buxerolles Cycling Events, as a preamble to a race accompanied by a poignant minute of silence. This tribute was paid to Bruno Morceau, one of the main instigators of this Buxerolles night, which celebrated its fourth edition on Wednesday. “All the runners uncovered themselves and the whole public applauded with them. It was strong, our hearts were heavy”completed his successor as race director.
On the road, the race started strongly with a multitude of isolated attacks that wreaked havoc in the peloton. Around the tenth lap, four men came together and continued to distance themselves from the peloton. The group composed of Lucas Mainguenaud, winner at Chauvigny ten days ago, Paillot (Angoulême VC), Rullier (Pays de Loudéac) and Racault (Guidon Chalet) collaborated perfectly throughout the race, increasing their maximum lead to one minute over another quartet.
Mainguenaud from Niort was the fastest in the sprint, ahead of Ronan Racault and Hans Rullier (Pays Loudéac) who did most of the work for the breakaway. The rider from the Dijon club could only be satisfied with his strategy: “On a circuit like that, there were still quite a few strong guys so I didn’t want to miss the good breakaway. When we took 30 seconds we knew the race was over, we just couldn’t look at ourselves.” “I’m quite happy, the form is there, after two difficult months I’m coming back well so I’m happy”, completed a man for whom the season has only just begun.
Ranking : 1. L. Maingenaud (Dijon SC Oly) in 1h43’12”; 2. R. Racault (Guidon Chalet) mt; 3. Hans Rullier (Pays Loudéac) mt; 4. Yoann Paillot (Angoulême VC) mt; 5. Sylvain Augis (Descartes UV) at 36″; 6. V. Danton (Poitiers UV) at 36″; 7. T. Lauseille (Apogé C) at 36″; 8. M. Clain (Poitiers UV) at 36″; 9. M. Morichon (Périgueux CC) at 1’56”; 10. S. Chevau (Sablé Sarthe) at 1’56″…
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