Antoine L’Hote is the man in form at the end of the season. After his stage victories and the final general classification at the Tour d’Eure-et-Loir, a UCI class 2 event last weekend, the Northerner won alone this Sunday in Tours.
It thus puts an end to the supremacy that the Norwegians have exercised over the last three years in this Paris-Tours Espoirs. Among the breakaway of eleven riders who opened the road from entering the department of Indre-et-Loire, Pelle Koster Mikkelsen, Danish champion, and Halvor Dolven, Norwegian champion, seemed to have every chance of making it. Scandinavia triumph again in Tours.
An attack 10 km from the finish
But neither managed to follow Antoine L’Hote when he attacked 10 km from the finish, passing the last difficulty of the course, the Rochecorbon hill. .
In the battle, the Norwegian Erik Madsen (Uno-X Mobility), Baptiste Poulard (VC Pays de Loudéac) and the Dutchman Karst Ayma (Metec – Solarwatt) gave up. Mikkelsen set out alone in pursuit of the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development runner, but to no avail.
Antoine L’Hote, who is only 19 years old and who was French junior champion in 2022, will have to wait another year before joining the World Tour team, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale.
Antoine L’Hote a triumph in front of Pelle Koster Mikkelsen and Halvor Dolven.
© (Photo cor. NR, S.B.)
Ranking: 1. Antoine L’Hote (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development) the 178.9 km in 4 h 08′ 57 (average: 43.117 km/h), 2. Mikkelsen (Coloquick) at 11”, 3. Dolven (Uno- X Mobility Development) 21”, 4. Poelvoorde (Lotto Dstny Development) tmt, 5. Graff (Wanty – ReUz – Technord), 6. Peace (Development DSM-Firmenich), 7. Loulergue (Bourg-en-Bresse Ain) 24”, 8. Landbo (Uno-X Mobility Development) 51”, 9. Hobbs (Groupama – FDJ) tmt, 10. Van Bylen (Lotto Dstny Development), 11. Bower (Groupama – FDJ), 12. Kramer (Visma Lease a Bike Development), 13. Müller (Rad-Net Osswald), 14. Marti (Israel Premier Tech Academy), 15. Epis (Arkéa – B & B Hôtels Continentale), 16. Behrens (Lidl – Trek Future) , 17. Teutenberg (Lidl – Trek Future), 18. Van Hautegem (Soudal – Quick-Step Devo), 19. Isidore (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development), 20. Devroute (SCO Dijon – Team Matériel – Velo.com)…
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