Romain Grégoire 4th, Julian Alaphilippe 5th, Aurélien Paret-Paintre 7th, Kevin Vauquelin 8th. The fine flower of French cycling at the meeting in the patio of recess that adapts better. And not suck the wheels. We saw Grégoire ride Groupama before the terrible Outrau ramp, then we assumed following the aliens of the platoon, also known as Van der Poel, Pagaçar and Vingegaard until the end.
We have seen Vauquelin try his fate several times in the last five kilometers, especially during the rare weak times, to surprise, in vain, the favorites. We even saw Julian Alaphilippe, however, to pick it up on Saturday and well taken Bronchi, place a comrait in the last 500 meters, just to see who responded. In short, nothing to reproach anyone, quite the opposite.
Prominent skelers, but not at the right time
But now, that is not even enough to make a podium, and says a fairly depressing fatality for French cycling: our best runners of the moment, the …