Paris-Tours 2022

2022 - 10 - 9

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Arnaud Démare wins Paris-Tours 2022 (Cyclingnews.com)

Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) defended his Paris-Tours title in a bunch sprint. The Frenchman started his sprint early after a long, strong lead-out from ...

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Paris-Tours: Arnaud Démare wins again in select group sprint (VeloNews)

The Groupama-FDJ rider had a perfect leadout from his team and hit the line ahead of Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo) and Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe), who had ...

Abrahamsen was concerned by the plummeting gap and made his move from the leading group with 13km to go, just before the Bennett group was joined by another group of chasers. The 2022 edition of Paris-Tours ran from Chartres to Tours and featured almost a dozen vineyard paths (AKA gravel sectors) during the 213.5 kilometers. The five leaders worked well and had established a lead of almost seven minutes after 80 kilometers. These complicated things for the riders and made a big group gallop less than guaranteed. “We rode a great team race, I think we nearly all finished in the front group and we had a guy, Olivier Le Gac, up front with two km to go,” said Démare. “The whole team did a great job.

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VIDEO. Cycling: the summary of the 116th edition of Paris-Tours ... (California18)

Published on 09/10/2022 19:09 Article written by Arnaud Démare signed a second victory in a row on Paris-Tours, Sunday, after a massive sprint. He.

It was also the last career race for Belgian Philippe Gilbert, winner of the event in 2008 and 2009, who finished in 27th position. Perfectly led by Stefan Kung, Démare resisted the return of Edward Theuns and Sam Bennett to win on the line. For a long time, the other Classic of dead leaves, marked by numerous falls, was led by a breakaway of five riders, in which four Tricolors appeared (Alexis Gougeard, Romain Cardis, Clément Carisey and Maël Guégan).

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