Speedy Coquard aiming for a big win in 2014

Six wins and a string of other high finishes made Europcar's Bryan Coquard one of the best new pros of last season. Having agreed an extension to his contract with Jean-René Bernaudeau's team, Coquard is relishing the prospect of competing in WorldTour events throughout this season following Europcar's elevation to the top level and can't wait to get back to racing at this weekend's GP La Marseillaise.

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Peter Cossins has written about professional cycling since 1993 and is a contributing editor to Procycling. He is the author of The Monuments: The Grit and the Glory of Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races (Bloomsbury, March 2014) and has translated Christophe Bassons' autobiography, A Clean Break (Bloomsbury, July 2014). 

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