Lewis Askey (Groupama-FDJ) attacked with 500 metres to go and won Boucles de l'Aulne à Châteaulin with room to spare. Benoît Cosnefroy (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) led the chasing bunch two seconds back for second place, ahead of Clément Venturini (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) who placed third.
The winding 183.1km course around Brittany included 12 passes of the finish line, with Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) attacking on the final lap. He was caught with 5km to go to set up the bunch sprint.
Results
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'This shouldn't happen' – Paul Seixas joins calls for greater rider safety following death of Finlay Tarling
'Honestly, it's terrible. The problem is, he's not the only one' says French rider, reiterating thoughts of the peloton on from Il Lombardia protest -
'You try to survive' – Esmée Peperkamp adds her name to the criticism of the culture at Picnic-PostNL
Team appoints Professor Marjan Olfers to lead an investigation into their culture -
Thibau Nys to kick off cyclo-cross campaign at Koppenbergcross after challenging road season
Belgian star 'cannot be happy with a podium finish' at race he's won twice, and his father Sven nine times -
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