Boucles de la Mayenne: Pierre Latour wins stage 1 with final kilometre attack
Frenchman beats Biniam Girmay and Paul Penhoët to the line in Juvigné

Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) scored the seventh victory of his career with a late burst on stage 1 of the Boucles de la Mayenne.
The Frenchman attacked with just over 1km to go on the rolling 166km stage from Saint-Berthevin to Juvigné to catch the fastmen out and solo to the win, three seconds ahead of anyone else.
Behind him, Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) sped to second place ahead of Paul Penhoët (Groupama-FDJ) in the bunch sprint. Jelte Krijnsen (Jayco-AlUla) and Giacomo Nizzolo (Q36.5) filled out the top five.
The stage, coming after Thursday's prologue won by Groupama-FDJ youngster Thibaud Gruel, was expected to deliver a sprint finish despite the lumpy circuit which concluded the day.
The 1.6km, 3.7% Côte du Pas de Pierre wouldn't deter the fast finishers, with a group of over 70 making the finish to duke it out for the win once the breakaway – Clément Izquierdo (Cofidis), Lenaic Langella (CIC-U-Nantes), Célestin Guillon, Kenny Molly (Van Rysel-Roubaix) – was caught 11km out.
Attacks flew later on, with Clément Venturini (Arkéa-B&B Hotels), Anton Charmig (XDS-Astana), and, lastly, Joris Chaussinand (CIC-U-Nantes), among those attempting to get away. Once the latter was brought back, it was Latour's time to shine.
Florian Sénéchal (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) launched first, followed by the 31-year-old Latour. He immediately opened a gap to the rest of the hopefuls, one which he held during the final kilometre and converted into the stage win.
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Prologue winner Gruel continues in the race lead following stage 1. He holds a three-second lead over Benoît Cosnefroy (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), while Cosnefroy's teammate Paul Lapeira lies in third overall at six seconds.
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Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor, later being hired full-time. Her favourite races include Strade Bianche, the Tour de France Femmes, Paris-Roubaix, and Tro-Bro Léon.
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