Circuit de la Sarthe: Mads Pedersen wins hilly opener

Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) won the opening stage of the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe - Pays de la Loire, taking a sprint finish from the 10-rider breakaway.

Pedersen held off Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R-Citroën) for the victory on stage 1, while third place was taken by Axel Zingle (Cofidis).

Stage 1 saw four riders establish the early breakaway: Alexander Kamp (Trek-Segafedo), Sean Quinn (EF Education-EasyPost), Alexis Gougeard (B&B Hotels p/b KTM), Maël Guégan (U Nantes Atlantique). The foursome pushed out for a lead of three minutes, with Guégan scooping up the KOM points on the three categorised climbs that were crowded in the first half of the 192.3km stage.

Ineos Grenadiers worked at the front of the peloton to close down the gap, and soon put two riders in an eight-rider group after 120km had been completed: Filippo Ganna and Luke Plapp (Ineos Grenadiers), Pederson, Cosnefroy, Zingle, Sean Quinn (EF Education-EasyPost), Alexis Gougeard (B&B, Hotels p/b KTM), and Kevin Vauquelin (Arkéa-Samsic). They were joined with less than 32km to go by Alexander Kamp (Trek-Segafredo) and Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) for a solid 10-rider front group of heavy hitters.

On the sixth and final circuit in Mamers with 16km to go, the group had an advantage of 1:15 seconds that was cut in half as the group make the final ascent of the 4.4 per cent climb mid-way through the lap.

Pedersen launched an attack with two kilometers to the line. His move was countered by his breakaway companions, minus Kamp, and then he made a final move on the downhill finish.

"With 2km to go I was thinking I could go on the attack instead and make the others chase. Luke Plapp from Ineos didn't give me a very long leash though. I got back to the group with 1.5 kms to go and recovered a bit for the sprint," Pedersen said..

"The last guy attacked before the final corner with 700 metres to go and I had to close it. In that situation there's nothing else you can do but ride hard and hope for the best. I still believed in my sprint, even If I had to spend energy closing the gap, I thought I could still win. It was hard, but I managed to close him in time, take a few breaths, and then go for the sprint."

Pedersen continued aggressive racing that had landed him an eighth-place finish at the Tour of Flanders on Sunday. With the victory, his third of the season, he takes both the race leader's jersey and the points jersey.

"Since the start of the season, it was in my plan to race this after Flanders. My coach thought it was a good idea, and I agreed. This way, I get to do more racing and then just have one training block afterward before Roubaix," explained Mads. "It was a hard and long day, and the weather was not super nice. It was not easy [in the break] as we did not have a lot of time. It was hard racing all the way. The peloton was chasing us hard from behind and didn't give us much time and that made it tough."

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Full results
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 4:32:04
2Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
3Axel Zingle (Fra) Cofidis
4Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
5Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
6Lucas Plapp (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
7Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
8Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost 0:00:05
9Alexis Gougeard (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:00:07
10Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis 0:00:21
11Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
12Laurent Pichon (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
13Julien Simon (Fra) TotalEnergies
14Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
15Olav Kooij (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
16Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo
17Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:00:49
18Marijn van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost
19Elia Viviani (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
20Eddy Fine (Fra) Cofidis
21Mark Cavendish (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
22Robert Stannard (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix
23Jonathan Couanon (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur
24Milan Fretin (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
25Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
26Pierre Barbier (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
27Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
28Gilles De Wilde (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
29Valentin Tabellion (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
30Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
31Filippo Baroncini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
32Lawrence Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team
33Maxime Urruty (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur
34Alex Colman (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
35Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
36Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost
37Antoine Raugel (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
38Attilio Viviani (Ita) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
39Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost
40Sander De Pestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
41Andrii Ponomar (Ukr) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
42Mattia Bais (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
43Romain Cardis (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
44Alan Riou (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
45Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
46Norman Vahtra (Est) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
47Hideto Nakane (Jpn) EF Education-EasyPost
48Marc Sarreau (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
49Paul Ourselin (Fra) TotalEnergies
50Clément Carisey (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
51Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis
52Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis
53Eliot Lietaer (Bel) B&B Hotels-KTM
54Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
55Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
56Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Trek-Segafredo
57Maxime Chevalier (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
58Thomas Boudat (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
59Tony Hurel (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
60Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team
61Peter Sagan (Svk) TotalEnergies
62Paul Penhoet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ Continental
63Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
64Valentin Ferron (Fra) TotalEnergies
65Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
66Marco Tizza (Ita) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
67Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
68Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers
69Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost
70Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
71Axel Mariault (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
72Romain Hardy (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
73Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
74Nicolas Debeaumarche (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
75Jordan Jegat (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
76Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:05
77Stan Van Tricht (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:01:09
78Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix
79Davide Cimolai (Ita) Cofidis
80Bram Welten (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:13
81Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:17
82Anthony Maldonado (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:04:47
83Tom Paquot (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
84Lars Boven (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team 0:05:34
85Rick Pluimers (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team
86Cameron Wurf (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
87Mick van Dijke (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
88Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
89Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
90Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
91Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
92Mael Guegan (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 0:13:07
93Owen Geleijn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team 0:14:50
94Brandon Rivera Vargas (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
95Gabriele Benedetti (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
96Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole 0:24:03
97Rait Ärm (Est) Groupama-FDJ Continental
98Louis Richard (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
99Jason Tesson (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
100Paul Hennequin (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur
101Leonardo Marchiori (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
OTLTrym Bjørner Westgaard Holther (Nor) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
DNSClément Davy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
DNFKamiel Bonneu (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNFMarti Vigo Del Arco (Spa) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
DNFLeo Danes (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
DNFJulien Amadori (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur
DNFAntoine Berlin (Mon) Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur
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Points
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 30
2Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 20
3Axel Zingle (Fra) Cofidis 19
4Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost 14
5Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 14
6Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 12
7Lucas Plapp (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 11
8Alexis Gougeard (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 11
9Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 9
10Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo 8
11Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis 6
12Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 5
13Laurent Pichon (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 4
14Julien Simon (Fra) TotalEnergies 3
15Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole 2
16Olav Kooij (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 1
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Mountains
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Mael Guegan (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 30
2Alexis Gougeard (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 24
3Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost 16
4Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo 14
5Stan Van Tricht (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 3
6Cameron Wurf (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 3
7Axel Zingle (Fra) Cofidis 2
8Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 1
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Young riders
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 4:32:04
2Lucas Plapp (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
3Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost 0:00:05
4Olav Kooij (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 0:00:21
5Marijn van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost 0:00:49
6Milan Fretin (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
7Gilles De Wilde (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
8Valentin Tabellion (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
9Filippo Baroncini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
10Antoine Raugel (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
11Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost
12Andrii Ponomar (Ukr) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
13Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
14Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis
15Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
16Maxime Chevalier (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
17Paul Penhoet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ Continental
18Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost
19Jordan Jegat (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
20Stan Van Tricht (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:01:09
21Tom Paquot (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:04:47
22Lars Boven (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team 0:05:34
23Rick Pluimers (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team
24Mick van Dijke (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
25Owen Geleijn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team 0:14:50
26Gabriele Benedetti (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
27Rait Ärm (Est) Groupama-FDJ Continental 0:24:03
28Paul Hennequin (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur
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General classification after stage 1
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 4:31:51
2Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 0:00:07
3Axel Zingle (Fra) Cofidis
4Lucas Plapp (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:12
5Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 0:00:13
6Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
7Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
8Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost 0:00:14
9Alexis Gougeard (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 0:00:17
10Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:29
11Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis 0:00:34
12Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
13Laurent Pichon (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
14Julien Simon (Fra) TotalEnergies
15Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
16Olav Kooij (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
17Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) TotalEnergies 0:01:02
18Marijn van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost
19Elia Viviani (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers
20Eddy Fine (Fra) Cofidis
21Mark Cavendish (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
22Robert Stannard (Aus) Alpecin-Fenix
23Jonathan Couanon (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur
24Milan Fretin (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
25Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
26Pierre Barbier (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
27Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
28Gilles De Wilde (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
29Valentin Tabellion (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
30Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
31Filippo Baroncini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
32Lawrence Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team
33Maxime Urruty (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur
34Alex Colman (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
35Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
36Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost
37Antoine Raugel (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
38Attilio Viviani (Ita) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
39Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost
40Sander De Pestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
41Andrii Ponomar (Ukr) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
42Mattia Bais (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
43Romain Cardis (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
44Alan Riou (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
45Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
46Norman Vahtra (Est) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
47Hideto Nakane (Jpn) EF Education-EasyPost
48Marc Sarreau (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
49Paul Ourselin (Fra) TotalEnergies
50Clément Carisey (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
51Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis
52Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis
53Eliot Lietaer (Bel) B&B Hotels-KTM
54Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
55Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
56Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Trek-Segafredo
57Maxime Chevalier (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
58Thomas Boudat (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
59Tony Hurel (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
60Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team
61Peter Sagan (Svk) TotalEnergies
62Paul Penhoet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ Continental
63Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
64Valentin Ferron (Fra) TotalEnergies
65Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
66Marco Tizza (Ita) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
67Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
68Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers
69Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost
70Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
71Axel Mariault (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
72Romain Hardy (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
73Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
74Nicolas Debeaumarche (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
75Jordan Jegat (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
76Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:18
77Stan Van Tricht (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:01:22
78Scott Thwaites (GBr) Alpecin-Fenix
79Davide Cimolai (Ita) Cofidis
80Bram Welten (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:26
81Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:30
82Anthony Maldonado (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:05:00
83Tom Paquot (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
84Lars Boven (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team 0:05:47
85Rick Pluimers (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team
86Cameron Wurf (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
87Mick van Dijke (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
88Floris De Tier (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
89Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
90Jimmy Janssens (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
91Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
92Mael Guegan (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 0:13:20
93Owen Geleijn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team 0:15:03
94Brandon Rivera Vargas (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
95Gabriele Benedetti (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
96Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole 0:24:16
97Rait Ärm (Est) Groupama-FDJ Continental
98Louis Richard (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
99Jason Tesson (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
100Paul Hennequin (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur
101Leonardo Marchiori (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
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Points classification
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 30
2Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 20
3Axel Zingle (Fra) Cofidis 19
4Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost 14
5Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 14
6Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 12
7Lucas Plapp (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 11
8Alexis Gougeard (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 11
9Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 9
10Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo 8
11Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis 6
12Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 5
13Laurent Pichon (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 4
14Julien Simon (Fra) TotalEnergies 3
15Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole 2
16Olav Kooij (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 1
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Mountain classification
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Mael Guegan (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique 30
2Alexis Gougeard (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 24
3Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost 16
4Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo 14
5Stan Van Tricht (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 3
6Cameron Wurf (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 3
7Axel Zingle (Fra) Cofidis 2
8Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 1
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Young riders classification
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Lucas Plapp (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 4:32:03
2Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 4:32:04
3Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost 4:32:05
4Olav Kooij (Ned) Jumbo-Visma 4:32:25
5Marijn van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost 4:32:53
6Milan Fretin (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
7Gilles De Wilde (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
8Valentin Tabellion (Fra) Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Meropole
9Filippo Baroncini (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
10Antoine Raugel (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team
11Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost
12Andrii Ponomar (Ukr) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
13Ward Vanhoof (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
14Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis
15Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
16Maxime Chevalier (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM
17Paul Penhoet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ Continental
18Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost
19Jordan Jegat (Fra) Team U Nantes Atlantique
20Stan Van Tricht (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 4:33:13
21Tom Paquot (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 4:36:51
22Lars Boven (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team 4:37:38
23Rick Pluimers (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team
24Mick van Dijke (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
25Owen Geleijn (Ned) Jumbo-Visma Development Team 4:46:54
26Gabriele Benedetti (Ita) Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli
27Rait Ärm (Est) Groupama-FDJ Continental 4:56:07
28Paul Hennequin (Fra) Nice Metropole Cote d'Azur

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Jackie Tyson
North American Production editor

Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).

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