Benjamin Thomas wins French men's time trial title

Tirreno Adriatico 2021 - 79th Edition - 7th stage San Benedetto del Tronto - San Benedetto del Tronto 10,1 km - 16/03/2021 - Benjamin Thomas (FRA - Groupama - FDJ) - photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2021
(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Groupama-FDJ took all the spots on the podium in the men's time trial at the French championship for the first time with Benjamin Thomas leading home Bruno Armirail and Alexys Brunel for the medals. But the biggest surprise came from defending champion Rémi Cavagna (Deceuninck-Quick Step) who crossed the line with the 23rd best time and a deficit of five minutes on the 45.6km course in Epinal.

“It’s a huge satisfaction,” Thomas said. “I lost my jersey by a very small margin last year. I didn’t prepare specifically as much as last year, but I came out of a very high-level Tour de Suisse where I produced long efforts. So I was confident in my condition ahead of this time trial. The whole top three is a reward to the team that invests in research and development. They put us in the best situation to perform. I’ve been here since Sunday evening to favour my recovery after the Tour de Suisse.”

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Results
Pos.Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:55:16
2Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:31
3Alexys Brunel (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:55
4Pierre Latour (Fra) Total Direct Energie 0:01:10
5Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis 0:01:31
6Clément Davy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:02:01
7Jeremy Cabot (Fra) Total Direct Energie
8Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis 0:02:05
9Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:02:24
10Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:02:43
11Aurélien Paret Peintre (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:02:52
12Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) 0:03:03
13Clément Carisey (Fra) Delko 0:03:29
14Clément Berthet (Fra) Delko 0:03:34
15Thomas Delphis (Fra) 0:04:00
16Corentin Ermenault (Fra) 0:04:07
17Julian Lino (Fra) 0:04:09
18Matis Louvel (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
19Romain Bacon (Fra) 0:04:13
20Yoann Paillot (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:04:14
21Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:04:47
22Louis Pijourlet (Fra) 0:04:51
23Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:05:01
24Johan Le Bon (Fra) 0:05:03
25Hugo Toumire (Fra) 0:05:04
26Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team 0:05:07
27Guillaume Dauschy (Fra) 0:05:20
28Louis Richard (Fra) 0:05:36
29Julien Souton (Fra) 0:05:41
30Axel Laurance (Fra) 0:06:00
31Damien Poisson (Fra) 0:06:04
32Tao Quemere (Fra) 0:06:10
33Celestin Guillon (Fra) 0:06:16
34Clément Jolibert (Fra) 0:06:26
35Alan Boileau (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
36Alexis Guerin (Fra) Team Vorarlberg 0:06:27
37Emile Blondel Hermant (Fra) 0:06:45
38Benjamin Marais (Fra)
39Simon Verger (Fra) 0:06:53
40Tommy Pouget (Fra) 0:07:05
41Louis Louvet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:07:10
42Brendan Le Cam (Fra) 0:07:22
43Antonin Heron (Fra) 0:07:23
44Clément Petit (Fra) 0:07:29
45Thomas Joly (Fra) 0:07:39
46Nicolas Hamon (Fra) 0:07:40
47Léandre Huck (Fra) 0:07:46
48Mickaël Guichard (Fra) 0:08:06
49Loris Trastour (Fra) 0:08:14
50Antoine Poletto (Fra) 0:08:16
51Sébastien Havot (Fra) 0:08:17
52Hugo Jot (Fra) 0:08:23
53Clément Delcros (Fra) 0:08:26
54Lomig Le Clec'H (Fra) 0:08:28
55Jérémy Patoux (Fra) 0:08:45
56Maxime Dransart (Fra) 0:08:48
57Simon Combes (Fra) 0:09:00
58Adrien Garel (Fra) 0:09:08
59Colin Jacquemin (Fra) 0:09:17
60Maël Savignard (Fra)
61Enzo Anti (Fra) 0:09:25
62Maximilien Provost (Fra) 0:09:35
63Thibaut Madorre (Fra) 0:09:37
64Geoffrey Thevenez (Fra) 0:09:41
65Amaury Pacouret (Fra) 0:09:49
66Antoine Prunet (Fra) 0:10:15
67Max Warmerdam (Fra) 0:10:16
68Adrien Maire (Fra) 0:10:18
69Clément Rozes (Fra) 0:10:22
70Boris Carene (Fra) 0:10:28
71Yann Plusquellec (Fra) 0:10:31
72Hugo Thirotel (Fra) 0:10:33
73Aurélien Costeplane (Fra) 0:10:35
74Simon Millon (Fra) 0:10:46
75Mathieu Urbain (Fra) 0:10:59
76Pierre Lebreton (Fra) 0:11:05
77Rémy Bathiard (Fra) 0:11:10
78Louis Coqueret (Fra) Leopard Pro Cycling 0:11:19
79Justin Ducret (Fra) 0:11:55
80Vincent Arhie (Fra) 0:12:30
81Cédric Enguehard (Fra) 0:18:29
82Quentin Bezza (Fra) 0:19:30
DNFLilian Langella (Fra)

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