Sénéchal takes French road race title
QuickStep rider victorious in five-man sprint

Florian Sénéchal (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) clinched the French road race title for the first time in his career, winning from a five-man sprint in Cholet on Sunday.
Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies) was beaten into second place while Axel Zingle (Cofidis) claimed the final spot on the podium.
Sénéchal slipped clear with Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis) in what was an open final 10km to a race that had largely remained bunched together.
The 240km route was made up of 12 laps of a 20km circuit in Cholet, which was technical but not overly hilly. Arnaud Démare's Groupama-FDJ teammates policed many of the day's moves but ceded control on a frantic final lap.
With 8km to go, after Cofidis had laid some foundations, Sénéchal followed Thomas's attack and the pair were away. Inside the final 2km, they were joined by a chasing trio of Turgis, Zingle, and Warren Barguil (Arkea-Samsic).
Sénéchal was the fastest finisher on paper and made no mistake, getting the better of Turgis and Zingle as Barguil trailed home in fourth. Thomas drifted across the line in fifth before Démare led the bunch home 26 seconds down.
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