Shari Bossuyt (Canyon-SRAM Racing) won the bunch sprint on the third and final stage of the Tour de Normandie Féminin. She charged from peloton on the flat run-in to Caen with plenty of space behind to Martina Alzini (Cofidis) in second place and Roxane Fournier (St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93) in third.
Cédrine Kerbaol (Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling) sealed the GC victory with her finish in the peloton in the inaugural stage race, holding a one-second advantage over runner-up Gladys Verhulst (FDJ-SUEZ). With her podium finish on stage 3, Alzini jumped onto the final spot on the GC podium
"We had a plan and we executed it perfectly... It’s a super victory for the whole team, and the whole team worked so hard for it," Kerbaol said after taking the overall lead with the stage 2 victory on Saturday.
The 21-year-old Breton from the Cérétizit – WNT team came away with the pink leader’s jersey as well as the best young rider honours.
While the two classified climbs hit back-to-back, with less than 4km separating the summits, the peloton stretched out as a few riders tried to take advantage of the undulations. Canyon-SRAM’s Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka accelerated to the front of the race with Simone Boilard (St Michel-Mavic-Auber93).
The duo scooped up the QOM points, and whatever advantage they had was soon swept away by a charging peloton which had them in sight with 23km to go to the finish line in Caen.
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