Geniez wins Tro Bro Leon at first attempt
Injured Sénéchal close to winning after epic ride at Paris-Roubaix
Alexandre Geniez delivered FDJ's second win of the season as he outsprinted his four breakaway companions on the finishing line of the cobbled and windy Tro Bro Leon in Lannilis.
"I've been off the back at most of the early season races so it's a great pleasure to win here today. It was my first time at the Tro Bro Leon and I wasn't initially scheduled for this race but I love it. It's atypical. The atmosphere is great. The Breton crowd is made of connoisseurs and racing under the sun doesn't happen here every day," he said.
The day before, Geniez finished fourth in the wet and muddy Tour du Finistère. Today he found himself in a front group of eight with 80km to go with Benoît Jarrier and Pierre-Luc Périchon (Bretagne-Séché Environnement), Florian Sénéchal (Cofidis), Gediminas Bagdonas (AG2R-La Mondiale), Jimmy Engoulvent (Europcar), Berden De Vries (Roompot) and Tom Dernies (Wallonie-Bruxelles).
Sénéchal was riding impressively a week after coming 17th in his home race, Paris-Roubaix.
"My crash at half way penalized me badly today," he explained after taking third place while Jarrier was second once again (after 2012).
"I've ridden 100km with blood on my knee and my arm but I maintained my focus. I attacked in the finale but Alexandre was the strongest today anyway."
On the finishing circuit, Geniez and Périchon attacked but it went down to a sprint. "Everyone marked everyone and the two Bretagne riders were getting organised," Geniez said.
"I'm glad I was the fastest. At FDJ, we've had a complicated first part of the season with many mechanicals. The team has changed a little bit and we've been unlucky on several occasions but now we've got the hope that we're on the right track. I'll take a rest before tackling the Tour de Romandie and the Giro d'Italia."
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr | 5:07:10 |
2 | Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solustions Credits | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Fabien Canal )Fra) Equipe Cycliste de L Armee de Terre | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Bretagne-Seche Environnement | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Berden De Vries (Ned) Team Roompot | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | 0:01:47 |
12 | Alexandre Blain (Fra) Team Marseille 13 Ktm | 0:01:48 |
13 | Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 0:02:22 |
14 | Maxime Renault (Fra) Auber 93 | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Raymond Kreder (Ned) Team Roompot | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Egoitz Garcia Etxegibel (Spa) Murias Taldea | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Quentin Pacher (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L Armee De Terre | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Romain Combaud (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L Armee De Terre | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Ignatas Konovalovas (Col) Team Marseille 13 Ktm | 0:02:25 |
24 | Clément Koretzky (Fra) Team Vorarlberg | 0:02:28 |
25 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:02:30 |
26 | Clement Saint Martin (Fra) Team Marseille 13 Ktm | 0:06:51 |
27 | Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles | 0:10:01 |
29 | Anthony Maldonado (Fra) Auber 93 | 0:14:20 |
30 | Eugenio Bani (Ita) Amore & Vita - Selle Smp | 0:21:57 |
31 | Rudy Barbier (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | 0:22:48 |
32 | Logan Loader (USA) Amore & Vita - Selle Smp | 0:22:54 |
DNF | Steve Chainel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Wesley Kreder (Ned) Team Roompot | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Roompot | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tim Kerkhof (Ned) Team Roompot | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Team Roompot | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Team Roompot | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kevin De Mesmaeker (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicolas Lefrancois (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
DNF | David Lozano (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Corentin Cherhal (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yannick Martinez (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gert Joeaar (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christophe Laborie (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pierre-Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Maxime Daniel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julien Morice (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dan Craven (Nam) Team Europcar | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lorenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicolas Baldo (Fra) Team Vorarlberg | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Evaldas Siskevicius (Col) Team Marseille 13 Ktm | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Olivier Chevalier (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tom Dernies (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kevin Ista (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Antoine Demoitie (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Thomas Wertz (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julien Stassen (Bel) Wallonie - Bruxelles | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jon Ander Insausti Irastorza (Spa) Murias Taldea | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Aritz Bagües (Spa) Murias Taldea | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
DNF | César Bihel (Fra) Auber 93 | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Unai Intziarte (Spa) Murias Taldea | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Marseille 13 Ktm | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Víctor De La Parte (Spa) Team Vorarlberg | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Vorarlberg | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Grischa Janorschke (Bel) Team Vorarlberg | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniel Paulus (Ukr) Team Vorarlberg | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicolas Winter (Sui) Team Vorarlberg | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Patrick Jäger (Ukr) Team Vorarlberg | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Amore & Vita - Selle Smp | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rostyslav Zhukovskyi (Ukr) Amore & Vita - Selle Smp | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Volodymyr Fredyuk (Ukr) Amore & Vita - Selle Smp | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Volodymyr Kogut (Ukr) Amore & Vita - Selle Smp | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Paolo Lunardon (Ita) Amore & Vita - Selle Smp | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ander Barrenetxea (Spa) Murias Taldea | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julien Duval (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L Armee De Terre | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tim De Troyer (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Boris Dron (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Frederique Robert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lander Seynaeve (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Auber 93 | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marco Zamparella (Ita) Amore & Vita - Selle Smp | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Théo Vimpere (Fra) Auber 93 | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alo Jakin (Fra) Auber 93 | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
DNF | David Menut (Fra) Auber 93 | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yoann Paillot (Fra) Team Marseille 13 Ktm | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexis Bodiot (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L Armee De Terre | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Team Marseille 13 Ktm | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kevin Lebreton (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L Armee De Terre | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Romain Le Roux (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L Armee De Terre | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Benoît Sinner (Fra) Equipe Cycliste De L Armee De Terre | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Timothy Dupont (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rudy Kowalski (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jeremy Leveau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dieter Bouvry (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Team Marseille 13 Ktm | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Steven Tronet (Fra) Auber 93 | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
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