Back on the stage 11th Clermont-Ferrand > Moulins

New breakaway at kilometer 0.

This consists of a trio in which we find Mathis Louvel for Arkéa-Samsic, accompanied by Daniel Oss and Andrey Amador. The fugitives widen the gap, which will reach 3 minutes and 20 seconds.

At km 109, Philipsen and Coquard are fighting for fourth place in the intermediate sprint. The Belgian is the strongest. At 53 kilometers from the finish, Mathis rejoins the peloton after more than 120 terminals passed at the front.

The victory is then decided in the sprint: fifth sprint and fifth TOP10 for Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) who takes a good 4th place. He declared, lucid: “Given the positioning I had per kilometer, 4th is well paid!”

Note the 7th place of the Italian rider Luca Mozzato (Arkéa-Samsic), author a few days ago of a top 4 in Bordeaux (stage 7).

© photo credit Sirott