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June 26, 2022
National Championships 2022 – France – Road Race – Cholet – Cholet : 240 km
The French National Championships are one of the biggest targets of the year for home riders,
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June 26, 2022
National Championships 2022 – France – Road Race – Cholet – Cholet : 240 km
The French National Championships are one of the biggest targets of the year for home riders, win here and they’ll earn the right to wear the coveted French tricolore for an entire year. This iconic red, white and blue jersey is one of the most recognisable jerseys in the sport of cycling and has seen several of the sport’s most legendary riders carry it on their shoulders. The championships were first held in 1899 and exclusively welcomed amateur riders. In 1907 the organisers added a professional men’s race and attracted many riders that had been recently making a name for themselves at the Tour de France. Over the decades that followed more and more events were added, including a women’s road race in 1951, a junior road race in the early 80s and an under-23 road race in 2001.
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.
Results :
 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.
<strong>Results : </strong>
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