The French Arnaud Démare (Arkea Samsic) imposed his sprint law to win the 73rd edition of Paris-Bourges, held at 198 km, ahead of the Belgian Arnaud de Lie (Lotto), with whom he had a close rivalry.
Démare (Beauvais, 32 years old) invested a time of 4h.25.56 in the long journey connecting the towns of Gien and Bourges, in the Central Loire Valley region, achieving his fourth victory of the season , the second in five days, since On October 1 he won the Tour de Vendée.
A sweet state of form that allowed the winner of Milan San Remo 2016, eight stages in the Giro and two in the Tour, to win a sprint victory ahead of De Lie (Lotto Dstny), the Frenchman Paul Penhoet (Groupama ) and the Belgian Jordi Meeus (Bora).
The breakaway of the day did not take long to form, with six runners in the lead, among them the Spaniard Enekoitz Azparren (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and the Dutchman from Kern Pharma Danny Van der Tuuk. An escape that controls Lotto Dstny to the mountainous area, where the adventure is reduced to four men.
The Belgian team, with Bora-hansgrohe and Arkéa-Samsic, controlled the breakaway 19 km from the finish line, already sentenced to one minute, but the chase took place later, 2.7 km from the finish line, when The battle for victory explode.
The show starred Démare and De Lie, both of whom were in contention for robbery. The Frenchman finally got his way, specifically his 95th victory, which helped him overtake Belgian Jasper Philipsen for the event record.
Source: La Verdad
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