Several names hoping to win the French championship today. Koretzky the favourite, but Turgis also had a nice season. Demare could finish it with his strong sprint, whereas Vuelta winner Lecuisinier would enjoy a hard race, although that will be hard to have with barely 50 km on the menu.
Puma and Festina set the pace from the start and make sure the solo amateur attacker for the Minions gets caught quickly. Just before the riders reach the top of the penultimate hill with 10.5 km to go, we see an attack by Turgis!
The Puma riders say ‘nope’ and bring the Farfetch rider back quickly. 1.5 km to go as Demare is being brought forwards.
The Puma rider goes early and still leads with 500 meters to go! Koretzky in his wheel, other favourite Turgis coming on the right side of them!
But the Puma rider is simply the fastest and holds them off rather easily! Demare is the 2020 French national champion!
Result
1
Arnaud Demare
Team Puma - SAP
1h24'10
2
Anthony Turgis
Farfetch Pro Cycling
s.t.
3
Clement Koretzky
Festina - OAKA
s.t.
4
David Gaudu
Aramco DP
s.t.
5
Clement Russo
Isostar - Specialized
s.t.
6
Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier
Festina - OAKA
s.t.
7
Lilian Calmejane
Isostar - Specialized
s.t.
8
Bryan Coquard
Festina - OAKA
s.t.
9
Arthur Vichot
Bakkafrost
s.t.
10
Emmanuel Morin
Festina - OAKA
s.t.
11
Christopher De Souza
Indosat Ooredoo
s.t.
12
Nans Peters
Isostar - Specialized
s.t.
13
Pierre Latour
Polar
s.t.
14
Warren Barguil
Moser - Sygic
s.t.
15
Geoffrey Soupe
Moser - Sygic
s.t.
16
Romain Vanderbiest
Indosat Ooredoo
s.t.
17
Tony Gallopin
Bakkafrost
s.t.
18
Romain Le Roux
Indosat Ooredoo
s.t.
19
Kenny Elissonde
Indosat Ooredoo
s.t.
20
Alexis Gougeard
Polar
s.t.
21
Armindo Fonseca
Aramco DP
s.t.
22
Fabien Doubey
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
23
Remi Cavagna
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
24
Julian Alaphilippe
Podium Ambition
s.t.
25
Jocelyn Bar
cycleYorkshire
s.t.
26
Victor Lafay
Festina - OAKA
s.t.
27
Valentin Madouas
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
28
Thomas Bonnin
Bakkafrost
s.t.
29
Marc Sarreau
Bakkafrost
s.t.
30
Adrien Petit
ISA - Hexacta
s.t.
31
Jerome Coppel
cycleYorkshire
s.t.
32
Alexis Vuillermoz
BNZ Cycling Team
s.t.
33
Romain Bardet
Philips
s.t.
34
Yoann Paillot
Farfetch Pro Cycling
s.t.
35
Julien Berard
Sauber Petronas Racing
s.t.
36
Simon Guglielmi
Festina - OAKA
s.t.
37
Alexandre Delettre
Festina - OAKA
+ 52
38
Jeremy Bellicaud
Swisslion Cycling Team
s.t.
39
Michel Sibilla
Rakuten Pro Cycling
+ 59
40
Pierre Barbier
Rakuten Pro Cycling
+ 1'26
41
Leo Vincent
Team UBS
s.t.
42
Thibault Guernalec
Polar
s.t.
43
Benjamin Thomas
Team UBS
s.t.
44
Remy Rochas
Adastra N Hell Energy Cycling
+ 2'11
45
Benoit Cosnefroy
Grieg-Maersk
s.t.
46
Alexys Brunel
Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
47
Florian Senechal
Team Tinkoff - La Datcha
s.t.
48
Hugo Hofstetter
Grieg-Maersk
s.t.
49
Sebastien Ivars
Team UBS
s.t.
50
Hugues Mottin
Swisslion Cycling Team
+ 2'26
51
Thomas Boudat
cycleYorkshire
s.t.
52
Cyril Barthe
Polar
s.t.
53
Yannick Martinez
MOL
s.t.
56
Stelly Robert
Aramco DP
s.t.
58
Clement Champoussin
Minions
+ 3'39
69
Emilien Viennet
Polar
s.t.
French Time Trial Championship
France really is a time trial nation. Let’s see who’s feeling good.
5 riders to go as Mottin currently has the best time: 1h03’45”.
Robert unable to improve that time, but Viennet is: 1h03’24”.
Paillot is another eleven seconds faster! Top favourite Coppel was four seconds slower at the first chrono, what will it be at the finish?
He loses another five seconds, Paillot is the French time trial champion!
French Road Championship 
