There’s one clear favorite and that’s of course Lecuisinier. It would be a major surprise to see him walk away without the title.
Startlist
Spoiler
Cosnefroy
Benoit
Aramco DP
Thomas
Benjamin
Aramco DP
Vuillermoz
Alexis
BNZ-Superhero Racing
Le Roux
Romain
BNZ-Superhero Racing
Gaudu
David
Cedevita
Le Gac
Olivier
Cedevita
Vanderbiest
Romain
Crabbe-CC Chevigny
Hofstetter
Hugo
Evonik - ELKO
Paillot
Yoann
Farfetch Pro Cycling
Turgis
Anthony
Farfetch Pro Cycling
Lecuisinier
Pierre-Henri
Festina - OAKA
Rochas
Remy
Festina - OAKA
Koretzky
Clement
Festina - OAKA
Coquard
Bryan
Festina - OAKA
Bernard
Julien
Gazelle
Peters
Nans
Gazelle
Martin
Guillaume
Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team
Zingle
Axel
Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team
Elissonde
Kenny
HelloFresh
Champoussin
Clement
Huski Chocolate
Jousseaume
Alan
Indosat Ooredoo
Pinot
Thibaut
ISA - Hexacta
Vincent
Leo
ISA - Hexacta
Bardet
Romain
Isostar - Specialized
Brunel
Alexys
Jura - Fiat
Morin
Emmanuel
Jura - Fiat
Tesson
Jason
Jura - Fiat
Boudat
Thomas
Jura - Fiat
Seigle
Roman
McCormick Pro Cycling
Lafay
Victor
Philips - Force India
Alaphilippe
Julian
Podium Ambition
Latour
Pierre
Polar
Barthe
Cyril
Polar
Bernaudeau
Mathieu
Polar
Viennet
Emilien
Polar
Doubey
Fabien
Tafjord Kraft
Madouas
Valentin
Team Puma - SAP
Demare
Arnaud
Team Puma - SAP
Cavagna
Remi
Team Puma - SAP
Senechal
Florian
Team Tinkoff - La Datcha
Geniez
Alexandre
Trans Looney Tunes
Calmejane
Lilian
Trans Looney Tunes
Mottin
Hugues
Trans Looney Tunes
Russo
Clement
Zwift Pro Cycling
We’re still on the penultimate climb but the group has already been reduced to around 25 riders. Latour decides that this is a good time to attack. Bardet and Bernard follow.
Lecuisinier joined them, but over the top of the climb, Champoussin and Demare have controlled the gap to the point that the attackers are about to be caught again.
Under the 5km banner, Champoussin attacks. Lecuisinier is poorly positioned towards the back of the group.
That attack was not successful, now it's Latour, Bernard and Bardet again. Lecuisinier tries to move up on the left but gets blocked.
But just in time for the final kilometer, he makes it to the front and immediately attacks, a big acceleration!
Demare tried to follow but at the 10% stretch towards the finish, he can’t keep up. Pinot and Bernard are closest …
… but Lecuisinier is strong enough - the expected winner takes it.
Result
1
Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier
Festina - OAKA
1h56'20
2
Thibaut Pinot
ISA - Hexacta
+ 8
3
Arnaud Demare
Team Puma - SAP
+ 14
4
Julien Bernard
Gazelle
s.t.
5
Pierre Latour
Polar
s.t.
6
Kenny Elissonde
HelloFresh
s.t.
7
Romain Bardet
Isostar - Specialized
s.t.
8
Valentin Madouas
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
9
Clement Champoussin
Huski Chocolate
s.t.
10
David Gaudu
Cedevita
s.t.
11
Lilian Calmejane
Trans Looney Tunes
s.t.
12
Fabien Doubey
Tafjord Kraft
s.t.
13
Victor Lafay
Philips - Force India
s.t.
14
Yoann Paillot
Farfetch Pro Cycling
s.t.
15
Remy Rochas
Festina - OAKA
s.t.
16
Guillaume Martin
Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team
s.t.
17
Leo Vincent
ISA - Hexacta
s.t.
18
Alexandre Geniez
Trans Looney Tunes
s.t.
19
Roman Seigle
McCormick Pro Cycling
s.t.
20
Alexis Vuillermoz
BNZ-Superhero Racing
s.t.
21
Nans Peters
Gazelle
+ 50
22
Olivier Le Gac
Cedevita
+ 1'09
23
Clement Koretzky
Festina - OAKA
+ 1'15
24
Benoit Cosnefroy
Aramco DP
s.t.
25
Jason Tesson
Jura - Fiat
+ 1'38
26
Bryan Coquard
Festina - OAKA
+ 2'39
27
Alan Jousseaume
Indosat Ooredoo
+ 3'28
28
Benjamin Thomas
Aramco DP
+ 3'45
29
Alexys Brunel
Jura - Fiat
+ 3'51
30
Romain Le Roux
BNZ-Superhero Racing
+ 4'16
31
Emmanuel Morin
Jura - Fiat
s.t.
32
Julian Alaphilippe
Podium Ambition
+ 4'40
33
Cyril Barthe
Polar
+ 4'56
34
Axel Zingle
Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team
+ 5'11
35
Remi Cavagna
Team Puma - SAP
+ 6'32
36
Thomas Boudat
Jura - Fiat
s.t.
37
Emilien Viennet
Polar
s.t.
38
Mathieu Bernaudeau
Polar
+ 7'03
39
Anthony Turgis
Farfetch Pro Cycling
+ 7'56
40
Hugo Hofstetter
Evonik - ELKO
+ 9'59
41
Florian Senechal
Team Tinkoff
s.t.
42
Romain Vanderbiest
Crabbe-CC Chevigny
s.t.
43
Clement Russo
Zwift Pro Cycling
s.t.
44
Hugues Mottin
Trans Looney Tunes
+ 11'09
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French Championships - ITT
A ton of strong time trialists here.
Bernaudeau sets a good early time of 1h03’04.
Thomas beats it by 12 seconds.
Cavagna falls behind both of them.
Lecuisinier attempts to do the double, but it’s not his day. 4 seconds behind Thomas.
Mottin is faster than the Tour de France winner by less than a second, still not enough to take first place.
Thomas has secured himself a medal as his teammate Cosnefroy drops behind even Cavagna.
Viennet then tops the leaderboard by over half a minute!
But Paillot won’t be denied today, he is another half a minute faster. A convincing win for the Farfetch rider.
French Championships - RR 
