2024 Route Adélie de Vitré (1.1), France

28th edition: Friday, March 29, 2024

Route Adélie de Vitré podium history | 2023 edition | Course maps & profiles | Start list

Two circuits near Vitré : 5 x 21.1 km + 8 x 8.9 km (about) = 174.2 km

Jenthe Biermans wins. Photo: LNC/Bruno Bade

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Weather at Vitré (in Brittany, east of Rennes) at 12:30 PM, local time: 12C (54F), rain, with the wind from the southwest at 27 km/hr (17 mph). The rain is forecast to end about 1:30 PM.

The race: Though all the riders began the race, a few minutes after the start Jesus Antonio Soto (Equipe Kern Pharma) abandoned.

Here's the post from winner Jenthe Biemans' Team Arkea B&B Hotels:

Jenthe Biermans gave the Arkea-B&B Hotels team, who were virtually playing in their own backyard in Vitré, their fourth win of the season.

Jenthe Biermans:
“The whole Arkea-B&B Hotels team has done an enormous amount of work on this Route Adélie de Vitré. I’d like to highlight what Ewen Costiou did for me. He came back to my group, after having been distanced, and then he set about closing the gap. I had a very, very long sprint, I was always well placed and I gave everything I had to get this victory. I’m feeling really good at the moment. I’d finished third three times and I was always on the verge of success, and today I’m winning on the home turf of the Arkea-B&B Hotels team, which is fantastic for the whole team and for me. Laurent Pichon knows this race very well, and he gave us the perfect instructions to win this event”.

Another shot of Jenthe Biermans wnning the race.

Mathis Le Berre:
“It wasn’t necessarily planned for me to be out in front, but I had to be a step ahead, especially with the wind on my side. I’m a racer who likes to race, not wait, it’s in my temperament. We had to be vigilant at the start, and I thought that other riders were going to join us, but in the end there were only two of us. But showing up at home, in front of our partners, is something that’s important for the Arkea-B&B Hotels team. Everyone pulled out all the stops today and did their utmost to help Jenthe Biermans achieve this great success.”

Laurent Pichon, sports director:
“We all wanted this success in the Arkea-B&B Hotels team, and after all, saying it is good, doing it is even better! What more emotions on arrival, at home! My words this morning at the briefing were: “I want to see a team here”. That’s what we saw throughout the race. We wanted to make the race difficult. Mathis found himself in front a bit by chance, but that made things easier for his team-mates behind him, because they didn’t have to drive. That was already a good point, because everyone was waiting for us. We tried a coup de force with forty-five kilometres to go. There were then five riders from the Arkea-B&B Hotels team in front. We had no choice. We had to make a break because some good riders had been trapped. Pierre Thierry and Clément Venturini did an incredible job so that the breakaway could get away. I had left Ewen Costiou and Jenthe Biermans in reserve. Ewen had carte blanche to try his luck. And he did. Unsuccessfully. He then put himself at Jenthe’s service in the final, sacrificing himself for him. We never gave up, even when the last shot went in, and in the end Jenthe pulled off the winning sprint.”

Complete results:

174.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.933 km/hr

1	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	4hr 3min 27sec
2	Sandy Dujardin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
3	Alexandre Delettre	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
4	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
6	Jordan Labrosse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
7	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	@ 2sec
8	Noa Isidore	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Clément Braz Afonso	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
10	Simon Dalby	Uno-X Mobility	0:09
11	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
12	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Mobility	0:14
13	Benoît Cosnefroy	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	0:18
14	Noah Hobbs	Groupama-FDJ	0:20
15	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
16	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
17	James Fouche	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
18	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
19	Clément Venturini	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
20	Filippo Magli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
21	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
22	Matyas Kopecky	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
23	David González	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
24	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
25	Matys Grisel	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
26	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
27	Alex Jaime	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
28	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
29	Antonio Angulo	Burgos-BH	s.t.
30	Thomas Silva	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
31	Michiel Lambrecht	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
32	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	Louka Matthys	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
34	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
35	Léo Danès	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
36	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
37	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
38	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
39	Unai Cuadrado	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
40	Jérémy Leveau	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
41	Anders Skaarseth	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
42	Artus Jaladeau	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
43	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
44	Kévin Avoine	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
45	Samuel Fernández Garcia	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
46	Nicolas Milesi	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
47	Valentin Ferron	TotalEnergies	0:31
48	Melvin Crommelinck	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	0:36
49	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	0:58
50	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Wanty	1:14
51	Georgios Boúglas	Burgos-BH	1:16
52	Steffen De Schuyteneer	Lotto Dstny	1:18
53	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	1:21
54	Tars Poelvoorde	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
55	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	1:25
56	Pierre Thierry	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:36
57	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:46
58	Rémi Capron	Van Rysel-Roubaix	1:55
59	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
60	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
61	Milan Lanhove	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
62	Magnus Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	2:11
63	Clément Alleno	Burgos-BH	2:15
64	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
65	Alexander Salby	Bingoal-WB	2:26
66	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	2:39
67	Sil Van Daele	Bingoal-WB	3:00
68	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	3:03
69	Andrea Peron	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
70	Jérémy Lecroq	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
71	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
72	Julen Arriola-Bengoa	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
73	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
74	Killian Verschuren	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
75	Nolann Mahoudo	Cofidis	s.t.
76	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	3:15
77	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	3:21
78	Dillon Corkery	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
79	Óscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	3:32
80	Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:23
81	Francisco Galván	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:30
82	Victor Vaneeckhoutte	Lotto Dstny	4:45
83	George Jackson	Burgos-BH	s.t.
84	Matisse Julien	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
85	Unai Zubeldia	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
86	Pierre-Henry Basset	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
87	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
88	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
89	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
90	Mikel Retegi	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
91	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
92	Henri Vandenabeele	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
93	Sasha Weemaes	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
94	Sam Brand	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
95	Jon Rye-Johnsen	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	7:20
96	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
97	Alexy Faure-Prost	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
98	Antoine Hue	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
99	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
100	Antonio Polga	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.
101	Joshua Golliker	Groupama-FDJ	8:40
102	Marcus Sander Hansen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
103	Quinten De Graeve	Team Novo Nordisk	s.t.

 

Maps & profiles of the two loops and the start/finish area.

Here is the first, larger loop of 21.1 km.

Profile of the larger loop.

The second, smaller 8.9 km loop.

Profile of the smaller loop.

Map of the start-finish area

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Start list with back numbers, March 28, 2024:

	Uno-X Mobility
1	Fredrik Dversnes
2	Carl-Frederik Bevort
3	Erlend Blikra
4	Marcus Sander Hansen
5	Anders Skaarseth
6	Magnus Kulset
7	Simon Dalby
	Arkea-B&B Hotels
11	Jenthe Biermans
12	Ewen Costiou
13	Thibault Guernalec
14	Mathis Le Berre
15	Nicolas Milesi
16	Pierre Thierry
17	Clément Venturini
	Intermarché-Wanty
22	Vito Braet
23	Alexy Faure-Prost
24	Arne Marit
25	Tom Paquot
26	Baptiste Planckaert
27	Zeno Moonen
	Cofidis
31	Bryan Coquard
32	Eddy Finé
33	Alexis Gougeard
34	Oliver Knight
35	Nolann Mahoudo
36	Stefano Oldani
37	Hugo Toumire
	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale
41	Benoît Cosnefroy
42	Léo Bisiaux
43	Tom Donnenwirth
44	Jordan Labrosse
45	Noa Isidore
46	Killian Verschuren
	Groupama-FDJ
51	David Gaudu
52	Titouan Fontaine
53	Joshua Golliker
54	Thibaud Gruel
55	Noah Hobbs
56	Brieuc Rolland
57	Marc Sarreau
	Lotto Dstny
61	Lionel Taminiaux
62	Axel De Lie
63	Steffen De Schuyteneer
64	Matys Grisel
65	Tars Poelvoorde
66	Henri Vandenabeele
67	Victor Vaneeckhoutte
	TotalEnergies
71	Julien Simon
72	Sandy Dujardin
73	Valentin Ferron
74	Lorrenzo Manzin
75	Paul Ourselin
77	Baptiste Vadic
	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
81	Julen Arriola-Bengoa
82	Samuel Fernández Garcia
83	David González
84	Jaume Guardeño
85	Michal Schlegel
86	Calum Johnston
87	Thomas Silva
	Bingoal-WB
91	Louka Matthys
92	Michiel Lambrecht
93	Milan Lanhove
94	Alexander Salby
95	Sil Van Daele
96	Sébastien Van Poppel
97	Sasha Weemaes
	Euskaltel-Euskadi
101	Jon Aberasturi
102	Nicolas Alustiza
103	Xabier Berasategi
104	James Fouche
105	Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko
106	Unai Cuadrado
107	Unai Zubeldia
	Team Novo Nordisk
111	Sam Brand
112	Quinten De Graeve
113	Lucas Daugé
114	Matyas Kopecky
115	Andrea Peron
116	Antonio Polga
117	Filippo Ridolfo
	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè
121	Filippo Fiorelli
122	Riccardo Lucca
123	Filippo Magli
124	Martin Marcellusi
125	Alessandro Tonelli
126	Enrico Zanoncello
127	Samuele Zoccarato
	Burgos-BH
131	Óscar Pelegrí
132	Clément Alleno
133	Rodrigo Álvarez
134	Antonio Angulo
135	Georgios Boúglas
136	Angel Fuentes
137	George Jackson
	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93
141	Alexandre Delettre
142	Nicolas Breuillard
143	Jérémy Cabot
144	Romain Cardis
145	Dillon Corkery
146	Théo Delacroix
147	Jérémy Lecroq
	Equipo Kern Pharma
151	Hugo Aznar
152	Iñigo Elosegui
153	Alex Jaime
154	Francisco Galván
155	Mikel Retegi
156	Eugenio Sanchez
157	Antonio Soto
	CIC U Nantes Atlantique
161	Pierre-Henry Basset
162	Clément Braz Afonso
163	Léo Danès
164	Artus Jaladeau
165	Antoine Hue
166	Matisse Julien
167	Jon Rye-Johnsen
	Nice Métropole-Côte D'Azur
171	Jonathan Couanon
172	Melvin Crommelinck
173	Noah Knecht
174	Paul Hennequin
175	Jean-Louis Le Ny
176	Andrea Mifsud
177	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli
	Van Rysel-Roubaix
181	Emmanuel Morin
182	Kévin Avoine
183	Thomas Boudat
184	Rémi Capron
185	Maxime Jarnet
186	Jérémy Leveau
187	Samuel Leroux