2023 La Roue Tourangelle (1.1), France
21st Edition: Sunday, March 26, 2023
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Chambray lès Tours - Tours: 202 km
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Irish road champion Rory Townsend wins in Tours. Photo: B. Bade
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Weather at the finish city of Tours at 1:30 PM, local time: 12C (53F), rain showers, with the wind from the west at 23 km/hr (14 mph). The rain is forecast to continue through the afternoon.
The race: Here’s the report from 10th-place Donavan Grondin’s Team Arkéa-Samsic:
Thibault Guernalec was in the lead for a long time, but like the rest of the Arkéa-Samsic team, he was aggressive in the Roue Tourangelle. Donavan Grondin finished 10th in Tours.
Thibault Guernalec:
“I had a little bit of trouble last weekend, I was lacking some energy after Paris-Nice. I am happy with my feeling today. I had a good attack in the final of this Roue Tourangelle, we knew that there was a tailwind in the last thirty kilometres and that we had to try. Some riders told me afterwards that they regretted not to have followed me. We were the only ones to try something, others were more wait and see and can bite their fingers off. We tried. It didn’t work in our favour, but it’s the state of mind that we must have and that will pay off”.
Mickaël Leveau, Sport-director:
“We opted for an offensive race. The riders tried to harden the race during the difficulties, Thibault went in a breakaway, but unfortunately, he never received the support that would have allowed him to go further. Laurent and Donavan also tried in the final, but the outcome of the race was a sprint. Donavan finished in 10th position in what was a rather disjointed race”.
Rory Townsend wins a soggy Roue Tourangelle
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Complete Results:
202 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.328 km/hr
| 1 | Rory Townsend | Bolton Equities-Black Spoke | 4hr 53min 16sec |
| 2 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 3 | Pierre Barbier | CIC U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 4 | Arvid De Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 5 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 6 | Timothy Dupont | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 7 | Paul Penhoët | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 8 | Eddy Finé | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 9 | Tord Gudmestad | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 10 | Donavan Grondin | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 11 | Gotzon Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 12 | Emmanuel Morin | CIC U Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 13 | Emilien Jeannière | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 14 | Romain Cardis | St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 15 | Edo Goldstein | Team Ecoflo Chronos | s.t. |
| 16 | Madis Mihkels | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 17 | Lilian Calmejane | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 18 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 19 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
| 20 | Andreas Goeman | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 21 | Stian Fredheim | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 22 | Antoine Raugel | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 23 | André Carvalho | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 24 | Kenny Molly | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 25 | Nils Brun | Tudor Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 26 | Bram Welten | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 27 | Fredrik Dversnes | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 28 | Xabier Berasategi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 29 | Unai Iribar | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 30 | Jaakko Hänninen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 31 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 32 | Toon Clynhens | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 33 | Ryan Christensen | Bolton Equities-Black Spoke | s.t. |
| 34 | Mathis Le Berre | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 35 | Jérémy Leveau | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 36 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 37 | Noah Vandenbranden | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 38 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 39 | Laurent Pichon | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 40 | Jacob Scott | Bolton Equities-Black Spoke | s.t. |
| 41 | Dries De Pooter | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | @ 12sec |
| 42 | Lars Van Den Berg | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 43 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | 0:46 |
| 44 | Thomas Boudat | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | 0:47 |
| 45 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 46 | Maël Guégan | CIC U Nantes Atlantique | 0:52 |
| 47 | Jason Tesson | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 48 | Damien Girard | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
| 49 | Harrison Wood | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 50 | Aaron Gate | Bolton Equities-Black Spoke | s.t. |
| 51 | Juan Jose Lobato | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:59 |
| 52 | Nicolas Rivard | Team Ecoflo Chronos | 1:24 |
| 53 | Enzo Paleni | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 54 | Flavien Maurelet | St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 | 1:41 |
| 55 | Julius Johansen | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 56 | Thomas Joseph | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 57 | Marcus Sander Hansen | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 58 | Jean-Louis Le Ny | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
| 59 | Brieuc Rolland | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 60 | Maxime Jarnet | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 61 | Jenno Berckmoes | Team Flanders-Baloise | 2:05 |
| 62 | Lorrenzo Manzin | TotalEnergies | 2:14 |
| 63 | Valentin Tabellion | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 64 | Davide Cimolai | Cofidis | 2:31 |
| 65 | Mika Heming | Tudor Pro Cycling | 3:58 |
| 66 | Niklas Larsen | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 67 | Simon Pellaud | Tudor Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 68 | August Jensen | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
| 69 | Adrien Petit | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 5:12 |
| 70 | Chad Haga | Human Powered Health | 5:18 |
| 71 | Gianni Marchand | Tarteletto-Isorex | 5:22 |
| 72 | Jacob Relaes | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 73 | Enekoitz Azparren | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 74 | Florian Rapiteau | St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 75 | Paul Lapeira | Ag2r-Citroën | 6:03 |
| 76 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 77 | Louis Coqueret | Team Ecoflo Chronos | 8:40 |
| 78 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 79 | Colin Savioz | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 80 | Lenaic Langella | Team Ecoflo Chronos | s.t. |
| 81 | Wessel Krul | Human Powered Health | s.t. |
| 82 | Len De Pauw | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 83 | Mitchel Fitzsimons | Bolton Equities-Black Spoke | s.t. |
| 84 | Ådne Holter | Uno-X | s.t. |
| 85 | Tuur Dens | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 86 | Julien Simon | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 87 | Anthony Maldonado | St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 88 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 89 | Andrea Mifsud | Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
| 90 | Célestin Guillon | GO Sport-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 91 | Iker Ballarin | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
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