Benoît Cosnefroy: "I don't realize
"This is amazing! I don't realize. I had exactly planned to attack at this point. If it didn't work out, we had Greg Van Avermaet to do the sprint. I'm very happy because I didn't expect to be able to resist like that in the last two kilometers. I gave it my all and I was able to enjoy the last 50 meters.
From an average season, I've had an exceptional season. With six second places including the Amstel Gold Race and the Flèche Brabançonne, I was only waiting for this victory and it comes on one of the most beautiful races of the calendar, it is huge.
A big thank you to the public and the organization here. The whole international peloton was eager to come back and we are not disappointed.
We will enjoy and then focus on the Montreal Grand Prix which is even better for me on paper. We will try to do as well."
Vincent Lavenu: "A great Benoît".
"I thought Benoît's attack at that point was daring, but we know what he's capable of when he's at his best. By holding his own against the riders best riders in the final kilometers, he achieved a remarkable sporting feat. Very few have managed to do that before in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec.
This performance is a step up from his victory at the Bretagne Classic in 2021. It places him among the strongest in the international peloton. I'm happy to see him raise his arms in victory because, with six second-place finishes this season, all he needed was the win. Benoît was outstanding today."
Key number: 2
By winning the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, Benoît Cosnefroy claimed his second UCI World Tour victory Tour the Bretagne Classic in 2021.
He raised his arms in victory for the first time in his career outside France.
This is Benoît Cosnefroy's first victory and the eleventh for the AG2R CITROËN team this season.
Greg Van Avermaet took thirteenth place in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec. The last winner in 2019, he will defend his title at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal this Sunday.
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"There is still a battle to be fought to try to gain one or two places in the general classification and attempt to raise our arms in victory to validate the objectives of the AG2R CITROËN team at the start of this Vuelta Espana," said Julien Jurdie, sports director of the AG2R CITROËN team.
