Dorian Godon
« The greatest victory of my career »
«This is the greatest victory of my career. When you look at the list of winners of the Flèche Brabançonne, you see that only the greatest riders have won it. This success comes after a really difficult race due to the weather. There were no moments of respite. The team rode all day to shake up the race. Then, I followed the attacks 50 kilometres from the finish. I felt that I was in very good shape and that a sprint finish in a small group could be to my advantage. That's what happened. This victory is good for morale. Even though I've had more difficult moments, I never gave up. Sharing this podium with Benoît (Cosnefroy) is the icing on the cake. It doesn't happen every day, so I want to savour it. This day is the perfect start to our Ardennes classics campaign. We need to continue in the same spirit and take responsibility. Today we showed that it pays off!»
”Benoît Cosnefroy:
«Everyone took responsibility.»
The information
third win of the season
for the AG2R CITROËN team
| After the successes of’Aurélien Paret-Peintre on the third stage of the Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var and Nans Peters Dorian Godon brings AG2R CITROËN its third victory of the season at the Trofeo Laigueglia. «I'm really happy after this victory, savouring it." Cyril Dessel, sporting director of the AG2R CITROËN team. Dorian (Godon) had a perfect race. He was able to take advantage of all the work done by his teammates from the start. We also knew that on this type of circuit, it was very difficult for a peloton to make up time and reverse the trend. His victory is a reward for all his hard work. Third place went to Benoît (Cosnefroy) capped off this wonderful day. He launched his attack 60 kilometres from the finish line to shake things up and managed to secure a podium place with a touch of mischief. This is a confidence boost ahead of Sunday's Amstel Gold Race and the rest of the Ardennes classics.» |
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For the second time this season, the AG2R CITROËN team placed two of its riders on the podium of a race with the victory of Dorian Godon and third place for Benoît Cosnefroy. On 1 March, Nans Peters and Andrea Vendrame had taken first and second place in the Trofeo Laigueglia.
