Andrea Vendrame: «The Giro set me free»
«I had seen the race profile yesterday and knew it could suit me. It was a gruelling stage and there was something to be done. When I broke away, it took a huge effort to get to the finish line and I'm really happy to have won. The Giro has freed me up, I'm more relaxed since I won there. For the second time in my career after 2019, I've won a second race this season. I hope it continues until the Italian Championships.
But in the meantime, we still have three great stages to go. The team is performing really well, so we can be ambitious.
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Andrea Vendrame's victory is the fourth for the AG2R CITROËN team this season. The Italian rider also won stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia. Before him, Aurélien Paret-Peintre won the Grand Prix de la Marseillaise, while Benoît Cosnefroy took the honours at the Tour du Finistère.
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Leader of the individual and team general classification
Andrea Vendrame's victory sees him take the leader's jersey in the Route d'Occitane (as well as the points jersey). With Tony Gallopin in 7th place and Clément Champoussin in 11th, we also occupy first place in the team classification.
