Dorian Godon " A huge work of the team ".
"It's the kind of day where you feel like it's easy because the team does such a tremendous job. I was mentored and protected all day.
Nans Peters led the race for 90 km, and the whole team pushed me to sprint like never before. All I had to do was finish the job. Everything happened naturally, without us having to say a word. We deserved to share the Comté cheese I won. Three victories this season, my first Tour France. It's been a great year, and I want to keep up the momentum. I'm going to take a few days off because I feel that some days are harder than others, and I'm going to prepare for the Grand Prix de Wallonie (September 15), where we'll have another great team."[/su_quote]
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The AG2R CITROËN team clinches its eleventh victory of the season. Dorian Godon's victory is his third of the season and the third in two days for the AG2R CITROËN team after Clément Champoussin at the Vuelta Espana and Benoît Cosnefroy at Tour Jura on Saturday. Dorian Godon had already won Paris-Camembert and the second stage of Tour Limousin. Ben O'Connor on the ninth stage of Tour France, Andrea Vendrame on the twelfth stage of Giro and the first stage of the Route d'Occitanie, Aurélien Paret-Peintre on the Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise, Clément Champoussin on the twentieth stage of the Vuelta Espana and Benoît Cosnefroy on the Bretagne Classic – Ouest France, the Tour Finistère and the Tour Jura complete the list of honors. Also noteworthy are Marc Sarreau's French track championship title in the scratch race and Clément Venturini's cyclo-cross title. The AG2R CITROËN team won stages in all three Grand Tours. Dorian Godon consolidated his first place in the overall French Cup standings, with a 50-point lead over Benoît Cosnefroy.
The AG2R CITROËN team leads the team standings.
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Greg Van Avermaet 8th at the top of the Grammont Wall
Greg Van Avermaet took eighth place in the seventh and final stage of Tour Benelux Tour ended at the top of the Mur de Grammont.
"I'm really happy with this top 10 finish after so many weeks without any convincing results. I feel like my form is coming back, which is really good news. I wasn't too bad on Saturday either. I just didn't manage to get into the right group. Today, with my experience and knowledge of the course, I knew I could put in a good performance. I sprinted well. I can now build towards the end of the season," said Greg Van Avermaet.
