Dorian Godon: «A tremendous effort by the team»
«It's the kind of day when it feels easy because the team does such a tremendous job. I was supported and protected all day long.
Nans Peters rode at the front for 90 kilometres, I was carried along in the sprint like rarely before by the whole team and I just had to finish the job. Everything happened naturally, without us having to say anything to each other. We deserved to share the Comté cheese I won. Three victories this season, my first Tour de 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 (15 September) 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 a Espana and Benoît Cosnefroy at the Tour du Jura on Saturday. Dorian Godon had already won Paris-Camembert and the second stage of the Tour du Limousin. Ben O'Connor on stage 9 of the Tour de France, Andrea Vendrame on stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia and stage 1 of the Route d'Occitanie, Aurélien Paret-Peintre at the Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise, Clément Champoussin on stage 20 of the Vuelta a España and Benoît Cosnefroy at the Bretagne Classic – Ouest France, the Tour du Finistère and the Tour du Jura complete the list of honours. Also worth noting 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 is leading the team classification.
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Greg Van Avermaet finishes eighth at the top of the Grammont wall
Greg Van Avermaet finished eighth in the seventh and final stage of the Benelux Tour, which 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. I just couldn't catch up with the right group. Today, with my experience and knowledge of the course, I knew I could put in a good performance. I managed to sprint well. I can now build towards the end of the season,» said Greg Van Avermaet.
