Maxime Bouet: ‘It's a disappointment’

Race reportFeb 15, 2025

World Team TeamTour de la Provence

The ARKEA-B&B HOTELS team once again tried to set the pace in the Tour de Provence 2025. Raúl García Pierna finished 10th in the second stage. As the best young rider, the Spaniard retains 6th place in the overall classification ahead of Sunday's final stage between Rognac and Arles (190.6 km).

Maxime Bouet

Directeur sportif

We were concentrating on the series of bumps in the last 30 kilometres of this second stage of the Tour de la Provence. The strategy was to make the race harder before the final climb of the day. At the start of the stage, Laurens Huys crashed heavily and had to retire. We missed him in the final. On the approach to the pass, the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS team tried to make the race harder, as had been agreed at the briefing, so that Ewen Costiou or Raúl García Pierna could get away on the climb. Physically, we came up against someone stronger than us. Mads Pedersen and Matej Mohoric went off. I'd told Ewen to point them out before they attacked. He made the effort, but against the clock. In the final kilometres, there was a regroupement for third place. It was all down to Raúl to avoid any breaks. We would have liked to do much better. It was a disappointment.

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