Maxime Bouet: "The watchword was to be ready to respond to an extremely difficult race"

Race reportSep 27, 2024

Development TeamTour d'Eure et Loir

La première étape du Tour d'Eure et Loir se déroulait aujourd'hui entre Le Coudray et Mignières. Baptiste Gillet a pris la 4ème place à l'issue d'une course marquée par de nombreuses échappées et des conditions météorologiques difficiles.

Baptiste Gillet

The first stage of the Tour d'Eure et Loir was quite eventful and made even more difficult by the bad weather conditions. There was a lot of wind and a few echelons. I found myself in the counter group with Giosué, then we were outnumbered when we came back to Rémi: we were then 3 out of 17. I tried an attack in the last kilometers to try to join the leaders, and I finally finished 4th. Unfortunately, I did not take any bonuses on the line, but I am satisfied with this 4th place before the next two stages, which promise to be just as eventful.

Maxime Bouet

Directeur sportif

This morning, during the briefing, the watchword was to be ready to respond to an extremely difficult race, and to activate "warrior mode" until the finish. The riders of the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS team had a very good race on this first stage of the Tour d'Eure et Loir. Rémi Lelandais was in the breakaway for a good part of the day and took up to 6 minutes ahead with his two companions. The objective of this presence at the front was to recover the bonus, which he managed to do. The counter-attack group then came back to Rémi and one of his companions, and we then had 3 men out of 17 at the front, with Giosué and Baptiste in support. Baptiste tried to attack in the last kilometers and finally finished 4th. There are still two difficult stages left, and the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS team is motivated for the rest.

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