Louis Rouland claims a top 5 on stage 3

Race reportJul 19, 2024

Development TeamGiro della Valle d'Aosta

Louis Rouland a pris la 5ème place à Pré-Saint-Didier, arrivée de la 3ème étape du Tour de la Vallée d’Aoste. Au bout de ces 129 kilomètres et 3200m de dénivelé positif, Jean-Loup Fayolle s’est classé 11ème.

Louis Rouland

It was a very difficult stage. At the top of the Colle San Carlo, the last climb of the day, I dropped down to 3rd place in the race, behind the breakaway duo and another duo with Jarno Widar. The final climb was a small bump. My legs were responding well and I had the idea of attacking. Maxime Bouet came up to me, gave me a good push and told me I could attack if I felt like it. And so I did. I opened up a gap, but it wasn't enough to finish on the podium. I really want to thank the whole ARKEA-B&B HOTELS developpement team today. We rode well together, we stuck together and we've got to keep going like this, because we've still got two big stages ahead of us.

Maxime Bouet

Directeur sportif

The guys rode a great stage. The first two places were taken by riders in the morning breakaway. Behind them, Louis was up there with the best, finishing 5th. I asked him to attack on the short final climb to the finish because the other riders seemed to be struggling. Hats off to him! He's 4th overall this evening, just off the podium in a prestigious race. We have 3 riders in the top 16. I'd also like to take my hat off to Jean-Loup Fayolle, 11th today, in his first year in the professional ranks at just 19 years of age. Everyone did a great job today, but there are still two big mountain stages to go. We've got to keep going in this direction and hope for the best.

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