Clément Venturini claims a podium in Argentat

Race reportAug 15, 2024

World Team TeamTour du Limousin

Clément Venturini, 3rd in stage 3 of the Tour du Limousin, scored his fourth podium of the season. He is now 8th in the provisional overall classification. Louis Barré is still 6th.

Clément Venturini

This 3rd stage of the Tour du Limousin was once again tough. The riders were selected from the back, and in the final the main peloton was very small. Louis attacked to try and close the gap in the overall classification, but the other riders in position quickly responded to his attack. He gave me a helping hand in the final, riding behind Cepeda who went solo and is going to win. I rode a good sprint to get some bonuses for the final overall classification. I finished 3rd. It's another podium. It's a good omen for the future, because I'm a competitor and I'm always keen to get the best result, which means success. Tomorrow, Friday, there's still one stage to go in this Tour du Limousin 2024 and the race isn't over yet.

Louis Barré

We tried to catch the rider in front by taking turns, but with several of us we only managed to make up a little time on him. It was complicated to manoeuvre in the final, but after that I arrived with Clément in the peloton that was fighting for second place. Clément came 3rd in this stage. He took the bonuses that put him back in the overall standings. It's always a good result in the end. It was a tough stage, and we had to stay in position all day, so thanks to our team-mates for all their hard work.

Laurent Pichon

Sport director

We had planned to give some movement to this 3rd stage of the Tour du Limousin. That's why Luca Mozzato went into a breakaway, followed by Embret Svestad-Bårdseng before the biggest difficulty in another group. But the peloton never left too much room for the attackers. Louis Barré also tried his luck on the day's main difficulty, but the leader's team rode very fast behind him. In the end, Cepeda won solo. Clément Venturini was second in the bunch sprint. He picked up a few bonuses in the process, which put him back in the overall classification ahead of the final stage on Friday. He is now 8th and Louis Barré is still in 6th place.

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