Fourth in the third stage of the Tour du Limousin 9 seconds behind Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ), winner of the day, Benoît Cosnefroy (Ag2r-Citroën) could only admit the superiority of the race leader’s team . “Hats off to the FDJ, who checked all day and who were the only ones to check all day. Congratulations to them, I gave everything, ”acknowledged the Frenchman.
If he hoped to win “by doing the last 500 meters at full speed”, he was unable to follow Jesus Herrada (Cofidis) and Romain Grégoire when they attacked one kilometer from the finish. He still takes positives from it. “I wasn’t sure I could play for the win, so for me, this result is already good. »
