The Italian Alberto Bettiol used his racing experience to surprise Benoît Cosnefroy, leader since the first day, and thus take control of the Boucles de la Mayenne which ends this Sunday in Laval.
After a lot of work from the EF Education team to come back from a breakaway of ten riders ten kilometers from the goal, the former winner of the 2019 Tour of Flanders built his victory by placing a decisive attack on the Côte des Egoutelles located ten kilometers away. of arrival.
An acceleration which had the consequences of undermining Cosnefroy, who came out at the wrong time behind the Italian but was never able to overtake him despite a good chase. At the finish, Bettiol was ahead of the Swiss Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates), Alexandre Delettre (Saint Michel-Mavic-Auber 93) and Cosnefroy by seventeen seconds and at the same time took the leader’s jersey.
