It is a day to mark with a white stone for the young French rider Romain Grégoire (20 years old, Groupama-FDJ). The rider from Besançon, great hope of French cycling, won the second stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk on Wednesday, between Compiègne and Laon.
Long hidden in the peloton, the puncher provided his effort in the last corner of a hill finish (1.9 km at 4.1%), widening a gap that no one could fill. Briton Ethan Vernon (Soudal-Quick Step) and Frenchman Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R Citroën Team) completed the podium. It was another Frenchman, Samuel Leroux (Van Rysel-Roubaix Lille Métropole), who took the leader’s pink jersey thanks to the bonuses.
A time trial that could change a lot of things
On the other hand, the day of racing was cruel for the Belgian Ceriel Desal (Bingoal WB), the Canadian Pier-André Coté (Human Powered Health) and the New Zealander Logan Currie (Bolton Equities Black Spoke), the last survivors of the breakaway. morning (which also included Samuel Leroux, editor’s note), who started the final climb ten seconds ahead of the peloton.
Joined by Frenchman Victor Lafay (Cofidis) in the last kilometer, the small group was then swallowed up by the rest of the peloton despite impressive work from Logan Currie.
However, the general classification of the race risks being quickly upset: this Thursday, a 15.9 km time trial around Saint-Quentin (Aisne) awaits the riders for the third stage. The double French champion Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis) is particularly expected.
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