2023 La Polynormande (1.1), France
43rd edition: Sunday, August 13, 2023
La Polynormande historic results | 2022 edition
Avranches - St. Martin de Landelles, 169 km
Arnaud De Lie is first across the line. Photo: Cassandra Donne
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Weather at the city of Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët, of which the finish town of St. Martin de Landelles is a part at 1:45 PM, local time: 21C (71F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). No rain is forecast for the afternoon.
The race: Here's the report from winner Arnaud De Lie's Team Lotto Dstny.
Arnaud De Lie has won La Polynormande (Fra/1.1). The 21-year-old Belgian stayed ahead of the French Valentin Ferron and Jordan Jegat in the sprint. For De Lie it’s his sixth victory of the season.
”I am very happy with this victory”, says De Lie. “Especially after such a tough final with several attacks. I started this morning with a lot of ambition, but it was certainly not an easy task to win today. The escapees went very fast, the team had to pull hard to catch them back, but luckily my teammates did a perfect job.”
“In the final it was still very hard. Especially when Guillaume Martin accelerated uphill, I had a hard time and had to dig deep to keep up. But I managed to stay in the wheel and go for the victory. In the final I had with Cedric Beullens strong teammate by my side. He followed an attack by some riders in the end and I could stay relaxed in the wheel of the others in a second group. Cedric didn't cooperate at the front and I was able to save my strength in the second group. In the end we came very close. I launched my sprint at about 300 meters, passed the other guys and took the win. "
De Lie had a special victory sign. "That was a joke with my teammates. I have a small beard here in France. Yesterday they laughed with me and challenged me. If I won, I would refer to the beard today. And I did," he laughs.
For De Lie it's his sixth victory of the season. Tuesday he will start in Tour of Leuven (Memorial Jef Scherens), again with the ambition to win.
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Complete Results:
169 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.442 km/hr
| 1 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto Dstny | 3hr 53min 25sec |
| 2 | Valentin Ferron | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 3 | Jordan Jegat | CIC U-Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 4 | Paul Lapeira | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 5 | Clément Venturini | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 6 | Hugo Page | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 7 | Hugo Hofstetter | Team Arkéa Samsic | s.t. |
| 8 | Alexandre Delettre | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 9 | Paul Penhoët | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 10 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 11 | Guillaume Martin | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 12 | Lennert Teugels | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
| 13 | Romain Cardis | St Michel-Mavic-Auber93 | s.t. |
| 14 | Julien Simon | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 15 | Marco Tizza | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
| 16 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 17 | Maxime Jarnet | Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 18 | Harry Birchill | Saint Piran | s.t. |
| 19 | Giovanni Lonardi | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 20 | Emmanuel Morin | CIC U-Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 21 | Yaël Joalland | CIC U-Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 22 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 23 | Aimé De Gendt | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 24 | Mattéo Vercher | TotalEnergies | @ 9sec |
| 25 | Luca Mozzato | Team Arkéa Samsic | s.t. |
| 26 | Anthony Delaplace | Team Arkéa Samsic | 0:13 |
| 27 | Laurence Pithie | Groupama-FDJ | 0:21 |
| 28 | Cedric Beullens | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 29 | Matis Louvel | Team Arkéa Samsic | s.t. |
| 30 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 0:22 |
| 31 | Antoine Raugel | Ag2r-Citroën | 0:39 |
| 32 | Bastien Tronchon | Ag2r-Citroën | 1:06 |
| 33 | Rémy Mertz | Bingoal-WB | 1:14 |
| 34 | Bram Welten | Groupama-FDJ | 1:24 |
| 35 | Laurent Pichon | Team Arkéa Samsic | 1:43 |
| 36 | Finn Crockett | Saint Piran | 2:11 |
| 37 | Zeb Kyffin | Saint Piran | s.t. |
| 38 | Ryan Christensen | Bolton Equities-Black Spoke | s.t. |
| 39 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 40 | Colin Savioz | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 41 | Jérémy Leveau | Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 42 | Samuel Leroux | Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 43 | Adam Lewis | Saint Piran | s.t. |
| 44 | Flavien Maurelet | St Michel-Mavic-Auber93 | s.t. |
| 45 | Jens Reynders | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 46 | Andrea Pietrobon | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 47 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Mavic-Auber93 | s.t. |
| 48 | Taj Jones | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 49 | Louka Matthys | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
| 50 | Mirco Maestri | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 51 | Davide Bais | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 52 | Tom Paquot | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 53 | Robin Plamondon | CIC U-Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 54 | Joris Delbove | St Michel-Mavic-Auber93 | s.t. |
| 55 | Eddy Finé | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 56 | Lucas Beneteau | St Michel-Mavic-Auber93 | s.t. |
| 57 | Hugo Toumire | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 58 | Mikaël Cherel | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 59 | Thomas Gachignard | St Michel-Mavic-Auber93 | s.t. |
| 60 | Emilien Jeannière | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 61 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 62 | Alexis Guerin | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
| 63 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 64 | Jonathan Couanon | Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
| 65 | Johan Meens | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
| 66 | Jean-Louis Le Ny | Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
| 67 | Axel Narbonne Zuccarelli | Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
| 68 | Maxime Urruty | Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
| 69 | Nacer Bouhanni | Team Arkéa Samsic | s.t. |
| 70 | Edouard Bonnefoix | Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur | s.t. |
| 71 | Rick Zabel | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 72 | Tom Mainguenaud | Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 73 | Célestin Guillon | Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 74 | Kenny Molly | Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole | s.t. |
| 75 | Francisco Muñoz | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 76 | Jelle Vermoote | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
| 77 | Bradley Symonds | Saint Piran | s.t. |
| 78 | Axel Mariault | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 79 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 80 | Pierre Barbier | CIC U-Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 81 | Joris Chaussinand | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 82 | Simone Bevilacqua | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 83 | Itamar Einhorn | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 84 | Samuele Rivi | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
| 85 | Dimitri Peyskens | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
| 86 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
| 87 | Damien Touzé | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 88 | Léo Danès | CIC U-Nantes Atlantique | s.t. |
| 89 | Joshua Golliker | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 90 | Clément Davy | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 91 | Rory Townsend | Bolton Equities-Black Spoke | s.t. |
| 92 | Thibault Guernalec | Team Arkéa Samsic | s.t. |
| 93 | François Bidard | Cofidis | s.t. |
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