Kooij wins second sprint on comeback, Cosnefroy seals Boucles de la Mayenne overall
Olav Kooij has won his second sprint at the 2.Pro-ranked Boucles de la Mayenne, taking out the fourth and last stage. Winner on day three, Benoît Cosnefroy sealed the overall title, delivering on his status as pre-race favourite four days after his temmate Julius Johansen claimed the opening Prologue.
Kooij's stage wins mark his first in the Decathlon-CMA CGM jersey, his debut delayed by a persistent virus in the first months of the season. These victories, in a field that includes his successor at Visma-Lease a Bike Matthew Brennan, Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), John Degenkolb (Picnic-PostNL) and Juan Sebastián Molano (UAE Team Emirates-XRG).
Stage 3 brief results
- Olav Kooij (Decathlon-CMA CGM)
- Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek)
- John Degenkolb (Picnic-PostNL)
- Maikel Zijlaard (Tudor)
- Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost)
Final GC results
- Benoît Cosnefroy (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
- Thibaud Gruel (Groupama-FDJ United) +0:07
- Noa Isidore (Decathlon-CMA CGM) +0:12
- Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) +0:13
- Clément Izquierdo (Cofidis) +0:15
