After ending second in final 12 months’s occasion, Bruno Armirail (Groupama-FDJ) took the French nationwide time trial title again from Rémi Cavagna (Movistar), scoring his second title in three years.
Armirail set the quickest time on the 35.2km course in Saint-Martin-de-Landelles, coming residence in 43:43 at a median velocity of 48.3kph.
As the second-last man out on target, he ended the goals of Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels), edging out the 23-year-old who had been within the sizzling seat by simply three seconds.
Vauquelin took silver with a big hole to 3rd place, taken by his teammate Thibault Guernalec at 1:08 down.
The final man on target was Cavagna, who received the title in 2020 and 2023. He’d need to accept fourth place after falling behind on the intermediate checkpoints and dropping time all through his run.
Cavagna ended up fourth at 1:09, whereas Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) rounded out the highest 5 at 1:14.
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