Then he had a chance to save its season, Thomas Voeckler lost Paris-Tours in the final meters on Sunday to win by blowing by Belgian Jelle Wallays his latest companion a breakaway of over 230 kilometers.
We waited John Degenkolb and Arnaud Démare is Jelle Wallays that came out of the hat for the 108th edition of Paris-Tours on Sunday. Trapped, the sprinters had to bow to the fugitives, or at least the two survivors of an escape of more than 230 kilometers. These two are so Wallays, an unknown Belgian rider team Topsport Vlaanderen, and Thomas Voeckler had the opportunity in the Indre-et-Loire to save a lackluster season and although marred by injuries.
But the Alsatian has drawn a blank, appearing unable to outrun his ultimate companion in the last ribs – despite an attempt in that of Beausoleil to 10 kilometers to go – and less swift in the sprint two ships on the famous Avenue de Grammont. If launched hostilities Voeckler, 35 since June, has not stood the swift return of Belgian who has not missed an opportunity to clinch the biggest victory of his career.
For the first time since 2005, the Europcar rider finished a season without any success. Démare, which embodies the next generation of French cycling among other riders did not experience this type of drought this year. Instead, the champion of France could, if successful in Tours, joining André Greipel, the most successful rider in 2014 (16 wins). But Beauvaisien, yet in great shape, let go in the last bumps. A failure that will not tarnish so far the record of the sprinter FDJ.fr.
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