Cycling: Belgian Loïc Vliegen wins the Tour du Doubs
Published on 09/06/2020 - 18:30
Updated on 09/06/2020 - 18:45
Belgian Loïc Vliegen (Circus-Wanty Gobert) won the 35th edition of the Tour du Doubs cyclist on Sunday. The 200 km course linked Morteau to Pontarlier.
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2/2 - The escaped - at Crêt Monniot. © Facebook Tour du Doubs
The 26-year-old rider managed to outdo the other competitors in the last kilometer of the race at the exit of Larmont, the last difficulty of the day and traditional justice of the peace of the event.
He thus beat the Eritrean Biniam Girmay Hailu (Nippo Delko One Provence) and the Frenchman Aurélien Paret-Peintre (AG2R La Mondiale).
Vliegen thus climbs to second place in the general classification of the Coupe de France, ex-aequo with Bryan Coquard and Benoit Cosnefroy, behind Josef Cerny (Ccc Team).
Classification of the Coupe de France (after the 4th round):
Josef Cerny (CZE) 64 points
Loic Vliegen (BEL) 50 pts
Bryan Coquard (FRA) 50 pts
Benoit Cosnefroy (FRA) 50 pts
Biniam Girmay Hailu (ERI) 35 pts

Cyclisme : le Belge Loïc Vliegen remporte le Tour du Doubs ...

Date: 6th September 2020
Avg. speed winner: 41.19 km/h
Race category: Men Elite

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Belgian Loïc Vliegen wins the Tour du Doubs cyclist

Sunday September 6, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. -

By Cédric Hermel , France Bleu Besançon

The Belgian Loïc Vliegen won this Sunday in the Tour du Doubs cyclist. On arrival in Pontarlier, he was ahead of the Eritrean Biniam Girmay Hailu and the French Aurélien Paret-Peintre and Romain Hardy.

Belgian Loïc Vliegen won in the Tour du Doubs 2020.

Belgian Loïc Vliegen won the Tour du Doubs 2020 © Radio France - Cédric Hermel

It was finally the Belgian Loïc Vliegen who won the Tour du Doubs cycling 2020, between Morteau and Pontarlier. The rider of the Circus Wanty Gobert team won ahead of a group of 3 riders, who arrived 14 seconds after him: the Eritrean Biniam Girmay Hailu and the French Aurélien Paret-Peintre and Romain Hardy.

The winner of the day lost his three pursuers in the last kilometer before the finish, located rue de la République, in the center of Pontarlier. One of the main arteries of the sub-prefecture of Doubs where more than a hundred masked people gathered to witness the arrival of the runners.

The Tour du Doubs is the fourth round of the Coupe de France.

Loïc Vliegen succeeds the Swiss Stefan Küng, winner last year, and who is currently on the Tour de France with Groupama-FDJ and its leader, the Franche-Comté Thibaut Pinot. The Tour du Doubs is the fourth round of the Coupe de France, which has eight this year.

1	VLIEGEN Loic	Circus-Wanty Gobert-Tormans
2	GIRMAY Biniam	Nippo Delko One Provence
3	PARET-PAINTER Aurelien	AG2R La Mondiale
4	HARDY Romain	Arkea - Samsic
5	KRIEGER Alexander	Alpecin-Fenix