Race report | 29 August 2021, 17:17

No major role in Bretagne Classic for unfortunate Team Jumbo-Visma

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Team Jumbo-Visma has been unable to play a major role in the Bretagne Classic. The black and yellow formation finished the race with five riders after Tobias Foss and Chris Harper had literally fallen away. In the final the peloton came close to the three remaining leaders, but in the end Benoît Cosnefroy won. Jonas Vingegaard had a puncture and was unable to gain a place of honour. To make matters worse, David Dekker and Pascal Eenkhoorn also sawtheir chances vanish due to a crash in the final.

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The 250 km long race from Plouay to Plouay had a fast start with a high average speed. After a few small attacks, four riders managed to escape after fifty kilometres. The peloton gave them enough space to increase their lead to about six minutes.

A little later fate struck for the first time for Team Jumbo-Visma. Christoph Pfingsten and Chris Harper crashed on a narrow stretch of road. Both riders initially got back on their feet, but Harper had to step off his bike a bit later. After that Tobias Foss crashed in a sandy corner. The Norwegian had to have a wound on his chin stitched up in hospital.

Still Team Jumbo-Visma continued to have bad luck. Jonas Vingegaard had a puncture on the gravel in the final phase. David Dekker and Pascal Eenkhoorn were unable to sprint due to yet another crash. Eenkhoorn emerged unharmed, but Dekker injured his hand.

"We did our best today, but we had a lot of bad luck."

Frans Maassen

Sport director Frans Maassen: “It was not about the effort today. We had a lot of bad luck with all the crashes and Jonas having a flat tyre. He almost managed to come back, but eventually he had to squeeze the brakes due to cows. It’s a shame, because we really deserved more today.”