Quebec GP: Benoît Cosnefroy: “I thought it was possible!” – Cycling News

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Often placed but never winner this season, Benoît Cosnefroy put the ball to the bottom this Friday in Canada! Author 2 kilometers from the arrival of an attack to which no one could respond, the puncher of the AG2R Citroën Team offered the 11th edition of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec. “It’s incredible, I don’t necessarily realize what is happening to me”, admits the Normand, at the end of the race, during an interview carried out by the organization. The one who won ahead of Michael Matthews (Team BikeExchange-Jayco), Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux) and Wout Van Aert (Team Jumbo-Visma) – just that! – then evoked the decisive moment of his race.Video – The magnificent victory of Benoît Cosnefroy in Quebec! 🇨🇦 @GPCQM The bike 😠Cycling ðŸ˜
#AG2RCITROËNTEAM #RoulonsAutrement #RideDifferently – © Getty pic.twitter.com/bo96TbgoBB — AG2R CITROËN TEAM (@AG2RCITROENTEAM) September 9, 2022 “Winning at Quebec changes my season, taking it from average to exceptional” “To be honest, it “It was premeditated, I wanted to attack in this difficulty. We had Greg Van Avermaet who could sprint behind, so we had two cards to play. Personally, I had to play my all and if it didn’t work, too bad. But it worked and I’m really, really happy to win here. I thought it was hard to win here in this scenario, but when I saw that I was alone, I thought it was possible and I kept up my effort.” The second Frenchman to win this event after Thomas Voeckler in 2010, Benoît Cosnefroy does not feel like he is saving his season with this success, even if it is his first success in 2022. There was no win yet, I was relatively satisfied with my season. I came very close to winning the Amstel Gold Race, it was really very close, and this victory would have changed my whole season. Quebec is changing my season, taking it from average to exceptional. It’s so difficult to go for a WorldTour win… It’s exceptional to win a classic here, in Canada”, concludes the one who will try to achieve the doubled Sunday in Montreal. The podium :
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