Ewen Costiou 7th at Belvédère de Montfaucon

“We tried to do what we said at the briefing, which was to protect Ewen Costiou, Cristián Rodríguez and Clément Champoussin. The podium came down to the final climb. Ewen had a good climb, but the strongest rider won. I’m a little disappointed with the raw result. Despite everything, Ewen, a week after his victory in Saumur on the Région Pays de la Loire Tour, showed that he was in good form, in the midst of some pretty stiff competition.”