Arnaud Démare winning streak at Paris-Tours comes to an end on Sunday: "Next year I want lots of things but above all of victories!"

No historic hat-trick for Arnaud Démare on Paris-Tours. The French sprinter saw his winning streak at the race that takes place on dusty French countryside roads come to an end at two this Sunday.

The Arkéa-Samsic rider took 8th place in the sprint in a peloton that arrived nine seconds too late for the win behind the group of five that saw an unexpected champion in the person of Riley Sheehan.

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