Julien Simon sprints to victory in first stage of Tour du Limousin

Julien Simon has won the first stage of the Tour du Limousin. He beat Matteo Trentin and Alex Aranburu to take the victory.

The breakaway included Joel Nicolau, Clément Carisey, Kenny Molly, Valentin Paret-Peintre and Alexis Gougeard. The group managed to gain 6 minutes ahead of the peloton. The group was shrunk to only four riders when Gougeard faced a tire puncture.

15 kilometers before the finish line breakaway was only 30 seconds ahead of the peloton.The group was soon caught. Simon was the fastest to cross the finish line as Trentin finished second. Alex Aranburu took the bronze.

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