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Lotto Dstny satisfied after strong performance at La Polynormande

Pascal Eenkhoorn racked up the second place in the French one-day race, after attacking from the early breakaway with two other riders. Paul Lapeira (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) won.
Race 11 August 2024
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In La Polynormande the riders got an up and down course of 170 kilometers. Lotto Dstny chose to jump after 30 kilometers, with Pascal Eenkhoorn. The 27-year-old Dutchman got three other riders with him. A bit later, his teammate Liam Slock joined the front with some other riders. The breakaway worked well together, and in the peloton the Lotto Dstny Team made sure they could stay upfront.    

In the final the breakaway got reduced to six riders, with Slock and Eenkhoorn. The last one rode away with Paul Lapeira and Brieuc Rolland (Groupama – FDJ). Lapeira was the fastest, Eenkhoorn took a nice second spot and in the back Slock strongly finished fourth.

“We started with a lot of motivation. We knew we had to make the race hard”, Sports director Nikolas Maes explained after the strong team performance. “Liam and Pascal were part of a strong breakaway. The team did a great job in the bunch making sure Pascal and Liam stayed in the front. In the end Pascal could ride away with Lapeira and Rolland, finishing second and Liam fourth. We rode a strong race, we did what we had to do and we are satisfied.”

 

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