What a end of Limousin Tour for the DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM ! After the victory of Paul Lapeira Thursday during the third stage, this time it is Italian Andrea Vendrame who won Friday on the 4th and last stage in Limoges, in front … his teammate Paul Lapeira ! Despite a failure relating to the general classification, Paul Lapeira finished 4th, 24 seconds from the final winner Ewen costiou (Arkea-B & B Hotels), French training week remains quality. For Vendrameit is a 2nd stage victory in 2025, after that of the 3rd stage of Tyrrhenian-Adriatic Last March.
“I am in my last months with this team …”
After the arrival, the Italian returned to this day: “Today, we had put Noa (Isidore) in the breakaway, and we really thought it could go to the end. In the end, we play victory in the sprint, I left from further away. Paul (Lapeira) also had been designated to sprint, in the end we finish first and second, it's good for the team. We demonstrated that we had a good team this week on the Limousin Tour. But we won two stages, it will bring morale “.
He continues on his global vision of the week, and on his personal case within the French training: “During the second stage on Wednesday, we had tried to create movement in the peloton, to lead the general, but there are also other teams, we are not the only ones to run. We won two victories, it's already good. This victory is really happy, I think I am in my last months with this team, until December 31. I really want to win with the team as much as possible, before I leave elsewhere”he concludes.
