After his 4th place on the Bretagne Classic Last Sunday, the Frenchman Paul Magnier (Sudal Quick-Step) went to seek this Sunday, September 14, the 6th victory for his season by winning with disconcerting ease the GP of ants / La Voix du Nordin front of the Czech Pavel Bittner (Team Picnic Postnl) It Le Kazakhstanaisis Yevgeniy Fedorov (XDS Astana Team). In the absence of his coachman Tim Merlier (Sudal Quick-Step), the 21-year-old Frenchman did not succumb to the pressure. He spoke, after his magnificent victory, at the microphone of the organization. Paul Magnier Thus succeeds the list of the Dutchman Arvid de Kleijn (Tudor Pro Cycling Team), winner in 2024 and only 7th this Sunday, and confirms his beautiful form of the moment, two weeks after his 4th place on the Bretagne Classic. Paul Magnier is the first Frenchman to win in Fourmies Grand Prix Since 2017 and a success of Nacer Bouhanni.
“Basically, Tim Merlier had to come too, but …”
“I really had a lot of motivation to do this race in France”begins the winner of the day. “Basically, Tim (Merlier, editor's note) had to come too, but he left me the chance to be the leader here, with his lead-out Bert (Van Lerberghe) and all the other runners who were there, we really had a very strong team and I am really happy to be able to seek this victory, because Tim (Merlier) had told me that I did not say that I would say that still other races “explains the French of the team Soudal Quick-Step.
“It is true that in France it is going well, in Bessèges already I had started the season well with a victory and there again, being able to return to France with many supporters, it is really fun. Yes, it was true that it was very nervous in the final, it was not necessary to be blocked, and then I launched my sprint from quite far because I did not want to be blocked, and after I think that Søren (Waerenskjold) Channel, but it's true that I was happy, in the final, the last 50 meters, to see no one come back to the level of the pedals.concludes Paul Magnier.
