2021 Paris-Tours Results & Recap
2021 Paris-Tours is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Démare wins Paris Tours
Arnaud Démare (GFC) gave an impressive performance at "the sprinters' classic" after chasing the two-man breakaway with Jasper Stuyven (TFS) and catching Franck Bonnamour (BBK) and Stan Dewulf (ACT) right before the final sprint. Demare was able to recover to wind up the sprint first and hold off his three rivals to win his first world tour race of the year.
“I never gave up despite a difficult run this season," Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) said. "I abandoned in the Tour, it wasn’t a good La Vuelta and then I was always up there but I didn’t get the win. We did everything well to keep believing and this time things went my way. To win the last race of the season, in this fashion, makes me really happy. When the route was more suited to sprinters, I came close, 2nd and 3rd… The vineyard trails have made it harder and I like it. We were two with Jasper Stuyven, and we quickly moved 10 or 15’’ closer. And then, we could see them just ahead of us, but we were really on the limit. They looked a bit at each other with one kilometre to go and we caught them. I also had to be wary of Stuyven because I know he’s fast in the sprint. Everyone was cooked so I wanted to launch from far away. I gave it everything, I really wanted that one.”
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