Offredo champions classics over 'boring' Tour de France

Yoann Offredo (FDJ) has admitted that unlike many of his compatriots, he finds the classics far more entertaining than the Tour de France. The Frenchman finished a solid seventh at Sunday’s Paris-Tours and is already thinking ahead to next spring.

Barry Ryan
Head of Features

Barry Ryan was Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.