Boucles de la Mayenne: Benoit Cosnefroy wins prologue

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Frenchman beats Oliveira, Watson in short time trial

LAVAL FRANCE MAY 23 Benoit Cosnefroy of France and Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team celebrates at podium as stage winner during the 49th Boucles de la Mayenne 2024 Prologue a 54km individual time trial stage from Espace Mayenne Laval to Espace Mayenne Laval on May 23 2024 in Laval France Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images
Benoit Cosnefroy (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) celebrates his victory in the Boucles de la Mayenne prologue (Image credit: Getty Images)
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Benoit Cosnefroy (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) continued his stunning run of results for 2024, powering to the victory in the prologue of the Boucles de la Mayenne.

Already a winner of the Tour des Alpes-Maritimes, Paris-Camembert, Brabantse Pijl, the GP de Plumelec-Morbihan and Tour du Finistère, Cosnefroy bested Ivo Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates) by a single second in the 5.4km individual time trial.

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