Sarreau wins opening stage at Poitou-Charentes

Tour Poitou - Charentes en Nouvelle Aquitaine 2022 - 36th edition - 1std stage - Chauray - Perigny 193,1 km - 23/08/2022 - Marc Sarreau (FRA - AG2R Citroen Team) - photo Tommaso Pelagalli/SprintCyclingAgency©2022
Marc Sarreau (AG2R Citroën) sprints to stage 1 victory (Image credit: Tommaso Pelagalli/SprintCyclingAgency)

Marc Sarreau (AG2R Citroën) won the bunch sprint to win stage 1 of Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine on Wednesday. Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo) followed in second a bike length back.

Lorrenzo Manzin (TotalEnergies) moved from fourth to third place after a close finish with Paul Penhoët of Groupama-FDJ, who was relegated by race officials to 101st position after the race. The bunch sprint was a mass of swerving bikes on the narrow finishing lane, but there was no reason provided, at the time of writing, for moving Penhoët from his initial third-place position.

Jackie Tyson
North American Production editor

Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).

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