Tour de l'Ain: Fergus Browning holds off sprinters to claim stage 1, takes leader's jersey

A general view of Fergus Browning of Australia and Team Trinity Racing sprinting for the stage 1 win at Tour de l'Ain (Image credit: Getty Images)

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Breakaway rider Fergus Browning (Trinity Racing) narrowly held off the peloton to claim the stage 1 victory and the leader's jersey at the Tour de l'Ain in Bourg-en-Bresse.

The Australian was part of an all-day breakaway and fought in the final kilometres of the race to take the win ahead of the bunch sprint won by runner-up Laurence Pithie (Groupama-FDJ) and third-placed Tobias Müller (Rad-Net Oßwald).

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