Tour de l'Avenir: Foldager wins opening stage and takes first leader's jersey

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Villa second, Thierry third in La Gacilly

Anders Foldager
Anders Foldager (Image credit: Tour de l'Avenir/Twitter)
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Anders Foldager (Denmark) won the opening stage and took the first leader's jersey at the Tour d l'Avenir. A group of six riders finished in a small-group sprint with Foldager taking the win ahead of Giacomo Villa (Italy) and Pierre Thierry (France).

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