"Jason Tesson (TotalEnergies) threw his bike across the line alongside proven sprinter Arnaud Démare (Arkéa-B&B Hotels), with a photo review needed to tip the victory to Tesson on stage 1 of Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle Aquitaine. Démare raised his arms in celebration as he thought the win was his, which would have been his preferred outcome on his 34th birthday, but he was denied by his fellow Frenchman. It would have been Démare's 10th win at the French stage race."
"Just two kilometres into the race a quartet of riders forged ahead with a gap - Bower, Maël Guégan (CIC-U-Nantes), Wessel Mouris (Unibet Tietema Rockets) and Niek Voogt (Parkhotel Valkenburg). The group cruised across 100km holding a margin of close to three minutes, the peloton behind led by Cofids and Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale waiting patiently as they edged southward in"
Jason Tesson won stage 1 of Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle Aquitaine after a photo finish, narrowly beating Arnaud Démare, who initially celebrated on his 34th birthday. Joren Bloem took third ahead of Dorian Godon. Tesson leads the general classification by one second over Lewis Bower, who gained bonus seconds in the breakaway, while Démare sits four seconds back. The 193.3km opening stage ran from Sauzé-Entre-Bois to La Genétouze and included two intermediate sprints, five categorized climbs, a sprint at Chantillac and an early four-rider break that held close to three minutes.
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