The member of the Racing Team Hexagone team was faster against the clock in the race between Prêcheur and Saint-Pierre. He completed the distance in 14 minutes and 34 seconds. In this event, he is 54 seconds ahead of the yellow jersey, Loïs Jean-Baptiste-Simone of Team Crédit Mutuel Garage Premier, who nevertheless leads the general classification.
The peloton, today with 58 riders, met for a time trial in the northern Caribbean between Le Précheur and Saint Pierre. Covering the 9.8 km stretch of the course, Ewan Fradin achieved a perfect time.
He was not very well classified in the general yesterday, 13th with a gap of 14 minutes and 18 seconds from the yellow jersey. Today, Ewan Fradin demonstrated his potential on the surface against the wind and against the clock. He achieved the best time, with 14 minutes and 34 seconds. At the same time, he beats last year’s time of Mathis Risal from UCS, who won this event in a time of 17 min 34 sec.
Today’s stage is certainly an individual race against time, but it also allows the Racing Team Hexagone team to close ranks. The goal has been achieved for this strong formation of 6 riders who benefit from a very united collective.
It was an expected win for us, I put everything in place for us to win it. The watch is something I appreciate. We only have 2 stages left, we have good climbers for the next few days, we are fully loaded for the rest.
Ewan Fradin, winner of the Time Trialinterviewed by Karl Sivatte
The yellow jersey limited the damage today. Loïs Jean-Baptiste-Simone hasn’t really recovered from the 50 km outburst yesterday. He recorded a poor time of 15 minutes and 28 seconds.
He lost 45 seconds in the general classification on his main pursuer, Alex Doltaire of Veloce Vannetais Cyclisme.
I had trouble finding my feet. I’m keeping the jersey, that’s the most important thing. Tomorrow with my teammates we will fight to remain the leader of the ranking.
Loïs Jean-Baptiste-Simone, yellow jersey from the Junior Cycling TourThe interview by Karl Sivatte
Tomorrow (Tuesday 30 April) the departure will be given at 13.30 from Le Robert to reach Rivière-Pilote after 97 km. The route will take the peloton from Robert to François, then to Vauclin, to Marin before taking the RN5 to Lamentin with a U-turn at Carrère. The rest of the route will be run in the other direction to reach the finish line at Rivière-Pilote.
The race is still open, because the enthusiasm of the young runners in this type of competition is synonymous with total surprise at the finish line of each stage.
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