Ireland's Dillon Corkery takes another top result in France | Video

Dillon Corkery has muscled his way to another top result in France after a number of tangles in a robust final sprint (Photo: Tim van Wichelen-Cor Vos)

Dillon Corkery (St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93) has taken another top result after muscling his way through a very physical final at La Roue Tourangelle Centre Val de Loire (1.1) in France.

Corkery was initially squeezed between two Unibet Tietema Rockets riders as the final bend approached just before the finish. And after getting his elbows out and overcoming that issue, Corkery managed to move up a little rounding the final bend, where he and another rider made contact again.

Though that need to fight so hard to move up at the front took a little of the punch from the Irish rider's sprint, he still managed to get right into the mix in the gallop for victory at the end of the 197km race from Chinon to Tours.

Corkery ended the event in 8th place, battling hard all the way to the line as the Uno-X Mobility and Uno-X Mobility had the numbers to get a lead-out in place; something Corkery was lacking in the final push to the line.

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Victory went to Norway's Erlend Blikra (Uno-X Mobility) from Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) and Gerben Thijssen (Intermarché-Wanty), with Corkery 8th and one of just 10 riders to finished on the same time as the winner.

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