Video highlights of Marcus Christie's breakaway ride at Etoile de Bessèges, France

 

 

 

 

Here's a nice little video highlights from An Post-Chainreaction of their opening stage at the Etoile de Bessèges (UCI 2.1) five-day race in France.

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During the opening 154km stage from Bellegarde to Beaucaire yesterday one of the new Irish riders to join the team in the off-season, Marcus Christie got across to the winning six-man breakaway that was to hold off the peloton and make it all the way to the finish.

Christie was 6th on the stage and sat in the same place overall going into today's stage 2.

 

 

 

 

February 5th to 9th: Etoile de Bessèges (UCI 2.1)

February 5, Stage 1: Bellegarde – Beaucaire 154km

1 Sander   Helven (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise 3:27:02
2 Laurens   De Vreese (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
3 Benoît   Jarrier (Fra) Bretagne Séché Environnement
4 Boris   Dron (Bel) Wallonie – Bruxelles
5 Michael   Goolaerts (Bel) Verandas Willems
6 Marcus   Christie (Irl) An Post – Chain Reaction @4secs
7 John   Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano @22secs
8 Tom Van   Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
9 Yauheni   Hutarovich (Blr) AG2R la Mondiale
10 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
11 Timothy   Dupont (Bel) Roubaix Lille Métropole
12 Evaldas   Siskevicius (Ltu) Team La Pomme Marseille 13
13 Jean-Pierre   Drucker (Lux) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
14 Rudy   Barbier (Fra) Roubaix Lille Métropole
15 Nicolas   Vereecken (Bel) Verandas Willems
23 Jack   Wilson (Irl) An Post – Chain Reaction
78 Mark Mc   Nally (GBr) An Post – Chain Reaction
86 Ryan   Mullen (Irl) An Post – Chain Reaction
95 Laurent   Vanden Bak (Bel) An Post – Chain Reaction
109 Conor   Dunne (Irl) An Post – Chain Reaction all same
115 Woute   Franssen (Bel) An Post – Chain Reaction @1:14
128 Kévin   Clayes (Bel) An Post – Chain Reaction @8:31