GreenEdge rider Luke Durbridge finished close enough to the front in the final sprint of the final stage of Circuit Cycliste Sarthe-Pays de la Loire to win the Generral Classification. Durbridge, who came into the race ahead by eight seconds; he and his team preserved his lead, not letting any of his competitors get an edge.
“The teams of the sprinters had missed the break, so it was just a question of the race to come down to a final bunch sprint,” Durbridge told cyclingnews.com “I was more nervous today. Yesterday I expected to lose the yellow jersey but today I had a chance of winning the race.
“This is only my second race as a pro in Europe I was already happy to finish in the top ten of the Three Days of De Panne. Now this one is a pretty big win.”
