Cycling The openingsetappe of Le Circuit de Sarthe-Pays de la Loire, won by Mathieu van der Poel. The world champion cyclo-cross knocked our compatriot Boris Vallée in a bunch sprint. Le Circuit de Sarthe-Pays de la Loire is a French stage race that Friday ends.

Start and arrive, did the peloton in La Châtaigneraie, in the west of France. After a openingslus of 114 kilometres, and returned the pack back in La Châtaigneraie, where the riders are eight rounds of the same kilometres travelled. For the dagwinst were the eyes focused on Mathieu van der Poel, but also on the germany Bryan Coquard and Nacer Bouhanni.