2023-08-16 21:40:38
We had rarely seen him like that… A charming boy who likes to joke, Benoît Cosnefroy was very angry after the 2nd stage of the Tour du Limousin, this Wednesday. Third, the AG2R-Citroën rider hit hard, after the line, the back of the Groupama-FDJ rider, Lewis Askey, second behind the Italian Luca Mozzato (Arkéa-Samsic), before grabbing his shoulder . Very upset, Cosnefroy blamed the Briton for having closed the door to him.
Benoît Cosnefroy annoyed with Lewis Askey after the line: “It’s his job to put me in the box, there’s no problem. But between putting myself in the box so that I don’t pass and putting myself at the feet of barriers, there is a difference. » #lequipeVELO #TDL2023 pic.twitter.com/lMGzJu8lA0
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“You have to look at the last 150 meters,” says Cosnefroy at the microphone of the Chaine l’Équipe. It’s the game of putting myself in the box but from there to put myself in the barrier’s feet… Here, it’s not like on the Tour where the barriers don’t have a foot, it’s dangerous. We already take enough risks on the bike, we are often afraid for our lives. There, in a sprint, when you’re at full throttle, it’s scary. That’s just it. Not that I do three, four, ten or fifteen. »
Second overall, Benoît Cosnefroy is 19′ behind Romain Grégoire, teammate of Lewis Askey. “He (Askey) knows very well that I am there. It’s his job to block me from winning or taking bonuses, and I understand that. We know that it can be played for nothing on this Tour du Limousin. It was his job to put me in the box, there is no problem, but between putting me in the box to prevent me from passing and putting me in the barrier feet, there is a small difference. That’s not his job. I was annoyed and he didn’t apologize, so I guess it doesn’t bother him. »
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