Cycling news - Hugo Hofstetter wins sprint to take Le Samyn victory

ByEurosport

Updated 03/03/2020 at 17:13 GMT

Hugo Hofstetter of Israel Start-Up Nation won a sprint finish to take victory at Le Samyn on Tuesday for the biggest win of his career thus far.

Hofstetter was part of a group that got away from the peloton in the final 10km and in the sprint he ended up on top.

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He beat out Aime De Gendt and David Dekker whilst compatriot and last year’s winner Florian Senechal also pushed hard but had to settle for sixth.

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03/03/2020 at 16:41

'What a victory that is!' - Hugo Hofstetter takes victory at Le Samyn

It is by some distance Hofstetter’s biggest victory of his career thus far and comes after he put in a fantastic performance at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne on the weekend to finish sixth.

RESULTS

1 - Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Israel Start-Up Nation

2 - Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Circus-Wanty Gobert

3 - David Dekkerr (Ned) SEG Racing Academy

4 - Clément Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

5 - Florian Sénéchal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep

6 - Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling

7 - Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo

8 - Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix

9 - Tim Declerq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep

10 - Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Total Direct Énergie

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