Arashiro wins the Tour du Limousin

Colnago’s run of suc­cess con­tin­ued at the Tour du Limousin, with Japan’s Yukiya Arashiro snatch­ing over­all vic­tory after an aggres­sive ride on the last stage of the race.

The friendly Team Europcar rider went on the attack with Jeremy Roy of France in the last 10km of a hard fought stage raced in the heat of the French sum­mer. Roy attacked alone and won the stage but Arashiro never let him gain too much time, fin­ish­ing 21 sec­onds behind at the fin­ish in Limoges. Time bonuses proved to be vital, leav­ing Arashiro and Roy on the same time over­all. Arashiro was declared the win­ner thanks to bet­ter plac­ing on the four stages of the race.

The Tour du Limousin has been a huge suc­cess for Colnago. Jure Kocjan of Team Type 1 Sanofi won both stage one and stage three. He started the final stage in the race leader’s yel­low jer­sey but missed out on the final stage as Arashiro went on the attack and secured over­all victory.

“Yukiya is a brave rider and this is a great win for him. He deserved it but it could have been any of our rid­ers as they were all very strong,” Team Europcar directeur sportif Ishmael Mottier said proudly. We were always in the right attacks as Yohann Gene proved when he was caught just 300 metres from the fin­ish on Thursday after being on the attack for 150km.”