Julien Absalon (BMC) took the 27th victory in his storied career in the Elite men's race “It is nice to win the first World Cup [of the year,“ agreed Absalon, “especially here because I was pretty disappointed last year because I had two crashes [at the world championships] and I broke my ribs, so I was a bit afraid of this course. Especially the rocky garden where I crashed. But all this week the feeling was good. I had a poor start, so I used a lot of energy during the first lap to overtake about
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