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American Adrien Costa wins Tour de Bretagne
- Updated: May 1, 2016
Adrien Costa wrapped up a victory in the 50th Tour de Bretagne Sunday, marking the first time an American has ever won the race.
The 18-year-old from Bend, Oregon, competing for the USA Cycling under-23 squad, took a solo win Thursday in stage 4, the queen stage, and grabbed hold of the lead along the way. He held on at the top through Sunday’s stage 7 to close out the race as the winner.
“It hasn’t really sunk in because I wasn’t thinking about the overall win as a true possibility,” said Costa, among many promising up-and-comers riding for the developmental Axeon Hagens Berman squad.
“After I won that stage, I tried to enjoy that victory as much as possible. I didn’t put too much pressure on myself for the overall win. Just being a first-year under-23 rider, I was already happy to have won a stage. So that kind of helped me stay relaxed. I just can’t believe it.”
A 2.2-rated UCI event, the Tour de Bretagne does allow professional riders, but it has long been a popular showcase for cycling’s top prospects.
For Costa, sealing up the GC victory was made even more difficult by the absence of several teammates in the final stage. Two of the American …
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