Samuel Dumoulin

So the European road season finally kicked off in the south of France at GP La Marseillaise and it was pretty exciting, for late January. A few breakaways got away and were brought back. Near the end, a group of 15 got away... Romain Bardet et Mikaël Chérel (AG2R) Bert De Waele (Landbouwkrediet) Pieter Serry (Topsport Vlaanderen)Romain Hardy (Bretagne-Schuller) David Le Lay (Saur-Sojasun) Julien Guay (Roubaix-Lille Métropole)Jérémie Galland...  

1. Samuel DUMOULIN , (FRA) Cof, in 3:39:29 2. Marco MARCATO , (ITA) Vcd, +0 3. Arthur VICHOT , (FRA) Fdj, +0  

Samuel Dumoulin sprinted to victory to claim the first win on European roads on the 2012 calendar