Report from the race

345 conterstants for the category A, 380 for the category B and 33 women, that's the score for the 5th edition of the randonnée Charly Gaul. The start is given in Kirchberg under the rain. On the first climbs, there is already a selection, and at half-race, we have Xavier Masson and Tino Fernandez leading with a gap of 2 minutes to the first chasing group. On the climb of Oberglabach, Masson drops Fernandez. He is riding hard and gets an advantage of 8 minutes on a little group that has joined Fernandez. In this group, Marc Leyder reacts and chases the Frenchman in the lead. The gap decreases to 6 minutes but Leyder won't come back to Masson.