Aaron Wade claimed the third victory for Irish riders in France at the weekend after he took an aggressive approach to the finale of Baignes Grand Prix and finished out front alone The Team U Cube 17 rider’s victory followed on from John Buller (AC Bisontine) winning Prix de Frontenaud in Saône-et-Loire on Saturday while junior rider Conal Scully won the Tour Centre Alsace Junior stage 1 TT in Sélestat on Sunday Wade (20) suffered a set-back in May when a racing crash in France resulted in a fractured ulna and hand forcing the Irish U23 international onto the sidelines for more than a month Since then he has recovered and had a period of racing at home before returning to France During yesterday’s race he got into a breakaway very early in the 100km event While the breakaway men worked well together to open a gap on the bunch in the first half of the race that cooperation ebbed away a little after they hit the halfway point Two of the breakaway riders then attacked and managed to get clear though one was dropped with about two laps to go That left just the lone leader – Spanish rider Samuel Mazaud (CC Marmandias ) – out front he joined the moves and managed to get the better of the others in those exchanges He went clear on his own shortly after the final lap began and got across to Mazaud The Irish rider then powered on alone to the finish where he had plenty of time to celebrate his win as he was 40 seconds ahead of his nearest challenger Takumi Ogasawarra (EC Trelissac Coulounieix) won the sprint for 3rd place from the remaining seven breakaway men some 1:15 behind Wade 1 WADE Aaron APOGE 2:27:502 MAZAUD Samuel CC MARMANDAIS 40secs3 OGASAWARA Takumi EC TRELISSAC COULOUNIEIX 24 1:154 HERBRETEAU Loic TEAM COOP VELOCITE5 SAUZEAU Maxence TEAM SAINT SAUVEUR6 DARBO Christophe STADE MONTOIS CYCLISME 7 GUERIN Alexandre APOGE 8 QUEYRET Maxime CA CASTELSARRASIN9 BERNAGAUD Alexis CC PERIGUEUX DORDOGNE10 LATESTERE Adrien MONTAUBAN CYCLISME 82 Pass 2:2011 BOSSIS Tristan VCC MARENNES12 SUHUBIETTE Lionel SAINT PAUL SPORTS We’re determined to make stickybottle.com much better for your enjoyment So become a ‘Stickybottle Supporter’ now from just €5 per month We’ve grown our audience significantly in recent years but the advertising market has become harder and harder each year In order to survive and grow – and create much better content – we need to develop an income from our readers By signing up to become a ‘Stickybottle Supporter’ you’ll be helping to secure independent coverage of Irish cycling for years to come Every cent collected from readers will be used to directly fund content Sign Up