Ewen Costiou
I had a fantastic ARKEA-B&B HOTELS team around me during the Tour du Limousin. We were strong as a group. I really had a golden team by my side. Thank you to my teammates, but also to the staff who do a tremendous job behind the scenes and deserve to be recognised. It is thanks to them, to everyone, that I won the overall classification of the Tour du Limousin. I managed my post-Tour de France period well, and I feel that I am in good shape. I was in good shape during the Tour du Limousin, and I hope to continue to be so in the races to come. We were a strong team in July around Kévin Vauquelin. I was a luxury teammate for him, so to speak. I came out of the Tour in good shape, I could feel it in the last week. This event also helped me grow and mature. That's what everyone told me this week on the Tour du Limousin. Since July, we have shown that the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS team is very strong. This success once again brings us visibility. I think my General Manager, Emmanuel Hubert, who is working to find partners to ensure the long-term future of our team, is proud of me, of us, this Friday evening. I hope he will finalise a deal with one or more buyers. For my part, the results are good. I didn't win any stages this week, which is what I wanted to do. But here I've won my second victory as a pro, and above all my very first overall classification in a week-long stage race. I'm sure I'll remember this 2025 edition of the Tour du Limousin for a long time to come.
