Matt Green's first win in France

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Matt's account of the day goes like this: "Today was the La Chapelle Des Fougeretz. It was 90km race on a 5km circuit. Started hard as usual but I made the break with six others and we rode to a gap of 50 seconds on the bunch with 50km to go. The primes started every lap after this and I was feeling so good so I decided to try for them, I won them all. Then with four laps and 20km to go the bunch was only 25 seconds behind. I spoke to my team-mate who said attack. So I dropped back 10 metres did my shoes up and went flat out past and got the gap. So I now had three laps to do in the wind on my own. I rode hard and well and managed to gain a 1 minute gap on the break and 1.25 minutes on the bunch. I won. I had podium duties to attend to and was all smiles until the interview, in French. I think I said 'I am sorry I don't speak much French. Thanks to everyone here, it's been a good weekend for England. Yesterday we won the rugby and today I won!' For those who don't watch Rugby, we beat the French. People smiled and laughed so I think I'm okay for now! If this is the last one of these you read it's because I said 'I hate you all, you're French!'"