{"id":11311,"date":"2026-04-17T16:01:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/?p=11311"},"modified":"2026-06-30T09:57:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T07:57:21","slug":"celia-gery-claims-her-first-professional-victory-in-overijse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/celia-gery-claims-her-first-professional-victory-in-overijse\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e9lia Gery claims her first professional victory in Overijse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>On Friday 17 April, C\u00e9lia Gery won the 9th edition of the Fl\u00e8che Braban\u00e7onne. At just 20 years of age, the French rider secured her first professional victory following a controlled sprint finish in Overijse. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The outcome of this year\u2019s race remained uncertain right up until the final few hundred metres. Following an early breakaway by ten riders, the duo of Loes Adegeest (Lidl-Trek) and Anneke Dijkstra (VolkerWessels) took the lead, building a gap of up to 1 minute 30 seconds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Behind her, the race began to take shape, driven by Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime). The Dutch rider broke away 27 kilometres from the finish to join the front of the race, looking set for a solo victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chase lacked coordination for a long time, but the team\u2019s efforts kept the pressure on. In the final kilometre, a lack of coordination among the breakaway riders allowed the peloton to catch up just before the final sprint. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taking advantage of the bunch, C\u00e9lia Gery opted to launch her sprint from a distance. On a slightly uphill finish that suited her strengths, she held off a late challenge from the defending Amstel Gold Race champion, Mischa Bredewold, right to the line. Italy\u2019s Silvia Persico completed the podium.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Final result :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>C\u00e9lia Gery (FDJ UNITED-Suez)<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx-Protime) m.t.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Silvia Persico (UAE Team ADQ) m.t.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FIIIRST PRO \ud83e\udd29 WIIIIINN <br><br>Celia Gery takes the victory at <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DeBrabantsePijl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DeBrabantsePijl<\/a> ! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tekj2PXobb\">pic.twitter.com\/Tekj2PXobb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; FDJ &#8211; SUEZ (@FDJ_SUEZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FDJ_SUEZ\/status\/2045123442765156478?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday 17 April, C\u00e9lia Gery won the 9th edition of the Fl\u00e8che Braban\u00e7onne. At just 20 years of age, the French rider secured her first professional victory following a controlled sprint finish in Overijse. The outcome of this year\u2019s race remained uncertain right up until the final few hundred metres. Following an early breakaway [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[163],"class_list":["post-11311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-race","tag-celia-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11311"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11735,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11311\/revisions\/11735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}