Holders Lille have reluctantly relinquished their grip on the French Cup after going down 2-1 at local rivals Valenciennes in the last 16 at a wintry Stade du Hainaut.

Lille had enjoyed the best of the first half on Wednesday but found themselves trailing in the 70th minute after Mathieu Dossevi stole in front of Nolan Roux to divert Dusan Djuric’s left-wing free-kick past Lille goalkeeper Mickael Landreau.

Cameroonian striker Vincent Aboubakar doubled the hosts’ lead eight minutes later with a rising right-footed shot that hit the crossbar before bouncing fractionally beyond the goal-line.

The French champions responded through Roux in the 88th minute but could not conjure an equaliser, with Franck Beria’s goal-bound effort athletically volleyed off the line by Valenciennes’ former Lille defender Rafael in injury time.

Earlier, Lyon kept their bid for a domestic cup double on course by overcoming Bordeaux 3-1 after extra time to reach the quarter-finals.

Seeking to end a four-year trophy drought, and having already qualified for the League Cup final, Lyon fell behind in the 23rd minute when Yoan Gouffran released Jussie to fire past Hugo Lloris after a mistake by Bakary Kone.

The hosts equalised in the 36th minute, with Ederson’s header from Yoann Gourcuff’s intelligent lobbed pass parried by Cedric Carrasso into the path of Alexandre Lacazette, who converted from close range.

Carrasso’s goal was put under heavy pressure in the second half but OL could not find a way past him and the game went to extra time in front of only 7000 spectators at a chilly Stade Gerland.

Substitute Bafetimbi Gomis put Lyon in front after six minutes of the extra period when he pounced on a miscued volley by Jimmy Briand, who sealed victory two minutes from full-time by steering home a low cross from Lisandro Lopez.

Montpellier, currently second in Ligue 1, travel to second-tier Chateauroux later on Wednesday.

Marseille’s match at fourth-division Bourg-Peronnas and Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain’s visit to Dijon have both been postponed until next week due to the extremely cold temperatures currently affecting France.

Rennes became the first side to book a place in the quarter-finals on Tuesday when they withstood a late fightback from top-flight rivals Evian to win 3-2 at Stade de la Route de Lorient.