Before settling in the paved sector of Mons-en-Pévèle (59) and attending the hat-trick of Mathieu Van der Poel, the seven Alestan firefighters lived, on Saturday April 12, a Paris Roubaix Idyllic Challenge: spring, neither fall nor breakage and everyone on arrival!
They left seven on the hell of northern cobblestones. And seven, they found themselves on the finish line of Paris Roubaix Challenge dedicated to amateurs. Full cardboard so for the firefighters of the Alesian center (Romain Le Roux had to declare before the race), launched in the Trouée d’Arenberg, with 6,000 competitors, this Saturday, April 12.
“Without breakage, without falling, without incident, everyone has finished, Savor Nicolas Fortel. It was a magnificent human adventure with beautiful encounters with people from the North but also with the FDJ team, Stefan Küng and Marc Madiot with whom we exchanged the pennant of the Association des Sapeurs firefighters of Alès. “
“She is a detergent, at each paved sector, we lose feathers”
A sacred memory for the group of friends thus celebrating the end of an associative adventure in ideal perfect conditions. Taking advantage of the good advice of ex-professional Roman Le Roux, as well as spring weather, all carried out the difficulties of the 145 and 170 km events.
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“She is a laundry, at each paved sector, we lose feathers. Come to the end of Paris Roubaix, it’s considerable” continues Nicolas Fortel. “”I had already rolled on paved but when you arrive on the large hole, in this paved forest, it takes you to the guts, assure Geoffrey Viala. At that time, you know you just got into the myth … “
They seven who, the same day, attended the overwhelming victory of the French Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and, on Sunday, at the hat-trick of Mathieu Van der Poel. Cardboard full of memories.
