Reading the Liège-Bastogne-Liège ranking is not very pleasant in the eyes of members of the Arkéa-B & B Hotels training. Sunday, on the occasion of the dean of the classics, the best element of the workforce, Kévin Vauquelin, cut the line in 50th position (see classification). A result necessarily well below the expectations of the Breton collective. “There is a very small end to be in the group of around thirty runners who will play the accessits. It’s a shame because there was a way to get a good result behind the three in front. But it’s like that …”conceded the sports director, Yvon Ledanois, at the microphone of Directive At the foot of the Rouge-et-Noir bus, at the end of the afternoon. “We must not remember that this race but remember Kévin’s 2nd place behind” Pogi “. It was a very good result for him as for the team”he then resumes.
On the arrival of Liège, it was indeed time to take stock of this spring. With great satisfaction at the top of the Huy wall but also a lot of frustrations and disappointments since during different classics, Worldteam never really existed. “In Flanderians, we unfortunately had falls and injured, runners who were important for us were affected. I am thinking in particular of (Luca) Mozzato or Amaury Capiot. All this was detrimental to us”Regrets Yvon Ledanois, while Florian Sénéchal also watched most of the classics in front of his TV after his fall in Paris-Nice and other boys like Arnaud Démare also went to the carpet. “Unfortunately, it is complicated for runners to play back injury, once the classic period is launched. The arrow was really a goal and we responded. But overall, we still lack the results at the AMSTEL or Liège, even if there is also positive”.
The technician thus evokes an assessment “AVERAGE” Since the Belgian opening weekend. “To perform, you need a complete and 100% workforce at the right times. We have not been spared since the start of the season, we have seen it recently with the injury of Ewen Costiou which was to be here (read here). We do not want to look for an apology but it is true that there have been a lot of falls harmful to the team ”. No question, however, of veiling your face or looking for excuses. “Clearly that is not enough. This podium with the arrow does not erase everything else. Far from it. It lacks results”insists and concludes Yvon Ledanois.
