The adage never two without three has verified again for the runner residing in Cours-Ville. Already second on tests classified as a national elite on the two previous weekends, Mathias Sanlaville must have been satisfied with the same accessit again last Saturday, on the occasion of the Charollais Tour.
But he willingly satisfy it. He was able to interfere in the main breakaway comprising about twenty men who laid down halfway through a 150 km test and was not revised until the arrival. The traditional final circuit to be traveled four times and reputed to be particularly using the last selection.
The skimming was mainly done from the rear, but many upheavals also agitated the front of the group, some men of which were able to escape. “In the last lap, honestly, I didn’t even think I was playing the podium given the number of runners who had been isolated at the front. We were 20 seconds behind, a little trapped. We managed to go out in three to go in front of it. I paid it in the sprint, because it was still a super demanding arrival. It’s like that, it’s still a nice race and a nice place”confided Mathias Sanlaville on arrival.
Author of a very solid start to the season, the runner Coursiaud was at rest this Sunday in order to be completely operational for the Tour du Loir and Cher who has been running from Wednesday 16 until Sunday, April 20. The test is stamped class 2 and will therefore bring together professional and amateur training.
It is traditionally reserved for large rollers and sprinters. He will have the opportunity to validate at this level the new status which has been his since the start of the exercise.
Antoine Raugel very solid and first French in the Ardennes
The Bike Club Villefranche Beaujolais (VCVB) was for its part engaged on two fronts. On the Charollais Tourthis Saturday, where Thomas Tachot appeared in the two notorious escapes of the event, the first with two other runners in the first part then the one that will go to the end.
It is especially on the Ardennes circuit that the VCVB was expected with its new status as a federal continental. The class 2 test was the first big meeting on French soil at this level. Antoine Raugel was particularly expected after her very beautiful 20e Place on the Criquelion Grand Prix in class 1, either reserved for only federal professional or continental teams.
The Alsatian was faithful to the appointment. Third in the first step, he puts on the jersey reserved for the first French runner in the event, a tunic he will not leave until the end of the event.
Very regular, Antoine Raugel will never leave the top 12 on all five stages (then 12 respectivelye10e12e et 10e) to complete the test in seventh place in the final general classification. Théo Laurans will also obtain two top 20 on the stages and a 22e place in the final general classification.
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