At 51, the Argenteuil cyclist multiplies the podiums

Warrior in all times. “The skates are not for me!” I like above all animate the race, ”says Frédéric Guerrier. At 51, the cyclist d’Argenteuil Val de Seine seems to have kept her 20 -year -old legs, multiplying the podiums in Access Despite competition from younger and more calculating competitors. “I won two races in access 4. On March 23, at the national interest market (MIN) of Rungis By escaping me alone in the first round to cover the 60 km at 38 km/h then March 30 in Machault By forming the good breakaway of a dozen runners, ”says Beauchampois. These performances allowed him to go into access 3 and shine.

Moult escaped

“April 13 at MontdauphinI escaped with the Ezanvillois Vincent Natiez. Unfortunately, he did not hold. I continued alone and made 50 km of escape before being resumed 7 km from the finish, ”says Frédéric, who then finished 3^e to Annois (Aisne) et 4^e In Monthyon (Seine-et-Marne), again escaped. Places that should pass it into access 2 in July, when he participates in French Masters Championships in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte. This success, he owes it to his passion for cycling that has remained intact despite the vagaries of life. “I started cycling in the bicycle school of theUV Fourmies (a renowned club that formed David Boucher and the Lefèvre brothers). At that time, I participated in cyclo-crosss like my father, my uncle and René Bleuze (French amateur champion in 1986 ahead Bruno Le Bras) with whom I have a relationship. I was vice-champion of Flanders and 11^e France in juniors in 1992 and 22^e From the national hopes challenge in 1993. I was also champion of the Junior Mountain Mountain Mountain Flanders, “he reveals.

Hope of the North

But his six months of army in Etain (Meuse) mark at a stop. Then, his active life – in the factory first and then as a landscaper and a building guard then – made him turn the page. Fortunately, a click during the covid, honorable performances in running (1h26 in the semi) and a good meeting with Dany Maffeis (Former pro runner and pattern of the material-velo.com store) prompted it to re-stack thirty years later. First in Ufolep then in FFC this season. “I am 4,200 kilometers of training since 1^is January. I ride with Dany during our breaks and his advice is precious to me, ”savor Frédéric Guerrier.

Julien Bigorne

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