What is the assessment of your first part of the season?
I hoped better, of course. This is part of high -level sport. Sometimes without knowing why, it doesn’t work as you hope. Physically, I was working very well, however. I felt capable of winning, I was looking forward to going in the race. I felt fit. Unfortunately, I feel like I was never successful. I spent my time running after results that never came … suddenly, I was in uncertainty. The level is so homogeneous that if you make bullshit, you pay it.
Have you made mistakes?
Yes. I haven’t always made the right choices at the right times. Yes, I sometimes ran a little anyhow. Tactically, I can sometimes run very fair but there … I never attacked at the right time, I always had a delay time. I was afraid of following the best when, like at the Amstel Gold Race, I sometimes had my legs to do it. There, I did anything. I made bullshit. I was not spared either …
That’s to say ?
I suffered from allergies. During through Flanders, I had a super significant asthma attack, I could no longer force. On the Tour des Flandres, I went back against the favorites before falling, I broke my bike. I am someone who walks to confidence and when you do not have this confidence, doubt settles. I entered a bad spiral in short. This is also why I want to get my head back on the Breton races. As soon as I have confidence, I chain and I walk very hard. When I don’t have it, it bug …
-Morally, how did you live this period?
I was super frustrated, it annoyed me. I told myself that it was going to turn, it never turned. I hope it will turn. If I win the alder loops or the tro Bro Leon or both, my season will be a success. If that is, I will do a good second part of the season even if the first is missed.
How are the legs before the two Breton races you are going to argue?
During the latest training sessions that I did, I find that it answered pretty well. I still lack a little freshness after the campaign of the classics but it’s okay. I worked well, I am satisfied with my condition. I am mentally and physically ready.
To be efficient, is it the right plan to run the buckets of Alder Thursday and the Tro Bro Leon on Sunday?
Ah that, we will talk about it when racing arrives. I opted for these two races because the course of the Alder curls suits me very well and I wanted to discover the Tro Bro Leon. The Plumelec Grand Prix, I really like it but I have already played it several times. I had to make choices, quite simply.
