There were smiles this Sunday on the side of Vix (Côte d’Or). On a race organized by their club, the SCO Dijon-Team Materiel-velo.com, Alfred George and Farley Barber carried out the double for the 47th edition of the Classic du Châtillonnais (see classification). “The fact that the club organizes adds a little pressure but it does not change much, because you take the start of each race with the desire to win. But in the end, it is fun because it allows to thank the volunteers of the club who help us all year round. They do this because they are passionate about the bicycle, but if we can win for them … it’s even better”appreciates the winner of the day.
While the route lent itself, there was ultimately no massive sprint on the national elite test. Many of them wanted to thwart the plans of the sprinters and 60 kilometers from the finish, a group of attackers took off. “There was a fairly solid race start. The guys were starting to accuse the blow after two and a half hours of racing. After a bump, I managed to accelerate and with the side of the side, we went out twelve”reports Aixois Jonathan Couanon.
No regret for Jonathan Couanon
With him, there were Costauds like Victor Loulergue (Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme), Clément Van Eycken (UC Pélussin Loire Pilat), Arnaud Tendon (elite Cycling Team Foundations), and well-represented training such as AC Bisontine with three elements, including Gari Lagnet, and sco Dijon Barber and Alfred George. “I felt good. I kept following the blows because we have fun when we run like that”smiles the 24 -year -old Scottish.
The fugitives fail to decide and it is in the sprint that the breakaway is playing victory. “In a group of twelve, I saw myself winning on an arrival like thisrecognizes Jonathan Couanon. I have a good speed of speed. Faced with three Besançon runners and two from Dijon, I knew it was going to be complicated. I was slow to launch my sprint but there is no regret ”. The former Nice Pro recognizes this, the Dijonnais were especially faster than him. “At the start, I wanted to stay in Alfred’s wheel but the others were fighting for this place. Finally, I got in front of to launch it”, Indicates English. And no one was able to reassemble the two friends and roommates.
Look for other results to pass pro
The two boys did not experience the same start to the season. Farley Barber obtained his first top 20 on Sunday for the 2025 Sunday. “I hope it will be a turning point…”. On the other hand, Alfred George continues the leading results, which allows him to be in the Top 5 of the Directvelo challenge. “He was making a very happy new year until now, it’s really incredible that he got another victory (The second of the season after the 4B Sud-Charente cycling tour, editor’s note). I am really happy for him ”dit Farley Barber. “I haven’t changed much this year but everything is going well. I manage to be regular. It is a real pleasure to be with this team and this staff every weekend”.
He will rub shoulders with them a good part of the week on the occasion of the Tour du Loir-et-Cher, in class 2. “If we want to pass pro, these are very important races. It is a dream since I am young to be professional, but that does not change my way of running. If you do good results, the teams will see him. We will still have to look for others”. And a visit to professionals at the end of the season would delight, once again, the volunteers of the Dijon club.
