The departmental challenge was kicked off this Sunday in Sébazac this Sunday, on the occasion of the annual tribute of the Rodez bicycle club, in charge of the organization, to two of its young missing, Louis Carles and Etienne Fabre. And it is therefore the Tourangeau Joseph Hésissé who won the first of the eight heats of competition!
An Open on Causse Comtal with a small platoon of 48 runners to perform the five circuit laps, a total of 68 kilometers. If some major cyclists were not on the starting line at 3 p.m., including the Aveyron nugget Johan Blanc, winner at the same time in the Tarn, the grips did not miss, especially since the threatening weather finally spared the peloton.
On a relatively rolling circuit, it was not until the start of the second round to see two men dynamiting the race by attacking: Joseph Hébéné du Handidon Crochu (Veigné), for his first race in Aveyron, and the VCR licensee, Thibaut Rueneuve. A duo who could not resist the return of the small group formed from Laclu-Pourret (Montauban), Trémolières (Réquista), Léothaud (Teyran), Calvet (Castres) and Ruthenians Calmon, Colotte-Nys and Sulauze.
All these little people completed the third round with 50 seconds ahead of the pursuers. Do not let go, at the score of the front of the round, the gap grew up to 1’18 between the leading group and the peloton. The nine men then took 1’30 at the first kilometers of the last round on a peloton which did not resign themselves to let the leading men go definitively. But despite his efforts, it is a sprint that decreased the escapes, they who finally animated most of the race.
And it is therefore, Joseph Hésissé, currently living in Aurillac, the man of the day, who raised his arms on the line, in addition to the two intermediate sprints that he also won. “I came because I knew it was a rolling circuit,” he reacted. This is my strong point. In addition, the slightly climbing arrival suits me perfectly. It’s a good day for me. As for continuing this challenge, why not. In any case, this Sunday, bristling had the hair lifted!
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