The Abertvillois of the EF Education-Easypost training put on Thursday evening the yellow jersey of the 78th round of Romandie. A reward for his selflessness, he who went through crosspieces (and Switzerland) before becoming a confirmed professional. He will wear the precious tunic Friday around Cossonay in a corner of the country which often smiled at him, at the end of the 2010s.
Six years ago, after he joined the Chambéry cycling Competition team, he began to bring back his first trophies, in local races. Among his victories, there is the general classification of the Tour du Léman Juniors. Baudin is then among the best French people in his age category, which allows him to be part of the selection of his country for the Tour du Pays de Vaud, one of the most prestigious tests at that age and ran under the national jersey.
The Savoyard won a Sprint in a small committee in Tartegnin during the last stage of the Si lis Vaudoise loop of the 17-18 year olds, after a given departure … in Cossonay. A year later, still at the end of the last day of this French race, it was in Granges-Près-Marnand that he won. In 2021, the Frenchman left the AG2R training pyramid to engage with the Swiss Racing Academy, a Swiss training which will then become the Tudor that we know today.
-It is therefore almost logical that his first leader jersey during a World Tour race falls on his shoulders in Romandie, a common thread region in his career. But that was not itself wrong either. Because two years ago, after having returned to AG2R, he had been disqualified from the Tour of Italy a posteriori, for use of Tramadol, a product however not prohibited by the Union cycling international.
Baudin was dismissed by his team for a few months, before finding the high level about fifteen months ago. He then won the Tour du Limousin, an event in Europe Tour, before signing a two-season contract with the EF Education-Easypost team. His start to the season was not very simple, but his regularity on the French -speaking roads (33rd of the prologue, 12th in Friborg Wednesday and 2nd at the Grande Béroche) allowed him to live his biggest moment with the pros, in Switzerland.
“This leader’s jersey, for the moment, I don’t care a little, without lacking respect for the race,” explained the runner, still a little pissed off from his place as dolphin of the Italian Lorenzo Fortunato, at the microphone of the Team channel. I really wanted to win! I had my strategy in mind and it did not work … I am disappointed to miss my first victory in the World Tour. ” We will see him on Friday morning to talk a bit about Switzerland. We are reduced to that!
