Fabien Le Floc’h, Media365: published on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 4:27 p.m.
With 14 medals already won, the French Cycling team has been shining since the start of the para-cycling world championships last Saturday in Zurich, Switzerland.
While waiting for the road race scheduled for this Sunday, September 29, it is not only Paul Seixas, who became the first French junior world time trial champion on Monday, who is shining in Zurich for the Blues. In Switzerland, for this 91st edition of the World Championships, The French Paralympic team has been collecting medals since the start of the races last Saturday. France was first crowned world champion in the mixed handbike relay, thanks to Florian Jouanny, Johan Quaile and Joseph Fritsch, two weeks after the Olympic title obtained at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
7 medals this Tuesday
The French have won 13 other medals since their first victory on Saturday in the streets of Zurich, with a silver medal on Saturday for Heïdi Gaugain in the C5 category and a bronze medal for Katell Alençon in the C4 category on Sunday. On Monday, French para-cycling was able to count on a fantastic triple in C4since Mattis Lebeau finished in first place just ahead of Kévin Le Cunff, Paralympic champion in the discipline, and Gatien Le Rousseau, silver medalist at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. On the tandem side, after experiencing a big disappointment in Paris (4th), Alexandre Lloveras bounced back well by this time taking 2nd place in the B time trial with Yoann Paillot.
Tuesday was even more successful for the French, with no fewer than seven medals. At 33, Mathieu Bosredon won his first world title in the H3 category, three weeks after his fantastic double at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Florian Bouziani (C3 category) had also won first place a few moments earlier. In addition to these two titles, there were five other medals, with three silver -Alexandre Léauté (C2), Loïc Vergnaud (H2) and Florian Jouanny (H2)- and two bronze, for Joseph Fritsch (H4) and Anaïs Vincent (H3). The French team hopes to continue this raid during the road races, which begin on Wednesday in Zurich.
