Paul Seixas did not achieve the same feat as Cat Fergusonthat of winning the time trial and the road race of World Championships among the Juniors. Long at the forefront, the Frenchman exploded in the finale. At the end of a very difficult race, carried out in Dantesque conditions, the French nugget could not get better than 7th place, more than 4 minutes behind the winner of the day Lorenzo Finn (Italy).
Video – Paul Seixas at the arrival of these Worlds
“I would come back, I wouldn’t stay there”
“It was very, very hard. I wasn’t having a very good day, I was trying to survive”said Paul Seixasrefrigerated on arrival. “At the start, I was pretty good, I made a lot of effort to stay placed. On the descents, I was really bad today, there’s a lot of work to do on that. I much less confidence in the rain than in the dry I made a lot of effort to make up for my mistakes on the descents. As the race progressed, I felt that my form was dropping. every lap I was suffering more and more. Maybe I didn’t have an ideal three days after the time… but you just have to assume that today there were six riders who were stronger. a bit hard for me, but I’ll remember my time and come back, I won’t stay on that.”
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