Alexandre Léauté honored the Breton flag during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, winning four medals: two gold in the pursuit and the C2 time trial and two bronze in the kilometer and the C1-3 road race. .
Questioned during the athletes’ parade on September 14, the VCP Loudéac licensee looked ahead to the road World Championships, scheduled in Switzerland from September 21 to 29: “We will have to refocus quickly. We’ll see what happens. I’m not putting a coin on myself, but I will be keen to defend the jersey! »
“The feelings were good after the stopwatch”
The sportsman from Saint-Caradec, who was celebrated in his village on September 18 by several hundred residents, was wrong not to bet on him. After silver in the time trial on Tuesday September 24, he won gold this Friday September 27 in the C2 category road race in the streets of Zurich.
“The race went pretty well. We didn’t really have any tactics in place, we just had to have fun, commented, this Friday noon, the one who suffered a stroke at birth, leading to hemiplegia on the right side (he has neither sensation nor strength on this side of the body). I quickly saw that the sensations were good, that I had recovered well from the time. After three laps of the circuit, I decided to attack. We went out with the Englishman Matthew Robertson, we quickly made the difference. On the last lap, I decided to go solo. »
Alexandre Léauté thus left to collect his 20th world title! “I don’t realize, it’s crazy!” If someone had told me when I started cycling that I could wear the world champion jersey for one year, I would have signed straight away! I am very happy with this 20th title. » He has thirteen on the track, including the four at the start of the year in Rio (Brazil), and now seven on the road.
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