Lilian Chalençon has set herself a goal in this cyclo-cross season, “progress from race to race“. The evolution of his start to the season respects this objective: 9th on Sunday in Nommay, 6th in Dijon and 5th this Sunday in Pierric, for the fourth round of the French Junior cyclo-cross Cup. The member of the EC Saint-Etienne first had to find the counter group behind the leading duo Soen Le Pann-Soan Ruesch.Usually I don't get good starts, today (Sunday) wasn't too bad. I didn't panic and I went back up place by place“, he tells DirectVelo.
Between these good results, the 16-year-old runner sometimes struggles. “I had a lot of trouble in Nommay on Saturday“. Rebelote this Saturday in Loire-Atlantique on a circuit that has become slippery (47th).”I made a lot of technical errors, had mechanical problems and was over-inflated“, lists the 4th in the Illnau cyclo-cross. So on Sunday, Lilian Chalençon chose to take off the pressure but the circuit had dried out and he became faster. “It was going really fast!“.
Even if her Sundays are not like her Saturdays in the Coupe de France, Lilian Chalençon does not feel any difference in form on the second day. “In Dijon, I also came out of two days of training with the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes committee“, recalls the man who placed 6th in the UCI cyclo-cross. On the other hand, he would like even harsher conditions for the next meetings. “I prefer when there is a lot of mud and carrying, I feel good in the parts on foot“. In any case, before the last two weekends of the Coupe de France, the vice-Champion of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has already burned his two jokers for a good place in the general classification of the Coupe de France, since only the six best results will be taken into account.
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