Timothé Gabriel didn't raise his arms at the finish in Gernelle, but he still had a small victory. Organizer of the cyclo-cross in question, everything went well and the day concluded a great week of fine-tuning everything with his team, behind the scenes. “It was incredible all week, we started plotting on Tuesday with the volunteers, Thursday evening we were finished, we had already opened a small bottle of champagne because we had managed to organize all that. But it wasn't only a pre-party, we will be able to really do it this evening and with 2nd place.”he smiles warmly (see ranking).
On a sporting level, the Elite men had difficulty explaining themselves at the start of the race, with a group of eleven elements which opened the road. “It was tactical, I wouldn't have believed it. I wasn't feeling very well when it wasn't going well, I thought it was going to be hard”. But as the rounds go by, the legs become unlocked. “In the end I was still there as it accelerated. I was with Valentin (Remondet), my former teammate. We found ourselves with De Bruyckere, we accelerated and I think we got him put in the red, so we left together after he made a mistake”.
But there was another threat to disrupt Timothé Gabriel. “Afterwards, Marcel (Meisen) was coming back, Valentin told me to speed up again and I finally left on my own. He told me that I was right”. Timothé Gabriel can count on the encouragement of spectators who are obviously committed to his cause. “The public was there for me. It's my organization but there's the whole family. I have my friends who help me, the speaker, etc. It's a big family”. With this new podium, the Team CX TPM rider confirms his good momentum, once again. “I've been on the UCI podiums for a while, now I'm going to do the Coupe de France in Troyes, we'll see with Venturini's return. Then I'm tackling the World Cup rounds in Dublin”. To confirm at the highest level.
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