“You must not deny yourself anything”: winner at the Magny-Cours cyclo-cross, Nivernais Florian Auroux is ambitious for the rest of the season [Classements]

The demonstration amazed more than one. Starting with himself. “I honestly didn’t think I would win. When I rode yesterday (Saturday November 16), I really wasn't feeling well. I had trouble breathing, I coughed a little,” admits Florian Auroux (Guidon Chalettois) while… coughing.

Despite this slight cold snap, the Nivernais, who will celebrate his 18th birthday on Tuesday, flew over the cyclo-cross of Magny-Cours, Sunday November 17, which served as the third round of the Coupe de Bourgogne-France-Comté. His sixth victory of the season.

He offers himself the scalp of Titouan Margueritat

But this one tastes different, because the competition was greater. Florian Auroux can now boast of having beaten the French amateur road champion, Titouan Margueritat (Team Atria-Montluçon), who placed third, for his first cyclo-cross of the season. “He lacks technique,” ​​whispered an informed observer during the race.Titouan Margueritat competed in his first cyclo-cross of the season.

Margueritat, like all the others, was relegated to more than a minute by the Guidon rider Chaletois. The latter did not even wait for the end of the first lap to take off alone in the lead. “I don't like following a group, I prefer to be alone to have my own tracks. Often, when I'm in a group, I make mistakes, that's why I prefer to be alone. On a cross like this, I can afford it,” explains Florian Auroux.

A luxury that he cannot afford on the Coupe de France rounds, but which does not prevent him from performing. On November 9 and 10, he competed against Pierric. In Loire-Atlantique, he proved to himself that he could compete with the best French people in his age category, finishing eleventh on Sunday, his best result at this level.

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“I started on the fourth line. At first I was a little embarrassed by a fall, but I got back up as soon as I could. »

“I was in the group for the podium for a long time, but I had cramps at one point. I think that the efforts of the day before had started me well (26th after the breakage of his derailleur hanger which sent him back to the back of the peloton). But you shouldn’t deny yourself anything,” he says.

Auroux optimizes to continue to progress

So, next weekend in Troyes (Aube), again in the Coupe de France, Florian Auroux is aiming for “the top 10 and maybe better”. Thanks to his good results, he could start on the third line.

A situation in which he did not think he would find himself at the start of the season, he who was aiming for “a top 30 in the Coupe de France”. But its progress is meteoric and should not stop immediately. The former JGS Nivernaise rider is optimizing new factors to keep it soaring.

Food is one of them.

Hardware is another. “Now I run with a pair of tubular wheels that Loïc (forest) lends me. It's much more comfortable, we make fewer technical errors, we can deflate more. On fat circuits, it's much better and the performance is twice as good as with a tubeless. »

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Training is the most important. Since mid-October, he has been following the advice of a coach, Thomas Delaloy, sports director of Guidon Chaletois. “It gives me a little more rigor. Now I work with power zones, which I didn't do before. I ride a little less too, I have a lot more juice when I arrive at the races. And I think that having someone manage my training frees me mentally. I'm no longer here thinking about what I'm going to do and asking everyone for advice. »

Florian Auroux no longer thinks, he goes for it, and very often, he wins.

Martin Lhôte

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