Already at the Olympic Games, Benjamin Thomas did not fail to ride over us on the handlebars of his bike. Olympic champion in the omnium, the Frenchman had darkened his reputation last August. But during the Six Days of Ghent, he decided to continue his bottomless fall.
Benjamin Thomas hits double with the Olympics
After the national velodrome of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, it is that of Kuipke, in Belgium, that Benjamin Thomas decided to dirty. Aligned with the legendary Six Days of Ghent, a race more than 100 years old, the Tarnais formed a duo with the local of the event, Fabio Van den Bossche, who is none other than the bronze medalist in the omnium. Facing them stood the formidable Belgian pair composed of Robbe Ghys and Lindsay De Vylder, double title holder.
But it was in the last part of the Madison race that the Frenchman and his friend managed to get away from their competitors. An attack placed in the finale which ends up getting the better of the favorites for victory. And so we end up with a victorious Benjamin Thomas. But the 29-year-old runner isn't just adding another line to his CV; he has just registered for the first time in history the name of a Frenchman in the Six Days of Ghent prize list. A double colossal disappointment for the FFL.
“Winning in this legendary place means a lot” Benjamin Thomas, after the race
Yes, we suspected that unfortunately.
