It's now official, French Track Cycling Championships will take place from January 3 to 5 at the Bretagne velodrome in Loudéac, in Côtes-d'Armor. In 2023, Loudéac had already welcomed the French Future Track Championshipsand this time, it is the elites who will take on this track. These French Championships will be an important objective for the runners, because they will constitute an obligatory passage for the sprinters who hope to obtain a “ticket” for the European Championshipswhich will take place from February 12 to 16 in Zolder (Belgium).
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A three-day format of tests
Next year the program will be concentrated over 3 days instead of 4 in previous years. The crème de la crème will be present in Brittany next January. Who will succeed the Olympic champion Benjamin Thomas on individual pursuit: Valentin Tabellion, Oscar Nilsson-Julien or even Clement Petit ? And among women, Victoire Berteau, Marion Borras or Valentine Fortin ? As for the sprint disciplines, the impressive Rayan Halaldouble title holder, will he win a third tricolor jersey in individual speed? We will discover all these answers from January 3 to 5 at the Bretagne velodrome in Loudéac.