The French team ARKEA-B&B HOTELS announced this Monday three arrivals within the performance and development division: Fabien Rabeau, Baptiste Caillard et Pierre Gouault. Training led by Emmanuel Hubert thus grants itself three choice reinforcements for the 2025 season. They could allow the riders of the Breton team, including the French Arnaud Démare et Kevin Vauquelinor even Italian Luca Mozzatosurprising second from last Tour of Flandersto continue to improve and climb the rankings UCI next year.
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“What drives me is what happens before competitions”
In a press release, the sports manager of the French team, Didier Rouswas delighted with these arrivals: “Fabien will bring his solid experience in the field, and his perfect knowledge of high-level Cycling. He is a very organized person, with a synthetic and unifying spirit. He likes “square” things, like any self-respecting scientist , without losing sight of human realities, but also those on the ground that runners face. The same goes for Baptiste Caillard, while Pierre Gouault, who branched out into training, knows him from having experienced it. life inherent in that of a professional cyclist. The contribution of these three resource people within the performance and development division of the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS team will further improve it, by adding quality which will add to that of the resource people already present within of the performance and development division.“
Fabien Rabeaunew head of the performance and development division, discusses the reasons which motivated him to join the Breton team: “I had initial contact with Didier Rous, Sports Manager of the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS team, then with the team management, including the General Manager, Emmanuel Hubert. I wanted to find a WorldTour calendar but above all a performance and development project. It's the work with Bianchi, our technical partners, the wind tunnel, the setting up of courses, everything that contributes to high-level performance that motivated me. What drives me is what happens before the competitions. The daily work and interactions with all the staff who revolve around the performance and development project of the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS team. I would like to bring to the ARKEA-B&B HOTELS team in the long term, my Cartesian, analytical side, my rigor in the work and continue to write the performance project.