Currently 5th in the provisional general classification of the French cyclo-cross Cup (see here), Audrey Weingarten returns to her standards from the winters of 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 where she finished 4th and 7th. “My cyclo-cross season is a good surprise. I hadn't prepared it too much. I didn't think I would finish in the Top 10 in the first two rounds. Afterwards I resumed good training and managed to stay around the top 10. Last year, it didn't go as I would have liked, I didn't have much fun. I am getting closer to my best season, I would like to keep my 5th place overall or maybe reach 4th place“confided to the microphone of DirectVelo the 24-year-old athlete who would like to place himself between the 5th and 8th positions during the events this weekend at La Ferté-Bernard. “I don’t think the podium is achievable”.
The former resident of Sörius and Ardennes CrossTeam naturally joined the CX Chartres Team for this exercise. “For two years, I have been in the N1 of Team Centre-Val de Loire and I am licensed in Chartres. They told me that they would create a cyclo-cross structure and I said that I was going to follow them as I don't do more races in a UCI labeled team than FFC.. The Limoges resident has not participated in any UCI events other than the Coupe de France rounds. “I have been a firefighter since the beginning of 2023. Sometimes I am on call at the weekend, I cannot always travel. For example, I couldn’t go to Ouistreheam and Dijon because of work.”.
However, in a week, Audrey Weingarten would like to compete in the World Cup round in Hulst in the Netherlands. “This is the only one between now and the end of the year where I am available. I won't be able to go to Besançon because I will be working. On the other hand, in January, I hope to be able to do it again.” At the start of 2025, there will also be the French Championship in Pontchâteau, where she has never been able to enter the Top 10 among the Elites. “I'm not a Championship person, I've always been a little below, I'm going to try to prepare differently from other years. As there will be fewer regional crosses, it will be a lot of training before France.
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