Amandine Fouquenet is solid. Victim of a fall on a descent in Hulst on Saturday, the representative of Arkéa-B&B Hôtels was on the attack this Sunday noon at the start of the second World Cup round of the weekend in Zonhoven. “Yesterday there were holes everywhere and my front wheel crashed into them and the front of my face was damaged. I was stunned and I didn't leave“, she remembers DirectVelo. Due to the topography, she was carried up in a hard shell stretcher along the grassy slope.
Finding her this Sunday at the start was therefore not a given. “I didn't have any pain but with the doctor, we did the concussion protocol. This morning it was going well. I have chest pain but during the race, we forget about it. I will go see an osteopath after Besançon“So she had the green light and above all the desire to be on the starting grid. “I came here to run, especially since I won't be going to Gavere on the 26th“On the other hand, she will not return to Brittany before the French round on Sunday.”I stay this way until Besançon“.
After his good feelings in Namur (read here), Amandine Fouquenet didn't get off to a very good start. “I was in third row, I went quite far, whereas usually I start bettershe says. I tried to go back up, the sensations were there“But the fall of the day before still left its mark on his mind.”I wasn't very reassured on the descents. I let off the brakes a little less“. While she was in 13th position, she fell again, “but on the flat, in a turn of the last lap and the girls (Célia Gery and Hélène Clauzel, Editor’s note) came back to me (see the ranking)“. Stunned on Saturday, Amandine Fouquenet got up this Sunday to collect her fourth Top 15 in the World Cup of the season.
