Lhe cyclo-cross is a bit like level crossings: one Dubau can hide another. Lucas had shone at Chambon in 2022, his twin brother Joshua imitated him this Sunday, imperial during a 46e edition of the National of Montbron-Eymouthiers contested under the showers.
The two 28-year-olds from Rémois achieved the double two years ago. They shared the podium again this time, only separated by Tom Mainguenaud from Niort, in very good form.
Joshua Dubau, ahead of Mathieu Morichon and Thomas Bonnet.
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“It was a great battle, it’s always nice to be able to compete like that, for confidence,” analyzed Joshua Dubau, who took a little less than two laps to catch up with Deux-Sévrien who had made the best start .
“It was a great battle, it’s always nice to face each other like that. »
“I was able to make a small gap on the fourth lap but there was never much, it was a small duel at a distance. It’s good to raise your arms,” savored the French cyclo-cross champion in 2022, who dreams of regaining the tricolor jersey at Pont Château on January 12, before turning to the Worlds, in Liévin, at the beginning of February.
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Tom Mainguenaud, second and happy with his “very good form”.
Finally ahead by around twenty seconds, Tom Mainguenaud was satisfied with a hard-won podium, on one of “the physically toughest courses, not counting the rain and stuck mud”. On the heels of a very good road season (5e best amateur). “I feel the form is very good. It bodes well for the French championships,” smiled the man who will embark on the last chance season in 2025 to return to the professionals.
“The public is caring”
The 2.5 kilometer route with its imposing height difference and tricky surface proved to be unforgiving once again this year. “I have never done it so hard,” debriefed Anthony Delaplace (10e) before cleaning your machine with a water jet. Authors of a good start, the title holder Arnold Jeannesson and the former resident of the Top 16 Mathieu Morichon, 3e last year, gradually faltered, to finish respectively 5e et 11e.
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For their last race with a professional runner's jersey, Kévin Ledanois and Lilian Calmejane also suffered, but not enough to take away the pleasure of running their jubilee at Le Chambon. “I have Jean-Louis (Moréliéras, the organizer, editor's note) every year on the phone, and each time I was on an internship in Spain. I had always promised him that I would come back, that was close to my heart and I think it made him happy,” appreciated Ledanois, U21 world champion in 2015.
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Triple winner of the event (2014, 2015, 2019), Lilian Calmejane arrived without pretensions, “without having touched the bike too much” and diminished by an operation. He finished a lap behind. “There was a lot of encouragement. The public is really welcoming. People who come here with weather like that, they come to have a good time,” remembered the most Mousterian of the Albigensians.
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Lilian Calmejane competed in the last race of her professional career.
The winner of a stage of the 2017 Tour de France was warmly greeted by Jean-Louis Moréliéras, delighted by an edition of 144 finishers and barely cooled by the conditions. Ready to do it again next year. For the revenge between the Dubau brothers? ” Why not ! », they laughed.
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Elite-Seniors : 1. Joshua Dubau (Van Rysel CX Racing Team) in 1h02'56'', 2. Mainguenaud (Laval Cyclisme) at 23'', 3. L. Dubau (Van Rysel CX Racing Team) at 43'', 4. Bonnet (Total Energies) at 54'', 5. Jeannesson (Team Guevel Roadborn) at 2'34'', 6. Vadic (Total Énergies) at 2'50'', 7. Ledanois (Team Guevel Roadborn) at 3'04'', 8. Brégière (EC3M) at 3'20'', 9. Russo (Groupama-FDJ) at 4'23'', 10. Delaplace (Arkea-B & B Hôtels) at 4'44'', 11. Morichon (Team CX Chartres) at 5'34'', 12. Gauthier (Creuse Oxygène) at 5'59''… 14. Paillot (Angoulême VC) at 7'10''… 18 . Calmejane (Intermarché-Wanty) at 1 lap, 19. Retailleau (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) at 1 round… 31. Guilman (St-Michel-Mavic-Auber 93) at 1 round.
Access : 1. Mathieu Bieloff (Velo Sauvage Poitevin). U19 : 1. Matteï Cacault (APOGE Cycliste). Female: 1. Noémie Bonnin (US Vern Cycling). U17 : 1. Baptiste Vanaelst (Velo Silex). U15 : 1. Raphael Clemente (AC Cosnac). U13: 1. Nathan Pujos (Bazas/Bernos Beaulac). U11 : 1. Leandre Jablonski (Dordogne Sud Cyclisme). U9 : 1. Lenny Roncin (UA La Rochefoucauld).
