Clément Venturini continues his progress. 29th and 25th last weekend, the French Champion ranked in the Top 15 this Sunday in Besançon (see the ranking). “13th is good, I'm making progress compared to last weekend. I progress over the races and I find the cyclo-cross pedal stroke“, he comments for DirectVelo. But he doesn't care whether he finishes behind or ahead of Joshua Dubau. “We don't run between French people but between international runners“, he recalls.
Two years ago, the representative of Arkéa-B&B Hôtels ranked 4th, while Mathieu Van der Poel had already won. “The conditions were a bit special (on dry ground under the sun, Editor’s note)and today we find a real Besançon, a very difficult terrain“. On this route strewn with ruts in the slopes, “you had to be super clean technically. I did a linear race on terrain that was not to my advantage“.
In his French Champion jersey, Clément Venturini appreciated “popular fervor. I'm really happy for Pascal Orlandi, it shows that in France, we love cyclo-cross. We have encouragement, it’s nice to run a little at home“At the end of December, the runner respects his checkpoints.”I'm also expected on the road, I can't be at my best all year round. If we want to be on top in December, it's not by starting again on November 22“. Clément Venturini will continue his progress at the end of next week in Gullegem and Dendermonde.
France
Cycling
