Hugo Pommelet is back. After two seasons marked by injuries, the New Caledonian took the bull by the horns to regain his level. At the French Track Championship, Espoir 4 placed 5th in the pursuit and 10th in the Omnium, without having given up and after having plugged more than one hole to catch up with the peloton in the final points race. .
In Loudéac, Hugo Pommelet was at home. His new home. “I’ve been there for 4 months. I came to find a good coach present, Yann Le Normand, who is often there, it is easier to communicate. And there was the track at Loudéac“, he explains to DirectVelo. He therefore left the south and AVC Aix to transfer to VC Pays de Loudéac. “In Hyères it was complicated to ride. Here, you can ride whenever you want, plus it’s covered, it’s still good in Brittany“, he slips.
A LACK OF RACING
The South Region time trial champion remains in two difficult seasons. “Over the past two years I have experienced quite a few glitches. I was injured at the start of the season during training in 2023, I hardly raced and in 2024 I fell at the Coupe de France track in Lyon. I suffered a pneumothorax and a concussion“, he lists. This forced inactivity is costing him. “I feel like I’m paying for the lack of races last season. This season, I would like to do a lot of road work to build up my strength and strength. I miss the strength“.
Before this French Championship, Hugo Pommelet “especially prepared for the pursuit more than the peloton races“, he specifies. He finished 5th in qualifying in 4’24″119 and wants to return to his “front level“, when he became French American Champion in 2022 with Corentin Ermenault and vice-Champion of France in the individual pursuit. “I want to take a place in the national collective, he hopes.I have not yet exploited my full potential“.
