Jules Friot in the oven and in the mill – News

Starter of the team pursuit, finisher of the speed trio, Jules Friot was in the oven and the mill, in the sprint and in endurance, for the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes committee during the French Future Track Championships. The VC Villefranche Beaujolais licensee leaves with the team pursuit title, bronze in the elimination but also 4th place in the kilometer and 5th in the keirin.

“I DISCOVERED GOOD QUALITIES IN ENDURANCE”

Junior 1 explains his versatility. “I have a course that suits me for sprinting but I discovered good qualities in endurance. I'm proud of my 2nd place in the elimination, it's a good job. In the team pursuit, I showed that I was capable of finishing a pursuit in qualifying. I was able to take advantage of the aspirations of others so as not to break down in the finale“, he indicates to DirectVelo. In the final against Brittany, the absence of Léo Busson forced him to launch the Rhône-Alpes quartet during the first kilometer (read here)

The 17-year-old rider started Cycling at 6-7 years old at the Sprint 480, “the Pont-de-Beauvoisin club in Isère, then I moved to UC Voiron and VC Villefranche this year. Next year I will be in my 12th season“He rode for the first time in a velodrome in Lyon, at the Parc de la Tête d'Or.”I tried it and I liked ithe remembers. In Cadet 2, I started training seriously to participate in the French Championship. Today I ride on the slopes of Motz (Savoie), Geneva and Eybens“.

“WORKING ON PMA”

Jules Friot also benefits from his riding qualities on the road. For his first year in Juniors, he placed 6th in the time trial of the Tour de la Vallée de la Trambouze and 8th in that of the Tour Causses-Aigoual-Cévennes. “I like the individual times, which are rather flat. I prefer flat races or with not too long bumps, climbed at PMA, but not passes“, analyzes the 1.83 m and 77 kg runner.

For his second Junior year, he wants to continue working on his “explosive sector for massive sprints and working on the PMA and the threshold for time trials and over increasingly long bumps“This work should also help him for the track where he would like to.”work for the individual pursuit which corresponds to efforts in the moguls and work on the peloton events“. The French Championship in Loudéac whetted his appetite.