On Sunday morning, Jeanne Duterne was not convinced that she was going to play the leading roles in the Junior Women's World Cup round in Benidorm. “I woke up with a headache, like the last few days, my temperature was monitored to see if I could start.”. Under these conditions, its place in the Top 5 (see ranking), a few hours later is a great performance. “It's good”she judges.
The AS Bike member retains the positives from this penultimate round of the season. “I didn't have the best legs but I was good on raises and stairsshe indicates to DirectVelo. I also managed to put it smaller than usual. I often put on too much and I get tired more quickly“. During the race, she also experienced some adventures. “I lost my gel in the first lap, I couldn't take it. It's a shame not to hold the group. A girl fell and it caused a break“.
On the Costa Blanca, the dry and stony circuit of Benidorm is not one of those that cyclo-cross specialists encounter twice a winter. But Jeanne Duterne did not feel too out of place. “It's good, it resembles the efforts of mountain bike climbs“. Before joining Spain, the French Junior Vice-Champion spent a quiet week of training punctuated by school requirements. “They added classes to me on Tuesday so I couldn't train. Monday, I went running, Wednesday cross-country skiing, I love it, it's my second sport (read here)”. And Thursday was the day of intensity on the bike. A week of training begins with the French team before the last round of the World Cup in Hoogerheide. “I will try to do the same next week and at the World Championship, we will have to give everything“. She will give it her all, like on skis.
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