A double for the French Mathieu Bosredon and Johan Quaile in the time trial in road cycling

At 33, Mathieu Bosredon, European champion and vice-world champion in 2023, reached a new milestone on Wednesday by winning gold in the H3 category. Johan Quaile took the silver medal.

They conclude the day of French cycling in style. After the double of Kévin Le Cunff and Gatien Le Rousseau earlier in the afternoon, two Frenchmen climb together again on the podium of the time trial held in Clichy-sous-Bois (28.3 km), Wednesday September 4. In the H3 category for handbikeMathieu Bosredon finished in first place ahead of his compatriot Johan Quaile, completing an exceptional day with 11 medals for French paracycling.

Already European champion and vice-European champion, in the same order, in 2023, the French repeated their performance in front of their home crowd. This is their first Paralympic medal for both of them since Mathieu Bosredon was frustrated by his 4th place at the Rio Games in 2016, and Johan Quaile is a Paralympian for the first time.

On the roads of Clichy-sous-Bois, Mathieu Bosredon left no chance to his opponents. He set the best time from the first intermediate point and already had more than a minute’s lead over Johan Quaile at the halfway point. He finally completed the course in 43’33″22, two minutes ahead of his compatriot. The third, the Italian Martino Pini, finished more than 2 minutes and 40 seconds behind the winner.