The Breton counter is already open to French cycling championships in Saint-Martin-de-Landelles, in the Channel. This Thursday afternoon, during the women’s time trial which opened the ball, the Morbihannaise Audrey Cordon-Ragot won her seventh title champion of France on the clock. The 34-year-old from Pontivy is ahead of Finistère Cédrine Kerbaol, crowned last year in Cassel, and this time second at 54 seconds. Marion Borras completes the podium at 1 minute and 33 seconds. The Bretons Maëva Squiban (4th at 1 minute 45) and Marie Le Net (5th at 1 minute 52) complete the top five.
Slightly late at the first intermediate, the rider from the American team Human Powered Health then reigned supreme during the second and third intermediates before triumphing on the line. “It is a victory with a taste of controversy“, she responds calmly on Eurosport, while her selection in the French team for the time trial and the road race of the Paris Olympic Games has been criticizednotably by the runner Evita Muzic, not selected for the road race.
“They will be able to sleep peacefully knowing that the one who goes to the Olympics is capable of doing great things”
“I was keen to give the best version of myself. Throughout the race, I told myself to give my best regardless of the result and to be proud at the end. I was all in, I couldn’t do better. Everything was there, I’ve been here for four days with all my entourage around me. I thank them, and I am happy to be able to give them victory. I’m relieved, too, because it’s growing behind. My selection for the Olympics was very contradicted, with a big controversy. I understand and I hear it“, she replied without bitterness. “It is also respect towards my opponents than to win with such a gap Today. The competitors will be able to rest easy knowing that the one who goes to the Olympics is capable of doing great things. I have a lot of respect for everyone who will stay at home during the Olympics.“
“You atomized us”
With this great weather, the Morbihannaise, domiciled in Côtes-d’Armor, hit very hard. “You atomized us”, Brestoise Cédrine Kerbaol slipped to him, who was the outgoing champion. “This is clearly what happened. I had no information from the race. I never ask and my headset didn’t work“, continued the Finistère who came second, while she was in the lead at the first intermediate. “I did my time, thoroughly. I gave everything, I have no regrets. I was beaten by stronger people today. It’s not three seconds that it takes me, it’s much more. We cannot have regrets about the result.“
