A week ago, Yannick Martinez occupied the forefront of the French Championship before handing over to his teammate Titouan Margueritat, winner in Saint-Martin-de-Landelles. This Saturday, it was the blue-white-red jersey of the Atria-Montluçon Cyclisme rider who opened the road up to ten kilometers from the finish of the Grand Prix de la Sologne des Etangs and the Nivernais raised his arms on the line of the third round of the Coupe de France N2 (see the ranking). “I’m super happy, it’ll motivate me to go until the end of the seasonenjoys the winner with DirectVelo. As soon as we caught up with Titouan, he helped me. He rode at the head of the peloton to prevent it from coming up from behind. I didn’t need to scrub. I did well up to 500m before slipping in the sprint“.
However, the team’s initial strategy was not to bet everything on a final packaging.But for my part I had to stay in the wheels to wait for the final“, specifies the winner. Yannick Martinez was wary of the yellow jerseys of CR4C Roanne.”I knew that David Menut and Gustav Basson (2nd) were the two riders to watch. At the 500m, I saw that I was next to David Menut, then at 400m I stopped thinking before launching my sprint at 200m“.
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Already winner of a N2 round last year, the Grand Prix Fenioux, when Atria was invited, Yannick Martinez’s victory brings points to his club.It was an important race because even if it’s in N2, winning a Coupe de France is great. We’re moving up the rankings of the Coupe de France“He is also thinking about what comes next with the Tour du Périgord (August 25) and the Classic Jean-Patrick Dubuisson (September 7). “We will try to grab a few places. The last one is at our place in Montluçon, and the next one is just as hard“.
The 36-year-old rider is enjoying the good dynamics at Atria-Montluçon Cyclisme. “The main thing is that we had fun with Titouan at the front with the jersey, and me making it happen at the end. It’s a great day for the team“Before returning to the Coupe de France, he will have fun in the criteriums.”The next real race will be Availles-Limouzine (July 30, Editor’s note)“.
