They had carefully prepared their case. As soon as he won the C2 category time trial on Wednesday 4 September, the spearhead of French para-cycling, Alexandre Léauté, was already looking ahead to what was to come: “Now, I will be able to prepare for the road race with peace of mind. The aim will be to put myself at the service of Thomas Peyroton-Dartet.” The event brings together three categories, from C1 to C3, and Léauté (C2) having a handicap considered more severe than Peyroton-Dartet (C3), the Breton nugget (23 years old) did not hesitate for a single moment to do everything he could to make his elder (39 years old) shine.
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As promised, so kept. The youngest gave his all to blow away the reigning world champion in the discipline, Finlay Graham. In vain. He finished ahead of Thomas Peyroton-Dartet (2e) and Alexandre Léauté (3e) which brought French cycling two new medals (27 medals, 9 titles).
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From the first lap of a race that has five laps, the two French riders blew up the peloton attacking at all costs to take the lead, followed only by Finlay Graham and the Canadian Alexandre Hayward, unable to follow the pace set from the halfway point. Peyroton-Dartet, Léauté and Graham then found themselves alone in the lead. Everything was decided in the finale of a race that was breathless until the…
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