Cross Elite Men
Date and hour : Sunday March 12 – 4:00 p.m.
Distance : 9810 m
Title holder By: Morhad Amdouni
Undoubtedly one of the highlights of this 2023 edition of France des plowings. Four days before the meeting in Brittany, one name comes back to everyone’s mouth: that of Jimmy Gressier, a fortiori in the absence, on the French side of Yann Schrub and Morhad Amdouni, engaged on the court. The Northerner want it, and even really want it. From this title. Yes, you can have been gold medalist nine times at the Euro (individual and team) and never have known an Elite title in cross country. An anomaly that he will try to rectify on Sunday, after winning the national laurels on the short format in Montauban two years ago. No need to ask questions about his state of form and his current condition. She is phenomenal. Four races in 2023, four remarkable times: 27’40 over 10 km to Valencia (Spain) on January 15, 13’12 out 5km in Monaco on February 12 (European record), 27’33 on 10 km to Castellon (Spain) on February 26 and a first semi-marathon on March 5 under the hour of effort in Paris, in 59’55. THE 25-year-old Boulonnais will evolve on a real cross country to express himself, as he loves them so much.
The internationals Felix Bour, Mehdi Brother et Duncan Perrillat are very serious customers in the plowing and will not fail to make life difficult for Jimmy Gressier. Florian Carvalho, Louis Gilavert, Emmanuel Roudolff-Levisse, Michael Gras, Valentin Gondouin, Etienne Daguinos et Valentin Brescfavorite among hopes, to name a few, seem to have the weapons to get on the box. The Bretons Simon Bedard et Mael Sicotwho specifically prepared for this deadline by leaving for a three-week internship at Iten in Kenya, shouldn’t be far from the front of the favourites, which will obviously be very dense. Romain Mornet, Antoine Senard, Nicolas-Marie Daru et Baptist Cartiel are also more than credible outsiders.
Enough to imagine an exciting show at the end of the program. It is not recommended to leave the Kerampuilh meadow before this race, in this case, you will certainly miss a great cross-country moment. More broadly, with a course tailored for specialists and with rainy conditions announced by Météo France, these French Championships this cross-country in Carhaix promise to be one of the highlights of the 2023 season.
