Pierre Gautherat took the time to breathe well. “I didn’t rush after the road season, he reports to DirectVelo. I made a good cut. On the restart, it was a bit hard because I had taken advantage of it. He had to”. Ranked 5th, this Wednesday, in the cyclo-cross disputed on the Dijon-Prenois motor circuit (Côte d’Or), he begins “To come back well”. In recent days, the member of Royalbikeshop.com has been doing some interesting training sessions. “It’s encouraging”, said the 30th in the last round of the Coupe de France in Troyes, after starting from the back of the grid.
The Jurassien, who arrives at the Hopes, prepares the Championship of France. But unlike other years, it clearly prioritizes the road. “I’m not doing a full season. I take the cross as a bridge for the road. It allows for good maintenance in winter. It goes faster by doing cyclo-cross ”. But the 2019 French Cadet Vice-Champion – behind Pierrick Burnet on the Besançon circuit – remains a competitor. So he won’t go to Liévin just to get his bike out. “The goal is to be as strong as possible there. I hope to do a good performance there. I am a 1st year Hope, it will be interesting to see what I can do ”.
IMPOSSIBLE TO RUN IN BELGIUM
Its preparation had to go through Belgium. He had to follow the events of Heusden-Zolder, Diegem and Loenhout, but for lack of UCI points, he had to put aside his initial plan. “It doesn’t change anything, I will be doing cross country in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. We are lucky to be in this region, there is plenty to do. I will now run on Sunday and then Wednesday ”.
Even if he gives it less importance, Pierre Gautherat still enjoys the discipline as much. “I do it to please myself and work well”, he insists. The 7th in the MorphoLogics DirectVelo 2021 Challenge then hopes to be well from the start of the road season “To have a good year” with the SCO Dijon. “There are competent people and a good group which has been well renewed, with a lot of young people, some of whom I know well like Léo Kraemer and Quentin Bourg. I’m really happy to be part of this squad ”.
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