It was raining hard in Les Eyzies on Sunday, and it could rain hard in Goujounac this afternoon. Clément Jolibert doesn’t care. Winner of the Tour de la Dordogne a week ago, ahead of the Cadurcien de l’Occitane Kevin Besson, the Blagnacais is willing to drop off a new regional champion’s jersey in the very rich showcase of GSC Blagnac-VS 31. In this village of Lot where the Roux family has become as famous as the chestnuts (and porcini mushrooms!) Which made its reputation, it would be a nice nod since Georges Gay, the emblematic president of the suburban club, took part in the last race there. of his first career (he came back to cut some pretty bouquets in the 70s alongside Maurice Lala, Roger Lajoie-Mazenc, Michel Foulquier…) after a serious fall.
With the Neo-Aquitaine …
Authoritarian winner of Montastruc in the “season before”, third in the French championships at Grand-Champ, Jolibert undoubtedly has the legs to bring back the title lost last year at Blagnac (Romain Campistrous had flown over the first championship of Occitanie history two years ago in Saint-Chinian).
Regional of the stage or almost, the title holder, Kevin Besson hopes to be in the game as in the Dordogne. “I haven’t been to the circuit but I know the roads well, that’s not a problem…”
The arrival of the “Neo-Aquitaine” deprived of their Sunday in Blanquefort by a decision related to health measures changes the situation. The two separate jerseys will be awarded after a necessarily different race. With the two regions, the level mechanically rises as a greater number of leading riders meet.
“it will go faster”
“At times, it could change the strategies, the physiognomy, continues the sacred Lotois there is … fourteen months in Trèbes, things will go faster with more candidates …” And more shows on the 13 laps animated by Jean-Louis Gauthier.
Maxime Agut, Elliot Philippon and Clément Bouchet, the other Blagnacais, Corentin Navarro (Montauban), Aurélien Costeplane, Nathan Vandepitte and Hugo Gineste (Albi VS), Nicolas Godin (Carcassonne) are expected on the “Pyrenean” side.
On the Aquitaine side, Mathieu Morichon outgoing champion, Louis Lapierre (La Rochefoucauld), Gari Lagnet (AC4B), Yoann Soubes, Lilian Langella (Marmande), Gabriel Peyencet (TU Cube17) and Willy Perrocheau (Périgueux) apply. Jacques Roux is already enjoying it.
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