He’s got this little singing accent that smells like the Southwest. Although he settled in the Loire since 1995, Jacques Erard has not deviated from the intonations of his Occitan origins: “I am from Figeac, the birthplace of Champollion, whose museum you absolutely must visit. This Saturday, in Boulogne-sur-Mer, so far from his roots, the CA du Roannais member became French 10km champion, in the 6 master category. Understanding athletes aged 65 to 69, including one in quarantine he had qualified for the occasion. With, moreover, the best time of the registrations for the Ligérien (38’32”).
A favorite status that he mastered perfectly from start to finish to cross the finish line first in a race that deciphers for us as well as the illustrious Egyptologist in front of the Rosetta Stone. “We were very numerous at the start (all categories combined, ed), it was very difficult to have visibility on the classification. I’m silent…
