Definitely, French Kévin Vauquelin (Arkea-B & B Hotels) is subscribed to second places! Already 2nd of the timed test of France Championships 2024and 2nd last week of Switzerland Tour After a superb performance, he again completed as a dolphin the time trial of France Championships 2025 This Thursday. Beaten as the year spent by Bruno Armirail (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale), he will nevertheless have fewer regrets than a year ago, where he had failed for only 3 seconds on his compatriot. Indeed, this time he completed the time at 24 seconds ofArmiirailfalling at the start of the race, while the young Paul Seixas (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale) completes the podium, 44 seconds behind his teammate.
Video – The explanation of Kévin Vauquelin on his time
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“I felt confident … Maybe a little too much, suddenly”
After the arrival and announcement of the official results, he returned to his performance of the day: “I think that I left rather strong. I could not say where it was exactly, but on a false flat-monitoring there was a drain plate, my wheel slipped on it and I found myself on the ground. I tried to get up as quickly as possible, and I got back into it right away, but it may have left a little too hard, to try to fill the hole in it. will have to analyze “.
He continues on his recovery after Switzerland Tour : “I have recovered very well, I think it's easier to recover when everything is going well, even if I would have preferred to win. Everything went very well, the legs were good, mentally it was fine … so I had not particularly pressure on this time trial. I felt good and in confidence … Maybe a little too much, I lost it before. It's a shame, it was a good opportunity to hang on.he concludes.
