This 2025 edition of French Championships will remain in history! In an overwhelming heat and a thrilling race with a suspense that will have held to the final sprint, Dorian godon (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale) has become for the first time in his career champion of France, regulating the sprint Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ) and Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa B&B Hotels). After his second place during the time trial last Thursday, beaten by another training runner Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale, Bruno Armirailthe 24 -year -old Frenchman, Kévin Vauquelin expressed himself on this 3rd place with a bitter taste …
VIDEO – Kévin Vauquelin's reaction after his 3rd place
“I have not sufficiently believed in me …”
After a second place in the general classification of Switzerland Tour And more than honorable French championships with a second place on the time trial and third place on the online event, Kévin Vauquelin hoped to do better on these French championships and in particular on the final sprint: “I no longer want to see blue jerseys (laughs), there were groupama-fdj everywhere. It was complicated with their excess. To change, Romain Grégoire was still sticking to me, I couldn't do much. I was very, very strong, probably in the very better, but I think that the heat limited me a little. I have not raw enough in me and in my sprint. The title was reachable, I was fresh in the final. The race was not so hard, I felt that I could make a more difficult race with my legs. I had a little more favorite sign, it served me “, he explains
The Normand continues: “I'm glad it was Dorian Godon who won, because it is a beautiful person who deserves it. That we don't talk to me too much, and I'm glad that we also do the Groupama-FDJ, because it was complicated to play against them. They played with us and with our mind. So there you go, I think there is not much to regret, and I really thank the Arkéa B&B team“Concludes the 24 -year -old Norman at the organization's microphone.
