The team Groupama-FDJ knows it better than any other: only the blue-white-red jersey counts after French Championshipsand the training led by Marc Madiot Records for this 2025 edition organized at Herbiers, in Vendée. This Sunday, the men in blue nevertheless tried everything to take advantage of their numerical superiority, sometimes with audacity, but also making some mistakes which probably cost her dear to find this title that she cherishes so much and which finally returned to Dorian godon. To the fight with the sprinter-punker of the Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale in the final sprint, Romain Grégoire Has failed to conclude the big collective work carried out by his teammates throughout the day and must be satisfied with a silver medal that does not logically satisfy him, knowing his thirst for victory and his hatred of failure.
Video – Romain Grégoire bowed to Dorian Godon
“What I said Valentin Madouas? That I was sorry, quite simply …”
“The course was not that selective“, He analyzed in the report published by his team.”We were certainly in excess but it was complicated to take advantage of it because there were not necessarily places to make the difference. We had all the fast runners on the luggage rack, so we did as we could “, He explained concerning the course of the race, before this final climbing of Mont des Alouettes which leaves him some regrets. “”Valentin (Madouas) has dismissed, and I felt obliged to go there at that time. It is always difficult to be lucid in the fire of the action. It was not necessarily a good idea, but I thought it was better for me than it rises very quickly from the foot. By attacking the steepest part, it hurt the legs, but it hurt others too. That said, Decathlon Ag2r has smoothed the effort because they still had people around Godon. I certainly made a mistake “he concedes.
“The last meters were made to courage. I think everyone died because of the race and the heat. I believed in my luck, and after all that the team had made, I did not leave any choice than to prevail. I think I did everything well in the last kilometer. I was in the right position, I triggered my sprint at the right time … but that was not enough. In a championship, there is only the victory and the jersey that count. Today, we simply lost. I was really keen to win, for me and for the team because it is a race that is close to our hearts. The twenty-six guys at the start did a great race, they were 100% around me. We assumed, we did all day in patterns, we took the race in hand, and I failed to thank them, so I am particularly disappointed for them. I think the tactics were good, it only missed the conclusion. What I said Valentin Madouas? That I was sorry, quite simply … because they worked all day 100% around me, and I can't thank them. Inevitably I know they will try to find words to comfort me, but at the time they are disappointed, and I too“, the concl a Romain Grégoire that we will certainly find revanchard on the Tour de France to be part of next Saturday.
