Tricolor cycling continues to stand out at the European Track Championships. Benjamin Thomas, in the points race, and Valentine Fortin, in the elimination, took the gold on Wednesday at Granges in Switzerland.
At 22, Valentine Fortin, silver medalist in the scratch the day before on the first day of the competitions, disposed of the Italian Letizia Paternoster’s last two rounds. Benjamin Thomas, who brought home the bronze medal in the American race from the Tokyo Olympics with Donavan Grandin, added a new European title to his collection, seven years after winning in Guadeloupe in this event.
Sébastien Vigier on track this Thursday
In the women’s speed, Mathilde Gros set the second time in qualifying, 2 hundredths of a second behind Lea Friedrich (5th in Tokyo). The Provençale then qualified for the semi-finals after beating Russia’s Anastasiia Voinova in the quarter-final in three rounds.
For his part, the Dutchman Jeffrey Hoogland flew over the kilometer final, an event that was struck from the Olympic program, in 58 seconds 016. Silver medalist in individual speed at the Olympics, Hoogland will find his winner this Thursday in this event. , the Dutchman Harrie Lavreysen, as well as the Russian Denis Dmitriev, the Frenchman Sébastien Vigier and the Polish Mateusz Rudyck.