Cycling. Open days in Findenheim

Last year with two riders, Victor Thomas and Julian Navarro, Pédale d’Alsace took the first two places.

Baldinger as spearhead

This time, Patrick Koehler doubled his team adding Tournier and Blois. They wouldn’t be much to resist 7 UC Hagenau representatives, with Baldinger, Arnold, Grass, Jelsperger, Jung, Menet and Pedreno.

Currently excluded from Philip Wagner’s main team, New Zealand’s Edward Pawson, last year’s track world bronze medalist even as the 2022 elected Young Athlete, feels the urgency to deliver results.

Léo Kraemer (Dijon), Julien Tomasi (Eckbolsheim), Stopa (Macadam’s Cowboys), J. Becker (Eckwersheim), C. Lottmann (Altkirch) and other registrants would all give sense, over this 65.25km distance (45 circuit turns) , in order to present an exciting benchmark, often.

The preliminary race, which is for Conquest 3 and Access 1-2, will not be short of potential winners.

Starting with Loïc Cavalier, UC Vendenheim’s head sprinter, and his protégé Al. Lauer, Ol. Schnell and Gaessler (Erstein), J. Sprungard (Steige), P. Ancel (Eckbolsheim), Garcin, Dufresne, Bornert (Eckwersheim), Million and the Thomases (Nord-Alsace), Fl. Kohler (Altkirch), Bourdenet (Ste-Croix-en-Plaine) or L.Horn (Eguisheim)?

After doubling 2022 with Million and Weiss, VC Nord-Alsace can do it again getting 3-4 with P. Schall and again Ol. Weiss. Unless another former winner P. Toussaint does so with the support of Crépin and Sigwald.

Among the contenders: T. Führer (Eguisheim), Cosnet (Eckersheim), L. Lottmann (Schweigos), Lebel (Haginau) or even Lola Suse (Coal Basin).

absence? an opportunity…

With Bas-Rhin as captain of the Coupe de France départements, for both boys and girls, who will travel to the Jura, under the direction of Olivier Lauer (Vendenheim) and Alexandre Groshens (Steige), also first in the recent Alsace Masters on the track, the cadet race will be cut short. the Feds for their usual periods. Any profit for Bintz (Besançon), R. Tessier (Haguenau), Barthe-Biteaud, Alexandroff (Eckwersheim), Camarasa and Najdovski (Vendenheim)?

At a minimum, B. Sparfel (Golbey) and H. Groshens (Steige) look above the piece.

The competition for young people, under the responsibility of Claude Ringberger, is always popular. If Amaury Genter (Golbey) has a bias in U13 (9 candidates), then U11 will be in 21, including 5 elements from UC Vendenheim and 4 from Sarreguemines, with R. Dillenseger (Steige), L. Diederlé (Haguenau) and Ed Is Aman (Windenheim) the best?

The home club will be well represented at U9, with 4 committed out of 14 and at U7 with 3 committed out of 7.

Saturday programme. 32^H Youth Award: U7 to U13 from 11am. 42^H Vendenheim GP: U15 at 2:30pm (20 laps, 29km), U17 at 3:30pm (34t, 49km), Reach 3-4 at 5pm (30t, 43.5km), Open 3 and Reach 1-2 at 6:15pm (38t, 55km), Elite and Open 1-2 at 7:45pm (45t, 65.25km).