Mountain biking: Victor Koretzky hits hard in the Coupe de France, in Marseille
Victor Koretzky, licensed at VS Narbonnais, won in Marseille, Sunday, in the Coupe de France, during one of his last lessons before going on the road.
Le Narbonnais, 3rd in the Cross-country MTB World Championships in Italy, 3rd overall in the World Cup in the discipline by winning three victories in Germany and Switzerland then in the USA (Short Track), finishing 5th at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, could have played it quiet during the last weeks of its exceptional season. History to prepare as well as possible for his reconversion next year on the road, in the professional B & B Hotel team of Jérôme Pineau and Didier Rous.
But the man is generous and then the last few days have not been easy to manage. This transfer was contested by his current employer. It has been 8 years since the member of Vélo Sprint Narbonnais wore the colors of KMC Ekoï. Nothing is moreover settled but for Victor Koretzky, it is already old history. What could be better, then, than to clear your head of bad feelings by going to compete in the last event of the French MTB Cup near Marseille. The mountain biker, this year, had already won the third of the seven events of the season. It was at Lons-le-Saunier.
So, on this circuit of 5.2 km, traced on the edge of the Calanques National Park, the Narbonnais came to have fun. Without ambition in the general classification, he took part in only one race, his objective was to send the watts and especially to respond, at the pedal, to his now former team, which left him royally alone to fend for himself. with his father, without technical or logistical assistance. Never mind. The Narbonnais with a hard head and intact talent. He got stuck in the wheel of Titouan Carod who fluttered on the Provençal tracks and bided his time. Patience! “I managed to make the difference at the end. I had a little extra boost on the last half-turn” coldly analyze the winner of the day.
Victor Koretzky at Bizanet
The world n ° 1 has only a few days to wait before devoting himself to his career on the road, his dream being to race the Ardennes and then why not the Tour de France. As the Cadel Evans, Peter Sagan, Jean-Christophe Péraud and Egan Bernal did before him.
It remains when under the close supervision of the FFC which holds its nugget for the same years and in particular for the Olympic Games of Paris 2024. That said, if his calendar allows it, Victor Koretzky should participate in the cyclo-cross of Bizanet in mid -December. The president of the VSN, Michel Blaya, awaits it firmly and then, it is only 8 years that Victor has imposed himself in the sonorous undergrowth.