runners prepare for a daunting class
The French cyclo-cross championships are held all weekend at Val de Souchez in Liévin. Follow the Elite Men race live on our antenna and our website, Sunday at 3.15pm.
In cyclo-cross, you have to be ready for anything, especially when the rain invites itself in this winter discipline par excellence!
Well perched on his saddle, carrying or pushing his bike on foot, the Audomarois runner Ugo Ananie demonstrate that cyclo-cross is far from only working the legs.
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Liévin (Pas-de-Calais) French cyclo-cross Championships: the riders are getting ready
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© Loïc Beunaiche and Jean-Marie Barféty / France Télévisions
A good cyclo-cross rider, he must be technical and quite poorly, because sometimes you have to be cunning to win!
Ugo Ananie, French junior champion 2020
Liévin has already proven in the past that it is a world temple of cyclo-cross. This weekend, the mining area reveals its new national hopes. Watch out for the falls!
422 competitors in all categories will follow one after the other on a circuit made muddy by the weather conditions. On the program: climbs, descents, slopes, steps, boards, to tackle on the bike or on the rack!
The course :
The Liévin cyclo-cross in figures:
- 3 km route
- Elevation: +75 m
- maximum slope: 25%
Follow the French cyclo-cross championships in Liévin, Sunday January 9 at 3.15 p.m. on the antennas of France 3 Hauts-de-France and France 3 Bretagne and online.
Sunday January 9, the French riders of the discipline will compete on the very demanding course of Liévin, temple of cyclo-cross, in the heart of the mining basin.
The Elite Men Course will be commented on by Loïc Beunaiche, journalist at France 3 Nord Pas-de-Calais, alongside consultant Sébastien Minard, former professional cyclo-cross rider.
On the finish line, interviews will be provided by Matthieu Rappez, journalist at France 3 Nord Pas-de-Calais.
This meeting can also be followed live on France.tvsport from 2:55 p.m.