Like in 2022, when he broke his wrist and collarbone at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne juniors. Which did not prevent him from having a good season, marked by his second place in the European Time Trial Championship for 17 and 18 year olds. “I actually have my eyes turned towards the second part of the seasonadds Jens Verbrugghe. The recent Tour of Britain did me good, even if I gave up in the fifth of seven stages. I felt that the condition was not yet optimal. I was having difficulty recovering well. But my form is coming back.”
He will be present this Thursday in the pro race at the Circuit de Wallonie. “We will have fast men there, like Paul Penhoët, who is making his comeback, but also the experienced Marc Sarreau and Noah Hobbs.”
Within the breeding ground team of World Tour training, in which he feels good. “The atmosphere is good there and we all live together in Besançon: we have become friends.”
DH Challenge BICYCLIC
The victories of the last two weeks
Emile Boitte in Nandrin (72 cadets, 28/4), Edouard Claisse in Tollembeek (27/4, 55 juniors), Nolan Ladrière in Harchies (1/5, 24 cadets), Emil Siegers at the FCWB Championship in Escanaffles (5 /5, 77 cadets).
The DH Challenge Bicyclic rankings
Elite hopefuls
1. Noah De Graef (1 victory) 393 points
2. Tim Rex 372
3. Maxence Place 366
4. Julien Desmarets (1 V) 348
5. Matteo Melotte 332
6. Lucas Jacques 272
7. Hugo Wertz 253
8. Alessandro Tuscano 237
9. Léopold Dallemagne 199
10. Sacha Prestianni 183
11. Axel De Lie 171
12. Justin Picoux 165
13. Thibaut Bernard 164
14. Grégoire Lemaire (1 V) 145
15. Arthur Lowagie 132
16. Victor Loy 117
17. Tom Vuylsteke 107
18. Oscar Archambeau 103
19. Robin Ernst 100
20. Augustin De Graeve 74
21. Thomas Nennen 73
22. Theo Lowie 71
23. Axel Gilsoul 54
24. Sébastien Van Poppel 40
25. Anthony Debuy 37
26. Auxence Buntinx (1V) 35
27. Thomas Lehnen 34
28. Gabin Laurent 33
29. Jules Praet 30
30. Lucas Laurent 24
31. Franklin Six 16
31. Mathis Dethy 16
33. Adrien Noël 13
Juniors
1. Edouard Claisse (3 victories) 1617 points
2. Nicolas Aernouts 780
3. Florian Delier (1 victory) 643
4. Cyprien Dumortier 581
5. Tommy Delestrait 215
6. Juan Lemestrez 199
7. Germain Titeux 196
8. Zakary Lognard 190
9. Thibo Stocman 182
10. Aurélien Lejeune (1 victory) 156
11. Oscar Loy 151
12. Guillaume Daix 150
13. Arthur Vanassche (1 victory) 117
14. Nicolas Bastin 86
15. Louis Marx 56
16. Gaspard Kets 55
17. Raphaël Cawez 39
18. Enzo Milone 29
19. William Van Biene 25
20. Dany Gabez 23
21. Robin Warrant 21
22. Nathan Cardinal 9
23. Mathéo Gaspard 6
Cadets
1. Emil Siegers 632 (2 wins) 632 points
2. Nolan Ladrière (1 V) 525
3. Valentin Petillon (2 V) 499
4. Rayane Arifi 369
5. Sacha Dessart (1 V) 265
6. Thibaut Warrant 194
7. Augustin Maeck (1 victory) 185
8. Simon Billen 136
9. Louis Baiolet 110
10. Emile Boitte (1 V) 109
11. Hugo Decroos 85
12. Valentin Georges (1 V) 82
13. Thomas Moreau 75
14. Mathis Richez 73
15. Thibaut Hautmont 65
16. Thibaut Liénard 62
17. Samuel Graff 61
18. Mathéo Coualan 59
19. Mathieu Lambert 35
20. Hugo Beckers 30
21. Hugo Gridelet 29
22. Valentin Charles 25
23. Emile Salco 18
24. Romain Haid 16
25. Emilien Locman 13
26. Alexis Helbicq 8
27. Victor Falise 6
28. Justin Rousseau 5
