That's it! CC Marmande, which reclaimed the label club national division qualified for the final of the Coupe de France DN3. He finished twelfth overall and the first 16 teams this southern zone (south of the Loire) are invited to find the ten qualified training in the North Zone on September 15, near Laval. Great satisfaction for the club which was long the window of cycling Aquitaine and delivered the Francis Castaing, Alain Bernard, Claude Magni, Armand de las Cuevas and Pierrick Fedrigo professional peloton. But times have changed.

"We no longer have the means to be the leader of the Great South West that was the CC Marmande in the 1980 club, Anthony Langella who took over the presidency at the end of the 2011 season analysis. We could not keep us DN2 at the end of the 2011 season because we could not meet the specifications imposed by the Federation. We have to restart in DN3 but we can do better in the near future. My greatest satisfaction is to see riders who grew up in we take them off. "

Romain Sicard discovers the Tour de France and it is not easy. At 25, the runner Hasparren has already completed a Tour of Spain last year, but this time it is another dimension. "Initially, in Corsica, I was a little nervous. The race was tight and I did not have a good feeling. But I do not want myself to suffer every day. I did not come here for. "

So yesterday, the only French rider of the Euskaltel team decided to try his luck. "In fact, the morning briefing, I was appointed to take the break of day. The stage was a bit complicated, but it did not displease me. I really wanted to see what looks like a day in front of the Tour de France. And now I can say: it gives chills. It is a crazy world, we are very encouraged, it is very impressive. "So much for the atmosphere. Side legs however, the day was more difficult, in a group of six attackers (with De Gendt, Arashiro, Reza Delaplace and Lutsenko), which took up to 13 minutes ahead of the peloton.

After 1997 (victory Béarnais David Married) and 2009, Miramont-de-Guyenne host tomorrow (starting at 13 hours), for the third time, the Aquitaine Championships elite road cycling. Still on the same circuit 14.3 km concocted by Daniel Barjolin.

A native of Charente, but installed in Miramont-de-Guyenne for ages, Daniel Barjolin, soon 75 years, including fifty as a runner (with more than 700 victories in the key) is the man by whom the championships regional come to Miramont-de-Guyenne, with technical support from the CC Marmande. On the road, he rubbed shoulders with the biggest and he knows his stuff. When, before the 2009 race, Loïc Herbreteau, came recognition complained about the ease of the circuit, Daniel Barjolin had replied with a smile: "We'll talk ... ". And winner Herbreteau had blown down from the podium: "I do not think it would be so hard! "

Certainly not dangerous side throughout the circuit, but a succession of dishes that go wrong on a big development and ultimately undermine the energies, as long as the wind is from the game. "We do not say, but at the exit of the city, it continues to rise for almost 6 km," says Daniel Barjolin who knows his stuff. And repeated ten times ...

They measure about 1.60 m and weighs just 50 kg. Colombians who caused a sensation in the mid-1980s when they landed on the Tour de France came back. They arrived in Europe two weeks ago and started the Tour of Asturias. "In Spain we just arrived and we had not yet recovered from the travel and jet lag," said Juan Ernesto Chamorro, 21, second in the Tour de l'Avenir last year, 1 second of Warren Barguil.

Winner of the Ronde de l'Isard, the Colombian perfectly controlled the first two steps before going on the offensive Saturday when the collar turned up. It was however worried about his fate at the foot of the last climb before the pass Latrape, it was more than 6 minutes of the young Belgian Gertjan De Vos, party in the first kilometers of the stage, and yet 5 minutes 5 km from the summit of the Col de La Corre, the last of the day. But before diving into St Girons, he returned 3 min 22 s of the Belgian who was losing his title virtual leader. Side region, we note the good behavior of Roman Guillemois every day at the forefront and Alexis Guerin, often attack. Colombians will be found from Thursday on the roads of the Tour de Gironde, where the terrain is less favorable to them.

Sunday so exciting on paper proved to be a quiet day for most leaders. At the edge of a busy week of ascents or Alberto Contador, or Chris Froome have wanted to send their troops to the front of the race. And team Saxo Bank and Sky agreed without hesitation to let the fighters compete for the bouquet of the day. "It's a nice scenario for everyone. There is a beautiful winner David Veilleux with Europcar team that will defend the jersey, told arrival Nicolas Portal, Sky sports director. This leaves us with a few days respite "Faced with a sluggish peloton had escaped the first reason. Canadian David Veilleux was his initiative. He concluded in beauty just three hours later, winning solo at the end of the circuit around Champéry.

The Europcar rider is not a winner by default. Professional since 2011 in Bernaudeau, he realized his potential by winning the Three Valleys Varésines a beautiful classic Italian, last fall. Sunday, he launched the breakaway from the third mile with two French, Bideau (Bretagne-Dried) and Damuseau (Argos) and a Spaniard Garcia (Euskaltel). He flew solo when the pack ate three minutes apart in 10 kilometers (9 to 60 km from the finish, 5'43'' 50 km). Nobody has seen him before arrival where he wore the yellow jersey and the jersey of best climber. "Now, we have to defend this jersey," laughs Pierre Rolland, of Europcar leader.

A Ivrea in Piedmont, Benat Intxausti recalled that his Giro had not stopped when he spent pink Meillot Vincenzo Nibali on the evening of the first lap. On Tuesday, the Spanish won the sixth stage by dominating a sprint three. He produced his effort about three hundred meters from the line while Tanel Kangert, one lieutenant Vincenzo Nibali and Przemyslaw Niemiec is watching a little too close. They had managed to get out of the pink jersey group five kilometers from the finish with Robert Gesink put offside soon after by a broken chain. What was left of the pack (set by Ramunas Navardauskas) arrived fourteen seconds later with most of the leading general, except Mauro Santambrogio. Victim of a failure, the runner Vini Fantini, fourth Tuesday morning was spent with more than a minute behind the top of the hump Andrate, 18 km from the line, and he had more than two upon arrival.

 

Santambrogio, however, did not count his efforts to try to make the gap. But head, runners survivors of this difficult coast (6 km to 13%), unable to move for the sprinters, even on the 28th anniversary of Mark Cavendish led a cracking pace. All the mighty men of the Giro tried to attack or cons-attack in the final, except Evans. Even Vincenzo Nibali went after Carlos Betancur and Samuel Sanchez, who made the descent head. This is all the more special when you know that this step was not less than 238 km, the third longest in the Giro, with the first category climb of the Mont-Cenis as an aperitif.

The long career of Levi Leipheimer, pro happened in 1997, ended a six-month suspension, side effect of the investigation into Lance Armstrong. Without a contract since the Omega Pharma - Quick Step had broken his engagement last fall, American announced Sunday that he had not found a team to pursue his career. "I stopped, he explained to The Press Democrat Sunday on the sidelines of the Tour of California. My retirement was done without ceremony. I miss the competition. I love cycling. "

As part of the investigation by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Leipheimer was told he had used blood transfusions and other doping practices, particularly in the years when he accompanied Armstrong to the U.S. Postal (2000-2001). His confession has lost the most beautiful lines of his record, including his third Tour de France in 2007. Very good rider, the rider in small size (1.68 m) nevertheless ensured that he stopped taking drugs after the 2007 season and he won the Tour of California (2008 and 2009) and the Tour of Castilla - Leon (2009) being clean.

Brought in as a chair by the FDJ team, Arnaud Démare dominated the sprint unblinking who completed the first stage of the Four players Dunkirk Tuesday Courriere. Picard was set for a duel with Kenny Van Hummel (Vacansoleil), but when the Dutch began to pinch, two hundred meters from the line, Démare had not yet started his sprint! "I really make an effort at the last moment, Van Hummel made ​​his to five hundred meters, I was ensconced behind Mickaël Delage, having been behind Geoffrey Soupe" appreciated the former world champion hopes on Eurosport.

Démare, 21, beat another young sprinter Dutch Ramon Sinkeldam (Argos-Shimano), although Van Hummel rebounded to jump on the line. Third sprinter expected on Tuesday, Adrien Petit (Cofidis) was seventh. It was said in any case that this step would be a finisher, the latest escaped being taken early in the pressure rollers of the FDJ (Boucher, Ladagnous, Vaugrenard, Offredo ....). "This is a collective victory, all riders of the JDF have controlled from beginning to end," said Démare, who won his second victory of the year after the GP Denain From the twelfth team.

Suffered a fall during the third stage of the Tour of Trentino, Domenico Pozzovivo should be well at the outset of the next Giro on May 4, despite two broken ribs. Eighth last year, the Italian climber, now with AG2R, must return to competition at the Grand Prix of Frankfurt (May 1). This will allow him to find the rhythm of the race three days before the start of Naples.

Sensation of Ardennes, Carlos Betancur is also the beginning of a still very mountainous Giro, as candidate for the best young rider jersey. Davide will Appolonio sprinter team.

Bassoons, who abandoned the race before his term was already on the way back from an hour and three quarters to the Gironde (...) when he meant by telephone that he had 45 minutes to present to the control, he always argued.

For this, he was sentenced by the FFC 12-month suspension (plus two-month ban) initially, before the sentence is reduced to one month on appeal in December 2012 and the runner is declared "innocent"

"The facts have not been verified by the Federation launches Jean-Christophe Lapouble. We have evidence that the speaker says he has never announced the names of the riders who were to be controlled. We really feel that the test was done to catch Mr. Bassoon. "

The FCC wants to "wanting to pay Bassoons positions against doping, ten years ago," he insists.

"I would have taken a sports warning a month, I would not have gone further. But when I saw that I took 14 months, I actually asked. Either at the federation, people are incompetent or there reckoning. I demand the absolute discharge "advance Bassoons.