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.