Feminine: Leboucher dominated by Salvetat in Cyclo-cross

The maids as the bad series always have the end. Unconquered for two years in France, since the institution of the feminine cyclo-cross in the hexagon, Laurence Leboucher flopped for the first time, yesterday. A defeat in the regular. The doctor Maryline Salvetat is satisfied. Thanks to her success of yesterday, she will be exempted from nurse, this evening, at the hospital of Albi: " if you win the three-coloured shirt, I shall replace you ". He had promised a colleague internal as her. Small pleasure for a big happiness. " Even if I was a champion of France in the faith on road and on track at the juniors at the beginning of the 80s, all the same almost ten years ago I had not threaded a blue-white-red knitting. " Second last year behind... Leboucher, Maryline took, so, a beautiful revenge. As far as with a very busy schedule, she cannot train as one pleases: " often between noon and 2 hours by jumping a meal, announces this future doctor, who will end his training next May. Moreover, I made a complete break this year with my season on road. For the cyclo-cross, I worked my technique. I had prepared well my affair. "

This victory suffers, at least, no contesting. The same step of her Dauphine: Laurence Leboucher having the elegance to admit the superiority of her opponent: " today, I made of the demy in the wheel of Maryline! The strongest won on a circuit doubtless more convenient to the road than to the real specialists but it is not absolutely about an excuse. She led moreover always the game. " Without that Sarthoise can attack it in the rare technical parts : " I always underwent. Can being I made a small error of gear ratio (42 x 14 while Sempe and Salvetat had chosen one 42 x 12) but II had there to make nothing against Maryline today. At least, it is going to give me a supplementary motivation for Zolder. A place on the podium would make me the loss of this three-coloured shirt forget. "

On the contrary, Rennaise Françoise Clouet, numbed in the arrival, had a great deal of difficulty in digesting her 12th place. " All this because of a departure devastate and stolen by several competitors. I am sure that I was capable of finishing in eight firsts. "

M.L.N.