Who is Paul Lapeira, the new French champion

The cyclist will be on the roads of the Tour de France with his tricolor jersey.

"If I win the French championship, I can die in peace". The words wereé pronounced by Paul Lapeira, two weeks before this championship and therefore his victory. A wish and a thirst for victory because the race was coming soon. 8 kilometers from home and he couldn't see himself doing it any other way. But who is the French cyclist ?

Paul Lapeira is a purebred Norman and a great hope of French cycling. Present in the AG2R training center, Paul Lapeira notably won the Tour of Lombardy in this category. The runner still took some time to finish. Breaking out at the highest level by turning pro only 3 years ago. His performances are not really &agrav; the height of the talent that is attributed to him even if he achieves a splash at the Giro in 2023 in taking the jersey of best climber before giving up two days later after catching a cold.

Consequently, the rider of the AG2R team is not far from taking the door, but Vincent Lavenu, the manager , and Julien Jurdie, the sports director, are fighting to give him the new chance he will have. "Kids sometimes need a little more time to hatch. Sometimes you have to be patient with young people and they reward you. A profitable choice since the Frenchman achieves success. currently his best season among professionals with two rounds of the Coupe de France, the Classic Loire-Atlantique, on March 16 then Cholet Agglo-Tour the next day before winning his first ;st World Tour race on the 2nd stage of the Tour of the Basque Country. He will also have a great Classics season with a fifth place in the Amstel Gold Race and an eleventh place in Liège-Bastogne-Liège . On the Tour de France, with his French champion jersey, Paul Lapeira will aim for a stage victory.