Camille Fahy is living a waking dream in the colors of St-Michel-Mavic-Auber 93. For her very first season at the highest level (WorldTour), the young woman from the Parisian suburbs will rub shoulders for a week (from July 23 to 30) with the best runners in the world.
Published on: 07/23/2023 – 15:53
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From our special correspondent in Clermont-Ferrand,
Twenty years old, tall as three apples, eyes sparkling. Camille Fahy almost lost her Latin when facing microphones and cameras, during the presentation of the 154 participants. Difficult to escape the light on the Tour de France. She was selected by its sports management to represent the colors of the St-Michel-Mavic-Auber 93 formation and support its leader, Coralie Demay.
Camille Fahy will have to get used to answering all kinds of questions, without losing the thread, on the most exposed race in the world. ” I’m super young, it’s a huge chance for me. I want to do my best for the team she said, her voice hesitant, her eyes incredulous. This runner, from a family that has a crush on ” little Queen did not expect such a surprise.
From the beginnings at the age of seven
With a grandmother who was president of an amateur club, Camille Fahy started competing at the age of 7. ” She was carried around on all the regional races “recalls his father. The parents say that the girl loved to beat the boys in the minims.
« Coming to the Tour de France in the year of your 20th birthday is still extraordinarypoints enthusiastically to the mother. She is often stressed before a deadline. But on D-Day, she manages to put herself in her bubble. The parents, who will remain discreet so as not to disturb her, will blend into the public to see her pass each day. She will be entitled to a few SMS in the evening. A family summer adventure, with the younger brother.
For Camille Fahy, doing the Tour de France is a bit go down in bicycle history “. For her first participation, this computer science student in an engineering school, – for ” secure your future -, will find himself climbing the Tourmalet, a mythical pass, during the penultimate day, Saturday July 29.
Studies and cycling, an intense life
Camille Fahy, who has already taken part in the Tour of Spain, has, since his first season, tasted at the top level. At the start of the season, she was at the start of the Tour Down Under in Australia, then on the Tour of the United Arab Emirates.
« I always prepared with the aim of being the best in case I was selected for the Tour de France. “Says Camille Fahy all the same. And to add: Now I’m here, and it’s just… The young woman, who has validated her school year and enjoys combining cycling and studies, has enough to spend a peaceful holiday. Although unusual…
« Continuing your studies and cycling at the highest level requires incredible daily demands to achieve your goals. She asked herself the question of how to continue her schooling and cycling. She really has a special skill in organizing herself to combine the two. It’s a pride for us “, confides with humility his father.
« It’s going to roll very hard “, warns Camille Fahy, drunk with emotion, who knows how cycling can give you wings when everything smiles on you.
