Because Île-de-France is considered an incredible pool of talent, who have broken through to the highest level, our series of articles “You will (soon) hear about them” invites you to go on a discovery journey. nuggets from the Ile-de-France region to which a golden future is predicted.
There were the three Turgis brothers (Jimmy, Anthony, Tanguy), Florian Richard Andrade and, now, Jules Simon. At 17 years old, the high school student in his final year at the Lycée Marie-Curie in Versailles perpetuates the beautiful cyclo-cross tradition of the US Métro, which since July has become the Linas Montlhéry Cyclist Team.
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With the US Métro reducing its budgets for sport and giving priority to disciplines other than cycling, the emblematic president Rémy Turgis decided to create a new club in the city where he resides. “I could have stopped everything because there were a lot of legal and financial constraints,” he explains. But the runners and partners followed me. I couldn’t let the kids down like that. We have put twelve different riders on the national and international podiums in recent years. When I see what Jules (Simon) is capable of achieving, it gives me strength to continue. »
