They will try to get “cross” from the very best French specialists in the discipline … They are the four licensees of the club Montluçon Athletics (Allier) who will be entered this Sunday, November 14 for the 2021 edition of the French cross-country championships. Which will take place at the Montauban racecourse (Tarn-et-Garonne).
The participants
The Bourbonnais quarté consists of Quentin Lanni in juniors, Gaël Geffroy and Clement Charmillon on the cross court, as well as Élise Ferreira on the elite long women’s cross. All of them qualified on October 30 and 31 during the regional stage in Pontcharra (Isère).
But the march will be even higher this time, on the Montalbanais racecourse, with 15,000 spectators and near 3,000 athletes expected. Which will also all be ready to neigh with pleasure, since it has been two and a half years that the competition could not be held due to the health crisis.
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Back to the Beaumont cross country (Puy-de-Dôme), November 11, 2021
Challenges
The stakes will be multiple, because in addition to awarding the national titles, these French championships will act as justice of the peace in the ticket race for the european championships in Dublin (Ireland) on December 12.
Knowing that the season 2022 of cross-country will begin shortly after, with the departmentals from January 9 in Moulins. Followed by the French championships on March 12 and 13 in Les Mureaux (Yvelines). In short, we will have to sprain …
The program
* Sunday November 14, 2021:
– 12.40 p.m.: junior cross, over 7.573 m, with Quentin Lanni.
– 2:05 pm: short cross, over 4.625 m, with Gaël Geffroy and Clément Charmillon.
– 14:35: elite women’s long cross, over 8,623 m, with Élise Ferreira.
Here Elise Ferreira, last Sunday, at the cross of Vieure.
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Return on the cross of Vieure (Allier), November 7, 2021
Text: Luc Barre
Photos: Cécile Champagnat and Florian Salesse archives
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