Worn out and disappointed, the leaders of the club will thus convene a general meeting, at the end of June, “to decide on the cessation of the club”. The subject of the local crystallizes the feeling of not being considered at the same level as other clubs in the agglomeration. “We have no place to create cohesion and welcome our partners. Our licensees only pass each other on the roads, that’s not our idea of the life of an associative club, ”points out Nicolas Launay.
“Not a bluff”
A proposal for premises on the new BMX ground, in Rontignon, has been sent. “Two bungalows, on a wasteland…” The club, which has 120 licensees and around thirty volunteers, is waiting better after having, according to its president, fulfilled its part of the contract.
“Our desire is to support young Béarnais cyclists to the top level,” he explains. The team is the leader in National Division 3 after two rounds and the successful double at the Tour du Gévaudan by Tom Donnenwirth and Dorian Carreau. Two of our riders are in the 100 best French amateurs and among the 25 best hopes, we count about fifty youngsters at the cycling school. We will have tried, we will have proven that we could do things, we are happy with the results obtained since the start of the season, but bitter in the end, because nothing is progressing and everything is becoming even more complicated. Despite the support of Josy Poueyto and Eric Saubatte, who did their best, we found no solution. There is no political will to support a cycling club in Pau. »
The president who announces the cancellation of the Grand Prix de Pau and the cyclo-cross – “only the race for the little ones, on May 29 on the occasion of the Fête du vélo is maintained” – defends himself from attempting a bluff. “It’s anything but that and if someone wants to set up a new office, the door is open. »
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