Cycling: 68th Inter cycling tour of Guadeloupe: VCG in shape!

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The long-awaited sporting event for many bicycle aficionados was launched on Friday August 3 at the Amédée Détreaux velodrome in Baie-Mahaut!  

A festive kickoff for this 68th edition, which runs from August 3 to 12. On the program before the start of the competition, a big cycling festival, with entertainment for adults and children and a debate on doping. Over the years, this competition has become an unmissable event, an event which today presents itself as the biggest sports festival in the archipelago.

In total for this 2018 edition, 142 registered runners, 25 teams, 1 prologue, 9 stages and over 1323,966 kilometers to cover. To win 7 distinctive jerseys, ranging from the prestigious yellow jersey, to the polka dot jersey, synonymous with the best climber; or the green jersey awarded to the best sprinter.

The Vélo Club de Grand-Case is represented by 6 riders, who will give their best to try to win as many stages as possible. And it already is! Indeed, Jayson Rousseau wet the jersey to win two stage victories (8th stage-1st section and 9th stage). He thus inflated the balance sheet of local runners and signed the first two successes of his career on the Tour. The resident of the VCG carried by the fervor of the Guadeloupe public describes a feeling "indescribable", "feelings that we would like to relive all our life". Next step today between Gourbeyre and Goyave. _JB

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