Kerbaol ousts Cordon-Ragot as women's French time trial champion
Twice a runner-up in the ITT, 22-year-old Ceratizit-WNT rider takes first elite title
Cédrine Kerbaol (Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling) won her first elite time trial title at French Road Championships on Thursday, holding off six-time champion Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Human Powered Health) by 19 seconds.
The 22-year-old, who finished runner-up to Cordon-Ragot the past two years, completed the 31.3km course from Hazebrouck to Cassel in 46:24.
Coralie Demay (St Michele-Mavic-Auber 93) earned the bronze medal, 32 seconds off the winning pace. Marie Le Net (FDJ-SUEZ) was 51 seconds back in fourth, and the only other rider to finish under a minute behind Kerbaol.
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Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).
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