career. Actually, he already has a solid career really. I think the last best place at Worlds from a local guy was Stephane Poulhies with a 4th I think… and of course before him there was probably our best local rider Laurent Jalabert. Well done to Romain! Well done also to local boy Alex Geniez. Mathieu Geniez was a teammate of mine until a couple year's ago. We tried to get Alex to come on board but sadly we didn't get him. Despite a very solid year at AVC Aix Haribo (the Cofidis feeder team) including victory at the Grand Prix Pierre Pinel Montastruc this year, Alex is surprisingly not (yet) witha Pro Tour team for 2010. Jalabert incidentally is the National Selector. This is his first World Champs as DS of the French National Team. As a rider the guy was a legend and a very fine tactician... as a commentator he's a very fair commentator and gives value to all riders no matter what their "level". He's also a nice and level headed guy who can sometimes be found hiding behind a tree a local race trying to be Joe Anybody out to watch a bike race on a Sunday afternoon. He seems to be having a pretty successful first stint as National DS of what has been a fairly disappointing team in the recent past at this event.
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