A few months before the Tokyo Olympics, Benjamin Thomas is on the roof of the open world. The 24-year-old Frenchman won his third world title this Saturday, after his two crowns of 2017, on the American and already on the omnium.
The Groupama-FDJ runner perfectly managed the four events of this Olympic discipline. The Tarnais won the scratch, finished second in the tempo race and fourth in the elimination. Arriving as leader on the last test, the points race (one sprint every ten laps), he mastered the tough fight throughout the 100 laps (25 km).
Benjamin Thomas is ahead of the Dutchman Jan Willem van Schip and the Briton Matthew Walls, at the end of the points race.
The Frenchman offers the French track cycling team his fifth medal, the first in gold, after the feat of the duo Marie Le Net and Clara Copponi, adorned with silver on the American.