This Sunday in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, the two Frenchmen Benjamin Thomas and Donovan Grondin beat the British and Belgian pairs by a comfortable margin in a long race of 200 laps, or 50 kilometers interspersed with 20 sprints.
With this third coronation and this seventh medal, France is already assured of obtaining its best result in the Worlds since 2017. A good omen less than two years from the Paris 2024 Olympics which will take place on the same track.
In the American, Olympic discipline, France had been world champion for the last time in 2017 with already Benjamin Thomas, then associated with Morgan Kneisky.
Late at the start of the race, Thomas, silver medalist on Saturday in the omnium, and Grondin took the lead in the eighth sprint.
They then rode the perfect race to establish their domination, even taking a lead under the feverish “allez les Bleus” of the Saint-Quentin velodrome.
Well ahead, they were able to afford the luxury of starting to raise their arms on the last lap, in an atmosphere of fire.
Mathilde Gros had brought the first gold medal to France on Friday in the speed test.
On Saturday, another sprinter, Marie-Divine Kouamé won the 500m.