Cycling: “Walter did good around him”, confides Thomas Voeckler after the death of Bénéteau

Upset. At the other end of the telephone, Thomas Voeckler does not try to hide his pain. The day after the announcement of the death, at 50, of Walter Bénéteau, his former teammate in the early 2000s in the Vendée teams of Jean-René Bernaudeau. The coach of the France team still blames the blow. “You have to accept,” he breathes. It sucks. He was there at the very beginning of the team… I had a hard time believing it. »