Rollerski: Valentin Berna takes gold in the streets of Autrans
Little by little, as the races move up the categories, the distances covered increase on the classic mass-starts at the French Rollerski Championships in Autrans (Isère).
At midday, a 20km race was on the programme for the U20 men. Tight and indecisive for a long time, it was decided in the final kilometres and won by Valentin Berna from the Vosges, who took the title with a time of 54 min 13 sec 2. He won the gold medal in a sprint against Baptiste Betend (+0 sec 8), who was silver, and Zacharie Bourdin (+1 sec 4), who was bronze.
“I wasn’t really expecting it! Yesterday [Saturday], I didn’t make it through qualifying, I had no energy. I finally managed to get myself back into contention in the evening and I was really good during the race. I was patient and waited until the final straight to overtake my rivals”, he explained to Nordic Magazine.
Pablo Sanchez, just a breath away from the medal, Mario Perrillat-Collomb, Manech Vernerey, Quentin Lespine, Maxence Perrin, Noam Kilchoer and Maëlyas Boyer Deschamps rounded off the day’s top 10.
Full results
Resultat_Mass-Start_U20_Hommes_05-10-20251- A skate sprint followed by a classic mass-start: the full programme for the French summer cross-country skiing championships and the U15 national summer challenge in Autrans.
- Challenge national U15 d’Autrans: Eva Belkhir-Caliste and Louan Perl Huin win the free sprint qualifier
- Autrans: Elsa Marvillet and Nino Rimailho win the U16 sprint skate qualifying round of the French championships
- French Championships in Autrans: Guillemette Baisle and Paul Rousset Vachon the fastest U18 sprint skating qualifiers
- Autrans U15 National Challenge: final phases cancelled after injury to a competitor, qualifying times taken into account
- Autrans: Giulia Lathuraz and Elio Faivre crowned French U16 freestyle sprint champions
- French Championships in Autrans: Guillemette Baisle and Paul Rousset Vachon win gold in the U18 free sprint
- Autrans: Julie Pierrel first in the sprint skate qualifier for the French championships, Chloé Missillier ahead in the U20s
- French Championships in Autrans: Sabin Coupat wins the free sprint qualification, Gaspard Cottaz first U20
- French Championships in Autrans: U20 sprint skate gold medals for Annette Coupat and Luigi Biancolli
- Autrans: Liv Coupat French freestyle sprint champion ahead of Justine Gaillard and Daphné Patois
- French Championships: Jules Chappaz goes gold in the Autrans sprint skating event, Rémi Bourdin and Sabin Coupat on the podium
- “It was a good day’s work”: Jules Chappaz reflects on his title in the sprint skate at the French Championships in Autrans
- “I didn’t expect to be at this level at all”: back from Covid, Liv Coupat won the skateboard sprint at the French championships in Autrans.
- “Summer’s work pays off for the whole family”: two gold medals and a bronze… A look back at the Coupat siblings’ crazy day at the French Championships in Autrans.
- Autrans: Anaë Remillon dominates the mass-start classic of the U15 National Challenge
- Challenge national U15 d’Autrans: Savoyard Jules Boiron wins the mass-start classic ahead of Taïg Baffert and Valentin Gaillard
- Autrans: Eliott Maury crowned French U16 mass-start classic champion
- French Championships in Autrans: gold in the U16 mass start classic for Manon Pradel Mayer from Auvergne
- Autrans: Anja Vittoz becomes French U18 mass-start classic champion, Lison Brouart and Lou Rives win medals
- French Championships in Autrans: Victor Lafrasse wins the U18 mass-start classic, Paul Rousset Vachon and Basile Grosleziat follow suit
