France Will Be A Strong Gold-Medal Bet
France is the reigning team World Champions, won the 2003 Samsung Super League and 2004 World Cup Final. And they intend to remain atop the world, writes Birgit Popp.
The French team not only has depth, but it also has new talent.
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Joining their ranks for Athens is 2004 World Cup Champion Bruno Broucqsault, as well as several other up-and-coming riders who’ve proven themselves. In fact, French Chef d’Equipe and Coach Jean-Marie Bonneau said he left Broucqsault and Dileme de Cephe off the Nations Cup team at Aachen (Germany) because they’d already qualified for the Aachen Grand Prix. His one remaining decision was whether to choose Eug