Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) took a morale-boosting win on stage 2 of the Critérium du Dauphiné on Tuesday but admitted that he had been below his best during earlier periods of the season.
The Frenchman moved to Cofidis after four years at FDJ, leaving Marc Madiot’s team under a cloud when he complained over selection for several major races. Despite being able to pick and choose his calendar – along with the bulk of his leadout train – Bouhanni had only recorded three wins in 2015 until today’s triumph at the Parc des Oiseaux Villars-les-Dombes.
“Today was a relief for me and for the team. After four year at being at FDJ it was tough to find a good system here at first. I was close to victory but I can’t blame just my teammates. It was me as well who was to blame and I wasn’t always at 100 per cent at some races earlier in the season,” he said in his winner’s press conference.
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With a WorldTour win under his belt Bouhanni can start to build towards the Tour de France with a more positive outlook, although work still needs to be done if his leadout is to battle with the likes of Giant Alpecin and Etixx QuickStep in July.
“I had two blocks of objectives this season. The first was based around Paris-Nice and Milan-San Remo and the second starts here at the Dauphine before I do the French road nationals and then the Tour de France.”
“I’m getting better and better as I head towards the main targets. Before I came here I had a training camp in the Vosges and that, along with the Dauphiné is all part of the preparation for the Tour. I’ll be in the grupetto here for a couple of days but that’s good preparation as well.”
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