After a season that saw Nacer Bouhanni crash out of the Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana his first season with Cofidis, the Frenchman is aiming to kick off his 2016 season with an early victory. 25-year-old won three stages of the 2014 Giro d'Italia, along with the points jersey before adding two stage wins at the Vuelta a Espana but failed to replicate his grand tour success with two stages and the points jersey at the Critérium du Dauphiné his best results of the season.
I have shown that in spite of my bad luck, I was there from February to October," Bouhanni told Cyclingpro.net. "I always gave the maximum. In previous seasons, I won much earlier in the season. Of course it took more time, I joined a new team, we had to find the automatisms, I had to find the train that suited me best. Now I am very confident in the nucleus around me. And it is very important to trust your teammates 100%."
Bouhanni added that he have a similar race programme next season for his second year with the French Pro-Continental team.
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"It will be the same as this year," he added. "My goals will be Paris-Nice, Milan-San Remo which is the Classic I clearly target, the Critérium du Dauphiné, the French Championships, the Tour de France and later in the season we will have the World Championships that suit me much better than this year. The objective is also to win earlier."
Joining Bouhanni at Cofidis next season is younger brother Rayane after he rode with the team as a stagiaire from August 1 this year but is currently unsure just how many races the duo will race together.
"I am happy and proud to be professional in the same colors as him," Bouhanni said. "I hope it will go well and that it will be a great adventure. It is true that he is young. He is only nineteen years old. I was twenty when I turned pro. He must learn slowly. He will not race in the WorldTour in his first season as a pro. We may ride together again, especially late in the season, maybe early in the year too, but I will have a program focused on the WorldTour."
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