Bryan Coquard has taken his omission from France's World Championships road race team stoically, but was also left wondering what more he could have done to prove his worth to the selectors.
The 24-year-old was named as a reserve on Monday as head coach Bernard Bourreau unveiled his nine-man team, which will be headlined by Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) and Arnaud Demare (FDJ).
With two high-profile names and old foes in the running, almost guaranteeing leadership headaches, there was no room for a third sprinter for the flat 257km course in Qatar.
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“It’s a huge disappointment, but it is what it is,” Coquard told L’Equipe today.
“Choices had to be made. He [Bourreau] called me and justified it with the fact that Cofidis and FDJ had, in his view, more experience than Direct Energie in the Classics and the Tour of Qatar. I’ve never ridden in Qatar and that certainly counted against me.
“I could say today that it would have been better to take three sprinters, but that seems a bit complicated. From a sporting perspective I think it’s better with two.”
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