{"id":10445,"date":"2026-01-12T10:16:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T09:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/celia-gery-new-head-of-french-cyclo-cross\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:54:31","slug":"celia-gery-new-head-of-french-cyclo-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/celia-gery-new-head-of-french-cyclo-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e9lia G\u00e9ry, new head of French cyclo-cross"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em> At just 20 years of age, C\u00e9lia G\u00e9ry won her first French Elite Cyclo-cross Championship title in Troyes on Sunday 11 January 2026. <\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sur le trac\u00e9 technique de Troyes, marqu\u00e9 par des relances incessantes et une boue exigeante, la diff\u00e9rence s&#8217;est faite au pilotage. Si Amandine Fouquenet, grande favorite apr\u00e8s son d\u00e9but de saison international, a pris les commandes dans le deuxi\u00e8me tour, C\u00e9lia G\u00e9ry, a gard\u00e9 sa lucidit\u00e9. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to her surgical precision in her trajectories, she took advantage of her rival&#8217;s few inaccuracies to make a smooth transition. At the start of the third lap, C\u00e9lia made a decisive acceleration, pulling away to take the lead. Despite changing bikes halfway through the race, she managed her lead with surprising maturity for her age, crossing the line alone with a 33-second lead.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>An extraordinary track record at the age of 20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Third last year in Pontch\u00e2teau, C\u00e9lia G\u00e9ry has now reached the top step of the podium. This national title crowns her rare versatility and an already impressive list of achievements: <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Double French Champion 2026 (Elite and Espoirs)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>World Junior Road Champion in Rwanda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Already a world and European champion in cyclo-cross (Junior and U23 categories)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Racing for AS Bike Racing this winter season, C\u00e9lia shares her joy with her teammate Amandine Muller (19), who takes third place on the podium. An overall result that highlights the vitality of the new generation. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The final podium of these French cyclo-cross championships:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>C\u00e9lia G\u00e9ry<\/strong> (AS Bike Racing \/ FDJ United -Suez)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amandine Fouquenet (Pauwels Sauzen &#8211; Altez Industriebouw) at 33&#8242;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amandine Muller (AS Bike Racing) at 39&#8242;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At just 20 years of age, C\u00e9lia G\u00e9ry won her first French Elite Cyclo-cross Championship title in Troyes on Sunday 11 January 2026. Sur le trac\u00e9 technique de Troyes, marqu\u00e9 par des relances incessantes et une boue exigeante, la diff\u00e9rence s&#8217;est faite au pilotage. Si Amandine Fouquenet, grande favorite apr\u00e8s son d\u00e9but de saison international, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[163],"class_list":["post-10445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-race","tag-celia-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10445"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10466,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10445\/revisions\/10466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fdj-suez.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}