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Determined to reconnect with the cycling world, Mangeas
\nattended the Crit\u00e9rium de Lisieux. \u201cI told myself that I wanted to come back.
\nWell, it was complicated, it wasn’t that simple. And then I went to see the
\nCrit\u00e9rium de Lisieux, and there I noticed that the sequence of sentences was
\nmuch less fluid than before, but that things were coming back, getting back
\ninto place.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I saw the happiness around me. Paul Lapeira came and
\ngave me his French champion’s jersey, he wanted to see me, so it was a moment
\nof happiness. And then I also saw K\u00e9vin Vauquelin, who accompanied me, who
\nobviously wished me to return to the highest level. So everything is gradually
\ngetting back into place, but what I’m most satisfied with is that there are
\nautomatisms that are constantly coming back. I believe that the sport of
\ncycling and the love I have for cycling allow me to regain positions that are
\ngradually becoming very favorable.\u201d<\/p>\n
His focus now is on patience and perspective. \u201cFinally, I
\nrealiSed that life was worth living, and from there, I’m not going to get
\nworked up, I’m going to do things properly, and if gradually, things evolve in
\nthe right direction, I’ll be happy, of course, to find my friends again, who
\nare friends of cycling.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Mangeas, decades behind the microphone forged a unique
\nbond with the sport. \u201cHow could I say and explain this? There are more than 50
\nyears of microphones, so there is obviously a kind of intimacy that is
\nestablished. I am part, if you like, of this cycling family, and it has
\nreturned the favor, as you said earlier. I had many emotional moments, reading
\na paper, receiving messages of sympathy, and all of this obviously touched me
\nenormously. You can put it however you want, in whatever order you want, but it
\nwas a truly happy moment.\u201d<\/p>\n