The 25-year-old sprinter dominated Briton Jack Carlin, bronze medalist at the Tokyo Olympics a year ago, in the third round of the final.

In the absence of the king of the discipline, the Dutch Harrie Lavreysen, Olympic champion in Tokyo, and his compatriot Jeffrey Hoogland, silver medalist in Japan, Jack Carlin was the man to beat in Bavaria.

Even if, in the final, the protege of Jason Kenny still bore the scars of his fall at full speed in the previous round against the Frenchman Rayan Helal, bronze medalist and present for the first time on the podium of a major championship.

For Vigier, this is the second European title after Berlin in 2017 and the second medal of his week after silver in team sprint behind the "Oranje" trio composed in particular of Lavreysen and Hoogland.

The two Dutch masters of the discipline, who monopolize the first two places on the international podiums, have overlooked the individual.

The ephemeral velodrome track, shorter than usual (200 meters against 250 meters), presented an increased risk of falling, estimated Lavreysen, wishing to preserve himself two months from the Worlds (October 12-16) in Saint-Quentin -en-Yvelines (France).

The French sprinters, now trained by the four-time world champion in the discipline, Grégory Baugé, took the opportunity to build up their confidence before this big home deadline.

This same Saint-Quentin velodrome will host the Olympic events in less than two years.

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