"The more we advance, the less the season will be long, and the less the opportunities to make results will be there". At 22, Jason Tesson is at the gates of the professional cycling world, his dream. But his discipline, like all the others, is at a standstill because of the coronavirus pandemic. While he must shine more than ever to live from his passion, he is confined and connects bodybuilding and sessions on an old exercise bike to keep in shape, hoping that the Covid-19 does not end his career .
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"We are asking questions"
"This is my last year in the hope category, so we are asking questions," he testified at the microphone of Europe 1. While he had focused his preparation to reach his peak form between March and June , Jason Tesson was forced to reconvert three times a week as a newspaper delivery man by car, to supplement his modest income. "It is true that it is frustrating for us athletes who have goals."
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Newspaper deliverer three times a week
But in view of the situation, the young man still prefers to put things into perspective: "Between having a career and keeping my girlfriend or my grandfather next to me, I prefer to miss my professional career." In all likelihood, the young hopeful will have to continue training at home, since Emmanuel Macron should announce an extension of the confinement during his speech scheduled for Monday.