Amandine Fouquenet (Arkéa – B&B Hotels Women) sent a message to potential road and cyclo-cross sponsors for 2026 with a third placed finish in the World Cup at Namur.
The French national cyclocross champion backed up her second place at the Flamanville World Cup earlier this season with another international podium at the notorious Belgian course.
The 24-year-old is still without a contract for 2026 following Arkéa – B&B Hotels Women’s collapse, after the team failed to find a sponsor for the forthcoming season.
Just one minute behind the winner, Fouquenet overcame the challenge of Puck Pieterse (Fenix – Deceuninck) to round off the podium.
“It was a very strong start, but I may have gone a little too deep,” said Fouquenet.
“I had to recover a bit, but Aniek [Van Alphen] and Lucinda [Brand] were very strong. I’m happy with third place. For now, it’s my best season, with two podiums in the World Cup.”
“She (Fouquenet) always has an amazing start,” said Brand. “She did an amazing ride, I didn’t expect it, and that’s really good for her.”
Fouquenet started her ‘cross season with third in the Superprestige at Ruddervoorde and fifth-place at the European Championships in Middelkerke.
“She was in advanced contact with a team but it fell through,” her coach Léonard Cosnier told Le Telegramme. “It’s quite incredible that a girl of this level has still not found a team at this time of year. If Amandine manages to sign in the coming days, I’m sure she’ll bounce back.”
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