They were back in the competition after a long break and some road races. They decided on “tour de l’Ain” to repeat this second part of the season. A UCI stage race in three days under wet and muddy conditions. Cédric also has been in the benefit of testing the new 2010 Lapierre Pro Race.  "In addition to the beautiful frame, it is a real beast racing in the mud". Friday and Sunday Cecile was reassuring about the state of power after the battle with the Olympic champion title “Sabine Spitz”. She retained her pink jersey of leadership two days before to let the German do a big step at the hypoglycaemia-stage on Saturday.

Cédric started the race with my team-mate “Alexis Vuillermoz”. They completed the first stage 1st and 2nd. Alexis took a little advantage in the second (Time trial) but he lost everything on the third stage “hypoglycaemia”. Cédric got the leader's jersey on Saturday and Sunday. A good weekend with good UCI points to go up gradually in the world ranking.