After stage 6 of the Tour de France Femmes, a young cycling fan met one of his heroes when he walked up to the Cofidis camper, asking for a signature from Clara Koppenburg for his bandana.
The German rider was so taken with him that she gave him her gloves and bib numbers, too – and that wasn’t half of it: Today, he will be in the team car behind Koppenburg when she takes on the finishing ITT in Pau.
“It was a complete coincidence. I had seen the exchange, grabbed our Social Media manager, Lisa, and we ran after the family to tell them that if they could come to Pau, there was a spot in the team car for him,” Cofidis sports director Arthur Quilliec explained.
Cyclingnews spoke to the boy and his mother at the start of the time trial in Pau, the mother translating for her son.
