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Julie Bresset announces farewell to racing

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Julie Bresset at Nove Mesto in 2014. Credits: Marius Maasewerd / Red Bull Content Pool

For the more experienced, Julie Bresset was among the strongest female mountain bike athletes: in her best years she was very difficult to beat.

He reached the top in 2011 where he managed to win the World and European title among the Under23, as well as the Elite World Cup ranking at only 22 years old.

Upon transitioning between the Elite, Julie did not stop and won the Olympic title in London 2012 behind Sabine Spitz and Georgia Gould. Even the rainbow jersey is hers again but this time at Elite level and no longer U23. Outstanding results considering this is her 1st year in the Elite category. In the World Cup she never comes out of the top 5 but for some defections, she has to settle for 4th place overall.

In 2013 she is still world champion, also winning the French title, also won the previous year. From 2014 onwards she moves away from the world of racing and, despite some good performances, she then fails to conquer prestigious victories.

Julie Bresset lifts her bike to the sky in London 2012

After these magical years, the difficult moment begins: the Breton champion knows the nadir of her career. After being the reference point of the cross country, in the following years depression comes. He even leaves his beloved Brittany to move to Besançon, where he practiced other mountain sports. Her story is a bit reminiscent of Jenny Rissveds, an Olympic champion at just 22 years old in Rio, who later fell into depression due to having very fluctuating seasons due to results.

In all 2 stories, it seems that winning when young is a curse: it is not easy to hold on, set new goals and become a champion in your sport. After Julie's difficult seasons in 2015 and 2016, and the disappointment of not being called up to the Rio Olympics, she announces a stop by starting to work as an ambassador for Scott and returning to her studies to graduate. A necessary break that allowed him to undertake new projects.

In 2018 the transition to BMC

In 2018 he returns to the world of racing thanks also to the trust of Julien Absalon, future team manager and adviser to the Team. Given her difficult path and years of hiatus, Julie lets herself go.

"I am pleased to announce that I will resume competitions in 2018 ″ - Juli saidAnd - "Last weekend I took the last exam of my training for the French Cycling Federation, a year in which I thought about my professional future, in which I also found myself physically. Of course, the desire to run has returned and, thanks to my partners who supported me this year, we are starting this beautiful sporting and human adventure. For the moment everything is under construction, I will be able to say more in November"

"Being a top-level athlete was a wonderful thing"- says Bresset -"But when I had to turn the page at 27, after the collapse, I thought I was crazy to continue down such a thorny path. Behind my physical problems, mental strength was fundamental, I learned to look inside myself and this allowed me to find the keys to return"

THE AGREEMENT WITH THE MASSI TEAM

After the 2018 and 2019 seasons with the BMC team, where only placings arrive, in 2020 he signed with the Massi Team with whom he ended his career, just a few days ago, with a post on Instagram that reads: "? Cheers MTB's Familly ?



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[email protected] I am a fan of everything that has 2 wheels: at a young age I practiced road and track cycling (Italian Allievi champion). At the age of 18 I passed into the cross country competing at national/international level as an Under23. Past Elite, I made the choice to take things more lightly from a training point of view, and my love for gravity disciplines was born, training me as an FCI MTB instructor and guide. Now I have made passion my profession by managing 2 MTB centers on the island of Elba (Bike Center Elba and Elba MTB), creating the FANTAmtb and telling in an ironic but professional way everything that revolves around MTB thanks to 365mountainbike and 365TV (YouTube'PULITI dentro BIKER fuori').

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