This time, Diane Allard had properly recharged her digital tablet. After having been hot during her son’s third place on Friday, Hugo Houle’s mother was able to follow the entirety of his victorious cavalcade towards Foix, with a lighter heart on Tuesday.
Posted at 8:13 p.m.
“We were all pissed off, we were pedaling with him,” said Mme Allard a few minutes after the end of the race.
His workplace, Couvre-Plancher Chapdelaine, in Drummondville, has been transformed into a viewing room. Her husband and father of Hugo, Yvon Houle, also went there to experience this great moment with the family.
“No one was working, everyone was in front of the screen,” said Mme Allard.
“In the final descent, there were several small curves. You hope everything lines up and things continue to go well. »
The fall of American Matteo Jorgenson, who was trying to catch up with the Quebecer in the last kilometers, sealed the outcome of the race. “But anyway, whatever, we had confidence. The gap was still good. »
Hugo Houle’s mother had announced that her third position on Friday was only a “taste”. “I knew he would win, but I didn’t think it would be at this Tour de France, for example. You can’t predict everything. »
The winner quickly called his parents, whom he hadn’t seen in a year. What did he say ? “‘Mom, I won.’ It was okay, there was no more to say…”