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Jean-Gualbert Faburel (Vice President ACP): “For a good preparation for PBP, we recommend building up to the event throughout the year. The brevets should be done in order, just like the other stages toward Paris-Brest-Paris. We understand that some are forced to do the qualifying brevets out of order or all at once, but they…
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