France comes in toned this year and they will look for to be central characters in the Spanish territory where the primary goal will be to improve the crop yielded last year in Cali which was: 1 gold, 3 silvers and 2 bronze.

After an almost perfect performance at the European Championship in Gera (Germany), the impression grew more than expected and they are positive about what can be happen at the greatest meet of the season in Spain thist September. Nine of twelve races disputed were won by the French Team showing a remarkable superiority. The Belgian, Hebbrecht, and the Italian Francolini where unique and unbeatable for the French Team. The rest of the races were all in the French guys favour, with an unmatched yield of Guyader, Contin, Boucher, Soursseau and Despaux mainly.

Six senior men will be defending the colours of the team coached by Serge Garderes and all of them have serious chances of being rewarded with a podium result: for that reason, next August 19th, the team will travel to Gijon to train two weeks previous at the beginning of the competitions. In addition, the coach will organize a mini-trials races to decide who will be the French representatives in each short distances -200, 300, 500 and 1000 meters- since the level is very similar between all of the team.

"First I must to show to the trainer that I can compete at the Worlds. We will have a mini-trials for the sprinters as many of us have a high level. For sure then when I’m racing I’m going to win" said the French World Champion Thomas Boucher.

For the long distances the things are much clearer. Alexis Contin and Yann Guyader seem to have a place assured in each long competition. Both showed they were high ranking in Gera and racing together they will be a hard pair to beat.

Guyader added "This year I will focus on the elimination road race and in the marathon because till now I did not have time to train very well for the hardest points race. I am very committed to the World Inline Cup. Also I bet for the relays on track, I believe that with Contin and Despaux we have probably the best team to win".

About the ladies; the French team matured a lot this year and in Gera, Aurelie Duchemin conquered a valuable continental title. Showing they are not far from the great powers like Colombia and South Korea. Laetitia Le Bihan, Justine Halbout and Cindy Etonno complete the French list.

The main deficit of the French Team is on junior categories with the exception of Pierre Laurent that was the surprise in Naestved (Denmark) when he won the 200 m Time Trial. The rest of the team was far from the expected level. Nolan Bediaf and Elton de Souza in mens and Lucie Peruzzetto and Carine Talbourdet on ladies complete the junior French team.