{"id":1621,"date":"2007-01-13T13:09:31","date_gmt":"2007-01-13T13:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/leblogmoto\/2007\/01\/13\/chris-blais-un\/"},"modified":"2012-07-11T14:29:53","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T14:29:53","slug":"chris-blais-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/leblogmoto\/2007\/01\/13\/chris-blais-un\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Blais : Un am\u00e9ricain dans la course, portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/leblogmoto\/files\/2012\/07\/2006_chris_bike1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"351\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.leblogmoto.com\/images\/2006_chris_bike1.jpg\" alt=\"2006_chris_bike1\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;float: left\" \/><\/a> Plac\u00e9 en embuscade \u00e0 la cinqui\u00e8me place du classement g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blaisracing.com\/\">Chris Blais<\/a>, sur <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktmcycles.com\/\">KTM<\/a> pourrait-t-il devenir le premier am\u00e9ricain \u00e0 remporter le <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dakar.com\/\">Dakar<\/a> ? Au vu de ses chevauch\u00e9es sur les dunes africaines, on peut aujourd&rsquo;hui tr\u00e8s s\u00e9rieusement se poser la question. Il y a deux, ans lors de ses grands d\u00e9buts sur la course, le motard am\u00e9ricain n&rsquo;avait jamais pos\u00e9 les roues en Afrique. Pire, c&rsquo;\u00e9tait la premi\u00e8re fois qu&rsquo;il participait \u00e0 un rallye o\u00f9 la navigation au road book \u00e9tait si importante. Cette ann\u00e9e-l\u00e0, l&rsquo;Am\u00e9ricain a pourtant termin\u00e9 \u00e0 la 9\u00e8me place. L&rsquo;ann\u00e9e suivante, il a arrach\u00e9 la 4\u00e8me place. \u00ab Aujourd&rsquo;hui, je n&rsquo;ai qu&rsquo;un objectif : monter sur le podium. Je me suis particuli\u00e8rement entra\u00een\u00e9 pour cela \u00bb, affirme <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blaisracing.com\/\">Chris Blais<\/a>. L&rsquo;ann\u00e9e 2006 aura en effet \u00e9t\u00e9 particuli\u00e8rement charg\u00e9e pour ce motard originaire de Floride. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/clabedan.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/blais_06_40002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"176\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.leblogmoto.com\/images\/blais_06_40002.jpg\" alt=\"Blais_06_40002\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;float: left\" \/><\/a> Apr\u00e8s avoir r\u00e9ussi un superbe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dakar.com\/\">Dakar<\/a>, il s&rsquo;est class\u00e9 3\u00e8me de la course Vegas-Reno, 10\u00e8me du rallye du Maroc, 4\u00e8me de la Henderson solo, 5\u00e8me du rallye de Duba\u00ef. \u00ab A Duba\u00ef et au Maroc, j&rsquo;ai pu beaucoup m&rsquo;entra\u00eener \u00e0 la navigation. C&rsquo;est un aspect du Dakar qui n&rsquo;\u00e9tait pas inn\u00e9 chez moi car aux Etats-Unis, la plupart des courses ne se jouent pas au road book \u00bb, analyse le coureur.<\/p>\n<p> Le pilotage est par contre beaucoup plus dans ses g\u00eanes. Avant ses trois ans, ses parents, qui pratiquent tous les deux le deux-roues, lui ont offert sa premi\u00e8re moto, une 70 cm3. Depuis, il n&rsquo;a plus jamais l\u00e2ch\u00e9 un guidon, son p\u00e8re lui inculquant au passage quelques techniques. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blaisracing.com\/\">Chris Blais<\/a> s&rsquo;est lanc\u00e9 dans le grand bain de la comp\u00e9tition \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e2ge de 16 ans. Il y a deux ans, il a sign\u00e9 avec l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktmcycles.com\/\">KTM \/Red Bull Dakar Rally Team<\/a>. Le d\u00e9fi que se lance ces hommes est simple et compliqu\u00e9 \u00e0 la fois : amener un Am\u00e9ricain sur le podium du Dakar. Cette ann\u00e9e, Blais rel\u00e8vera seul le d\u00e9fi de son \u00e9quipe. \u00ab C&rsquo;est un peu difficile de ne pas avoir de co\u00e9quipier pour partager l&rsquo;exp\u00e9rience du <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dakar.com\/\">Dakar<\/a>. Mais \u00e7a va aller, je vais me concentrer sur la course. \u00bb En gardant toujours un \u0153il sur ses a\u00een\u00e9s dont il a pu appr\u00e9cier les qualit\u00e9s lors des deux pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes \u00e9ditions. \u00ab Les top coureurs comme <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marccoma.com\/\">Marc Coma<\/a> sont impressionnants. J&rsquo;admire surtout leur capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 rester tr\u00e8s \u00ab facile \u00bb tout en roulant \u00e0 fond. C&rsquo;est \u00e7a qu&rsquo;il faut r\u00e9ussir \u00e0 faire pour claquer le <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dakar.com\/2007\/DAK\/LIVE\/fr\/0\/index.html\">Dakar<\/a> \u00bb. En tout cas, ses concurrents sont pr\u00e9venus : l&rsquo;Am\u00e9ricain est observateur et surtout il apprend tr\u00e8s vite.<\/p>\n<p> Source : Yahoo Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plac\u00e9 en embuscade \u00e0 la cinqui\u00e8me place du classement g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, Chris Blais, sur KTM pourrait-t-il devenir le premier am\u00e9ricain \u00e0 remporter le Dakar ? Au vu de ses chevauch\u00e9es sur les dunes africaines, on peut aujourd&rsquo;hui tr\u00e8s s\u00e9rieusement se poser la question. Il y a deux, ans lors de ses grands d\u00e9buts sur la course, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":333,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dakar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chris Blais : Un am\u00e9ricain dans la course, portrait - leblogmoto.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/leblogmoto\/2007\/01\/13\/chris-blais-un\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Chris Blais : Un am\u00e9ricain dans la course, portrait - leblogmoto.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Plac\u00e9 en embuscade \u00e0 la cinqui\u00e8me place du classement g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, Chris Blais, sur KTM pourrait-t-il devenir le premier am\u00e9ricain \u00e0 remporter le Dakar ? 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