The Blue wheel in wheel.

Guy Roux alongside current Blue mountain bike for their encouragement. Nicolas Anelka crashed. Franck Ribery, who won the race in the rain. For their first day at the meeting where they confront the weather of South Africa, the Tricolour was spoiled.

Guy Roux, in shorts, running along the road or in a mountain stage of the Tour de France to encourage cyclists. A picture funny especially when the fans of cycling, supported by the former coach of the AJA Auxerre, called Franck Ribery and Djibril Cisse. Just arrived at the meeting, the Blues have been built on shared memories with Reunion marked the first day this mini-bike race 50 minutes before a few hundred supporters and then Guy Roux. Only Mandanda was missing, remained at the hotel for care that does not trouble the framework. Not enough to spoil the pleasure of protection for Raymond Domenech.
At 1200-1300 m altitude, the Blues, with helmet and windbreaker, jumped small loops, starting from CREPS Plaine des Cafres, the common buffer at the foot of the Piton de la Fournaise, in a rain, with temperatures cool enough to 13-14 degrees. For the record, it was hilarious, Ribery, who won the race, finishing last Cisse, while a slight slide wiped qu'Anelka inconsequential in the final corner, recalling a little picture in less spectacular, from the accident Buggy Gallas in Tignes (see photo).

Differences in temperature:
The purpose of this release, and more generally the stage at the Meeting is to confront the Blues to temperature variations consistent in one place. Because the sea level, at the same time, temperatures 26-27 ° curled Reunion. This is reminiscent of weather conditions in South Africa during the months of June and July, the winter at the tip of Africa, with sharp falls in temperature when the sun comes in late afternoon . This is one of the arguments advanced by the Football League Reunion (LRF, 33,000 licensees) to attract the Blues: rub an unusual temperature range.
It succeeded. For the Blues, parties Sousse, Tunisia, landed around 7:00 am local time at the airport of Saint-Pierre, while the temperature was already about twenty degrees. While 2000-3000 supporters were expected at the airport, only 500-600 people were displaced, children with school on Tuesday. The Blues, on the descent of the aircraft, lent themselves gracefully in the game signing autographs and photos with fans.

Last preparation against China:
The French players were then made on the coast of Grand Anse, on the town of Little Island and moved to Palm Hotel, a four-star spa, reserved for them and surrounded by security forces, which discouraged onlookers hoping for a few autographs before the main entrance. According to the Daily Meeting, Domenech came to visit and hotel facilities CREPS Plaine des Cafres in November 2007, Boghossian, one of his assistants came to him in December 2009.
On Friday, the Blues will play their third and final game of the 2010 World Cup preparation, with China at the stage of Volnay Michael St. Pierre. The Chinese community of Reunion has between 30,000 and 40,000. But the little stage-Michel Volnay - which have already come to Marseille and Jean-Pierre Papin in the past - He has only 10,280 seats. Nothing to do so with the previous warm-up game of the Blues at Rades on Sunday, where 60,000 Tunisians had applauded the draw Tunisia, unskilled in the World against France (1-1).