Motorcycle. Strasbourg rider Kevin Jacob will conquer the Superbike this weekend on the Anneau du Rhin.

When he was little, Kevin Jacob preferred to stay away from motorcycles. "I was afraid of the noise and I didn't like the smell," he recalls. However, it was difficult to escape the passion that drove his father. A fervent fan of the French mountain championship, he did everything he could to ensure his son followed in his footsteps and became a motorcycle racer himself.

"He first put a handlebar in my hands when I was four years old. By dint of insisting, he finally got his way," smiles the main person concerned.

The Strasbourg native, who lives in Obernai, trains on various motorcycles of different engine sizes in France and abroad, mainly in Italy and Spain. "The goal was to have fun and gain experience," he summarizes.

In 2008, during one of these driving sessions, he met a certain Johann Zarco, who...

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