praise for the defeat. The idea seems incongruous and, perhaps, in the background, so French. But it is necessary to see it otherwise, this defeat, see what she has of virtuous and even of romance. The journalist Laurent-David Samama offers us another definition of failure, which is nothing other than a ” reconnection to the real “, that will constantly put to the test. In the act of failing, it is less disillusionment than the ability to get up, even if there be among us, French, a particular kindness for losers. Poulidor is the beautiful illustration. There are…