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She could have been a scarecrow during the road world championships, but in the end she didn’t weigh at all and was forced to retire halfway through the race. “I wanted to eat a lot to plan for the end of the race but I couldn’t digest it at all, I vomited, so that wasn’t possible,” revealed Pauline Ferrand-Prévot.
After winning the Olympic gold medal in Paris, the only title she lacked in mountain biking, the Frenchwoman made her return to all. World champion in 2014, she had not competed in a competition since 2021.
“It’s a mixed start because I thought I would do better, but it’s been years since I ran on the road and it will take time for it to come back. Today it was special conditions (7 degrees below the rain), but I don’t have any excuses, it just makes me want to work more this winter (…) I don’t have many benchmarks, we’ll have to wait for a few races to see what I do. can do at the international level.”
Arnaud Souque
