TDF. Tour de France women

Jeannie Longo For several decades, the headlines of female cycling, especially in France was for several decades, especially in France. Winner of Tour de France female (ancestor of the Tour de France women organized each year between 1984 and 1989, editor's note) 1987, 1988 and 1989, Olympic champion in 1996, nine times world champion … Savoyard has marked several generations of followers, despite many doping cases. In an interview with the newspaper The team, Jeannie Longowho is now 66 years old, returned to his impact on female cycling and the performance of Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma | Lease a Bike).

VIDEO – Pauline Ferrand -Prévot, winner of the 8th stage

“The first French winner of the Tour from Bernard Hinault …”

“Pauline's victory? I had said, from the first stage, that she would assassinate them in the Madeleine”said Jeannie Longo. “It is talking about female cycling, it's good, it's an inspiring figure! And it reminds me of good memories. I imagine that she is feeling lots of things that I have experienced. It is a great feeling, she must take advantage of it, it remains engraved for life. Wearing the yellow jersey … It was almost annoying to hear only my shouted name everywhere on the edge of the roads. What to go Pauline! “https://www.cyclismuct.net/.”

On the other hand, when asked if she has the impression that PFP is in the continuity of the story that she started herself, Longo is skeptical. “I was a little depressed earlier while listening to the comments on France Info. It was said that it might become the first French winning winner from Bernard Hinault (in 1985). While I still win in 1989”she explains. “I have the impression of being forgotten, I even have the impression that we are walking on it …”

Jeannie Longo, a figure of female cycling, dominated her discipline for 32 years.

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“His statements saddened me …”

Relations between the two women have not always been in good shape. At the start of his career, Ferrand-Prévot reproached Longo To “never take a step” towards his generation. “Her statements saddened me, it marked me. But she was young at the time (22 years old) and I stayed in my corner all this time. I had nothing against her, on the contrary I would have liked to make the 2012 games (in London) with her to be able to take her under my wing.”she explains. “We only saw each other once, I believe, by chance by climbing the Alpe d'Huez, ten years ago. We had taken a photo together.”