“I hope that young girls don't think you have to be super thin to win,” half a vollering answer a question about your weight

Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt crushed the Tour de France women 2025, winning with 3'42 “in advance on her closest pursuing, half a vollering. In her speech, the Frenchwoman repeatedly repeated that she had to go through a sharpening phase with the objective of losing 4 kg. In a press conference after the 9th and last stage, it was asked for Vollering if she considered “lose weight” To fill his delay with Ferrand-Prévôt.

“I could lose weight, but I don't want to have the skin on the bones. I will never be as light as Pauline and Gigant. I think I have rather good weight, I'm just bigger (1.72m against 1.65 for “pfp”), “she reacted without irritating. Relaunched on the theme, the Dutch runner first used a little irony, before moving a message.

“I am proud of this 'heavy' weight (It weighs around 57 kg). I want to be an example, show young girls that you may not be super thin to win. I know many young people who fight with this question. I hope young girls do not think today that you have to be super thin to win “she developed, while the subject of risks linked to sharpening, this excess pounds hunt to shine in the mountains, has just been put on the table by Cédrine Kerbaol.