Another day spent without incident to Pauline Ferrand-Prévot ! The Leader of the Visma | Lease a Bike is always perfectly placed in the general classification at the end of the 7th stage of Tour de France women26 seconds from the leader Kim short (AG Insurance-Soudal Team) and ahead of all the favorites. At the dawn of a certainly decisive stage, the Frenchwoman appeared satisfied with her day, without superfluous and almost satisfied efforts not to have recovered the yellow jersey.
“It is also good to avoid all requests”
“When I saw Kim who was going back down a bit, the DS told me that perhaps the yellow jersey was possible and after I saw him come back in the descent so I told myself that it would not be for today.” Despite the fact that Pauline Ferrand-Prévot did not recover the yellow jersey, it is not killed, far from it: “I tell myself that it is also good to avoid all the requests today, to be able to recover properly and to be ready for tomorrow to start this stage which will be in my opinion decisive. I still feel very good so that is rather positive, it is that I am not burnt, I was in control still today so it will be necessary to see tomorrow how it will happen but for me it's a good day.”
The Olympic champion stayed on the wheels this Friday, which allows her to put all the odds for her side for the decisive step on Saturday: “I had promised to stay calm so I said to myself” my race she is tomorrow “and today it was not the goal to take the yellow jersey so I'm happy with my day. Everything will clearly be playing on this ascent tomorrow so I think it's important to stay calm, to take my rhythm and do the best that I can. It will be 1h30 climbing, it is an effort that I am used to do it. Concentrate on me and my effort. “
