During this Tour de France women with zwiftseveral runners, such as Cédrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly) in the newspaper Humanity or Demi full ring (FDJ-Suez), denounced the danger of thinness among high-level athletes, especially among women. At a press conference last Sunday, a question was asked the 28 -year -old Dutchmanship about her ability to compete with Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Team Visma | Lease A Bike) In case of weight loss, to which she replied: “You don't have to be super thin to win”insisted the leader of FDJ-Suez. “I am proud of my weight. I hope that in the future, I will be able to win again thanks to my weight and show the girls that it is not necessary to have the skin on the bones to win.” Sacred on Sunday August 3 last, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot reacted to criticism on its weight in an interview with Rouler Magazine.
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“I don't want to stay like that, I know it's not 100 %healthy …”
The Frenchwoman explained that she has adapted her weight to her objectives: “For Paris-Roubaix, I was heavier because I knew I needed power on the cobblestones”she explained, while specifying having targeted a certain weight for the ascents of Tour. “I know that this form that I have now, I will not keep it forever. It's just for the Tour de France. I don't want to stay like that, I know that it is not 100 %healthy, but everything was done in agreement with the team nutritionist. I did nothing extreme and I still had energy after nine days of racing.”
The 33 -year -old Olympic champion admits that this subject remains sensitive and includes criticism. On the other hand, she claims to have “Received many criticisms on Instagram, some believing that it did not give a good example to young people”to which she answers them: “Parents should educate their children and say to them: 'Pauline is like that because she is preparing for the Tour, it's not eternal.' Everyone must understand that it is also our work to be the best possible “, concluded Pauline Ferrand-Prévot.
