“We knew the very complicated bet” for Ferrand-Prévot, reacts the president of the French cycling federation

Michel Callot said that the race was “psychologically very hard” for Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, winner of the last Tour de France.

“We thought about it” at the gold medal for Pauline Ferrand-Prévot but “We knew that the bet was very complicated”reacts on Saturday September 27 on Franceinfo Michel Callot, the president of the French Cycling Federation (FFC), after the 16th place of French leader at the world road cycling championships in Kigali, Rwanda.

The race was “Psychologically very hard and most certainly that he missed a little juice at the end of the season at Pauline (Ferrand-Prévot)”regrets Michel Callot. “We found ourselves in a slightly offbeat racing scheme” Where the Frenchman Juliette Labous finished in front of her leader, in 13th position. The Canadian Magdeleine Vallieres wins and becomes the new world road cycling champion.

“We will try to re -mobilize the athletes, we must not be discouraged”launches the president of the FFC, while France welcomes the European Road Cycling Championships next week, from October 1 to 5, 2025, in Drôme and Ardèche. “We will take our revenge on the world championship next year”warns Michel Callot.