Guillaume Marion, Media365: published on Tuesday 05 August 2025 at 11:50 am
While the recent winner of the Tour de France women has sometimes been criticized in relation to her weight in recent days, Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt has responded to this subject on her Instagram account.
After the 50 kg of Valentin Paret-Peintre, winner full of panache at the top of Mont Ventoux, on July 22, it was this time the weight of Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt that has been a lot of talk in recent days. Indeed, imperial during the last two stages of the Tour de France women, the leader of the Visma-Lease training in Bike signed two very good successes and at the same time won the 2025 edition of the female version of the “Grande Boucle”. For this, the Frenchwoman notably had to lose a little weight, about four kilos in a short time (according to the team), just to be well prepared for the difficult ascents on the program this year. “For this race, I knew that I had to climb the Madeleine pass for an hour and a half. You have to adapt. I know that I will not keep this weight forever, ”said the latter in particular.
Ferrand-Prévôt: “It’s not 100 % healthy”
While half a vollering admitted to being “proud” of its weight, “PFP” justified itself on this, while warning those who might want to imitate it. “It was just for the Tour de France, it is also my work to be as best as possible, it is a endurance sport. I don’t want to stay like that, I know it’s not 100 % healthy. But we had a good plan with the team nutritionist and everything is under control. I did not do any excess, and I still had energy after nine days of racing. This is a thorny subject because you have to find a limit, but I know that I cannot stay like that forever. This is the choice I made, later declared Ferrand-Prévôt, who underwent some criticism from his weight, during a story published on his Instagram account. (…) I just do my job as best I can and that’s it. »»