“Give me time to think about it”, after her triumph, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot remains blurred on her future

Victorious of her first Tour de France, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot first wants to recover before planning the rest of her career. Furthermore, Even if the Frenchwoman, who remains unclear on her participation in 2026, begins to think at the end.

“Winning the Tour de France is not improvisation. Nevertheless, It is only sacrifices that I am not sure I can reproduce.” Pauline Ferrand-Prévot. Nevertheless, who aspires “to rest”, returned Sunday in front of the press on the course which allowed her to win the Grande Boucle at 33 years in her first participation.

“I first want to think of my parents. Similarly, who have always been there especially in bad times,” she said in the preamble a few hours after her triumph in Châtel, in Haute-Savoie. However, “I train them in my delusions, in my galleys. For example, They followed me in recognitions, in Brittany, “give me time think about in the Alps; they spin me to the race. Without them, I would not be where I am today.” La Rémoise, 33, first wanted to take advantage of the moment, with fans, family “.

“It’s so hard, so hard” – "give me time think about

As for next year … “I don’t know. I want to savor first. Prepare for the Tour is so hard, I’m not sure I can do it again. Let me think about it,” she said. “It’s so hard, so hard,” said the Frenchwoman. “All this is crazy. The result of so many sacrifices,” she insisted.

Victorious in Paris-Roubaix after winter. second in the Tour des Flanders, she then “focused on the Tour” after abandoning the Vuelta in May because she “did not feel it”.

“But the Tour of Flanders and Roubaix, I had to go. I hadn’t rubbed a peloton for so long. And on the turn. it really rubs a lot,” said “give me time think about “PFP”, who had devoted himself fully to mountain biking the previous seven years to succeed in “the objective of a career”, namely to win Olympic gold during the Paris-2024 games.

Weight loss for the Tour

And then we had to lose a few pounds. “Between Roubaix and the departure of the Tour, I lost four pounds that I hope to resume fairly quickly (laughs).” “But the greater training phase was to chain long ascents. again and again, to be ready to face the Col de la Madeleine”, a highlight of the Tour this year, where she knocked out the race.

“Accustomed to the efforts of just over an hour in mountain biking”. the French champion climbed the Madeleine in an hour and seven minutes on Saturday during the stage victory which propelled her towards her final success, where she had put almost an hour twenty during recognitions. “My end of career? “give me time think about It would be extraordinary to finish in 2027 with the Worlds (in Haute-Savoie) at home,” she concluded.