“I did not do anything extreme,” says Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt in reaction to criticism on her weight loss

The winner of the Tour de France women lost several pounds during her preparation, especially in the perspective of the high mountain.

The question of weight continues to be talked about. Two days after her first coronation on Letour de France Women in Châtel, Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt responded, Tuesday, August 5, to comments and criticisms on the weight loss which she had been on her preparation. “For this race, I knew that I had to climb the Col de la Madeleine for an hour and a half. You must adapt. I know that I will not keep this weight forever. It was just for the Tour de France, it is also my work to be as best as possible, it is a endurance sport”she wrote, sharing in Story Instagram an extract from an interview with the magazine Ruller.

“I don’t want to stay like that. I know it’s not healthy. But we had a good plan with the team’s nutritionists and everything is under control. I did nothing extreme and I still have energy after nine days of racing. It is a delicate subject because you have to find a limit, but I also know that I will not be able to stay like that forever. It is the choice I made”she also specified.

“I had comments on Instagram, people who said that I was not a good example for the youngestalso reacted Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt. But I also think that parents should educate their children and say to them: ‘Pauline is like that because she is preparing for the Tour de France, it is not forever’. I just do my job as best I can, that’s all. “

The question of the weight of the runners was one of the subjects of discussion of this women’s Tour de France. During the event, the Frenchman Cédrine Kerbaol, holding a BTS in dietetics, had alerted, in an interview with Humanity Then on the set of France Télévisions, on the risks linked to the search for thinness among the runners: “In recent years, it is very fashionable to count each gram on the plates. Many people have won large races with a very light weight and, indirectly, the young girls who are trying to perform will take them for example.”

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Interviewed at the end of the last stage on the fact of “lose weight” To beat the Frenchwoman, Demi Vollering, crowned in 2023, said he wanted “Being an example, to show young girls that you may not be super thin to win”.