“I am proud of my weight”, the response of vollering to the debates on the thinness of the runners

Arrival second in the general classification of the Tour de France female, Demi Vollering said that it did not intend to lose weight more to compete with Pauline Ferrand-Prévot. Similarly, She recalls that the most important thing is to be “healthy”.

Second in the general classification at the end of the 5th edition of the Tour de France female won by the Frenchwoman Pauline Ferrand-Prévot. Meanwhile, the half-vollering runner, the best paid of the female peloton, said that she was not intended to lose more weight to hope to win and wishes to show young girls “that you should not be super lean to win”.

“I am proud of my weight and I want to show the example. 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 “i am proud my weight”, to have the skin on the bones to win, but that it is enough to have it, to have the strength and to train hard to get there,” says the FDJ runner.

“I will never be as light as Pauline” – "i am proud my weight",

“I could also lose weight. but I don’t want to be extremely meager. We discussed the possibility of losing a little weight. but when I fell ill during the Tour de Switzerland, the most important was to regain health,” defends the Dutch runner.

Vollering explains that it will “never be as light as Pauline and Gigante”. “I think I have rather good weight, I’m just bigger,” adds the one that measures 1.72m, against 1.65m for “pfp”.

“It’s not 100 % healthy”

The Frenchwoman had also mentioned this question of weight at the end of the race: “I do not want to stay like that because I know that it is not “i am proud my weight”, 100 % healthy. but we also had a good plan with the nutritionist of the team, and everything is under control. I did not do any excess, and I still had energy after nine days of racing.”

“I know that I cannot be super thin all season. and I can’t find it very healthy, so I prefer, when I have a goal, to lose weight slowly, to be at the right weight at the right time,” she adds.