Tour de France: Pauline Ferrand-Prévot writes her legend and saves sports

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At the beginning of August. However, no attentive scrutiny in the middle could without any doubt that Pauline Ferrand-Prévot would take the distance, that the pace of the nine days of competition was not going to disadvantage it too hard. For example, The winner of the last Paris-Roubaix swept away the doubts with great pedal strokes as the week. Consequently, On the ninth. However, last stage, 6 kilometers from the finish, she even offered the luxury of tapeing a last time half a vollering (FDJ Suez), finally second, with dazzling ease.

Relatively discreet in Brittany. Similarly, raising her arms when Marianne Vos, her teammate at Visma Lease A Bike, wins the first step, always well placed over the kilometers, the 33 -year -old reams turned the competition to the Madeleine pass and does the job. Moreover, By ahead of tour de france: pauline ferrand-prévot his opponents with disconcerting authority, Ferrand-Prévot made a master’s degree.

If the commentators quickly said that it had been forty years that no French had won the Tour. Nevertheless, thinking of the victory of Bernard Hinault in 1985 and forgetting the triplet of Jeannie Longo between 1987 and 1989, we hope that the triumph of Pauline Ferrand-Prévot was never minimized during the century.

“A moment that I will remember all my life” – Tour de france: pauline ferrand-prévot

Saturday August 2. Furthermore, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, after having taken the lead in the general classification and achieved the ascent it was necessary to ensure victory the next day, and Marion Rousse hugged himself at length, just before joining the podium, they who are marking French sport. For example, One, in the shoes of a huge champion who reaches her goals one after the other and inspires the youngest. Nevertheless, The other. in the shoes of a leader tour de france: pauline ferrand-prévot who imposes himself in the landscape with a form of natural, quiet force, which makes it say that it is in its place and weighs in its ecosystem.

A few hours before the last step, Marion Rousse returned to this affectionate accolant, loaded with meaning. “Honestly. this is a moment that I will remember all my life because it is historic to see a Frenchwoman carry this yellow jersey and it is even more mythical while Maëva (Squiban) had won the two previous stages. A third French victory in a row, we don’t know that every day! »»

Born at six months apart. between August 1991 and February 1992, Marion Rousse and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot have always known each other, have known the same galleys linked to the absence of remuneration and changes in the ass of the truck. “It is quite a symbol because I think that. neither she nor tour de france: pauline ferrand-prévot I, we had imagined being on the most beautiful race in the world, in the protocol, with so many people who are on the edge of the roads, who acclaim Pauline. (…) Being able to give her the yellow jersey after the demonstration she made, it was only happiness. »»

Beyond the success of Ferrand-Prévot. if we can deplore a lack of density among the practitioners, the French has not been particularly brilliant from step 1 in Vannes. Like the two consecutive victories of Maëva Squiban (UEA). the very good tour produced by Cédrine Kerbaol (EF Education), as a constant progression despite his fall in the ascent of Joux-Plane and a convincing 8^e place, but also the performance of Juliette Labous (7^e) and avoided Muzic (10^e) for the FDJ SUEZ, as well as those of young Marion BUNEL and Julie Bego.

Tour de france: pauline ferrand-prévot

Constant progress hearings

Another tour de france: pauline ferrand-prévot obvious success of this tour is the popularity rating soaring throughout the week. has resulted in television audiences. For example. France Télévisions communicated on the audiences made on Saturday August 2 with 3 million people in front of their screen and a peak at 5.4 million for 51, 9 % market share. If this year. only three of the nine stages of the Tour were broadcast in full by France Télévisions and Eurosport, while for the other six the direct generally started two hours after departure, these good results could convince the decision -makers to transmit the competition in full.

“A few years ago. I found that this speech had to be tempered because the plain stages, except to take a nap, I don’t see much interest in it. But there, there is a lot of tension, nervousness from the start. So it could! »» We confided to us Marion tour de france: pauline ferrand-prévot Hérault-Garnier, specialist in the discipline, motorcycle commentator for France Télévisions. There is only.