Pauline Ferrand-Prévot wins Tour de France Femmes 2023, first French woman since 1989

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot wins Tour de France Femmes 2023, first French woman since 1989

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot on Sunday the tour de france femmes First French woman since 1989 that triumphs in this most important bike race in the world.

a long waiting time for France

since Bernard Hinault 1985 the last male tour de france Decided for itself, France went empty. This long waiting time for a nation, whose summer has been closely linked to the race for over a century, accompanied the people in the country.

a comeback with objective

After Ferrand-Prévot had completed a successful career in mountain biking with the Olympic victory in Paris, she returned to the street this season with the clear goal of winning the Tour de France Femmes within three years. Ultimately, she only needed one season.

The decisive victory

She secured victory with a triumphal conclusion in the last stage of the race, dressed in the coveted yellow jersey and overwhelmed by the emotion, the long waiting time of France for a native champion in this iconic race.

The impressive total performance

In the overall ranking, she drove three minutes and 42 seconds ahead of the winner of 2023, Demi Volling, and had four minutes and nine seconds ahead of last year's winner Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney.

The key stage

Ferrand-Prévot got the yellow jersey in the penultimate stage by walking away from their rival on the decisive climbing game of the race-the powerful, 18.6 km long Col de la Madeleine in stage 8-and more than three minutes on niewiadoma phinney and full ring.

an unexpected competitor

instead of dealing with the former winners, Ferrand-Prévot stuck to Sarah Gigante on this day, who attacked the Col de la Madeleine early. Gigante was caught up by the French woman, but was able to limit her losses and ended the race second with a gap of one minute and 45 seconds.

an exciting last stage

After this performance, Ferrand-Prévot had two minutes and 30 seconds ahead of Gigante in the overall ranking, with only one stage in front of him. Gigante fell back in the final ranking and lost its place on the podium.

Despite the significant advantage, the last stage for Ferrand-Prévot was anything but easy. She fell behind her rivals on the Talstrasse before the first increase of the day, which forced her team to hunt and defend her lead. Nevertheless, she recovered and started a solo attack six kilometers before the finish line and crossed the finish line alone.