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Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma | Lease a Bike Women) en conférence de presse avant les Strade Bianche 2026.
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00:02Bonjour Pauline, une question classique pour commencer, c'est votre première race de la
00:10saison, comment vous sentez-vous, comment avez-vous apprécié votre début de la saison à l'Astralé
00:17Bianche ? Oui merci, j'ai fait très bien, j'ai juste revenu pour trois semaines à l'altitude
00:26avec l'équipe, donc oui, c'était très bon pour être trainé dans le bon weather, dans les conditions
00:32et aussi avec les filles, donc oui, j'ai l'impression que je suis prêt et nous sommes prêts aussi
00:40comme l'équipe, parce que je peux sentir que le niveau de l'équipe est très élevé
00:46cette année et les filles sont aussi prêts à faire beaucoup plus que seulement
00:53donc je pense que nous allons voir une race intéressante cette année.
00:59Vous dites que vous avez le sentiment que vous êtes prêt, mais nous savons que vous êtes un des
01:04riders qui connaissent le mieux, donc oui, comment vous êtes-vous en votre forme et comment
01:10vous êtes-vous en votre forme ? Oui, je me sens très bien.
01:16Après, oui, nous savons que le train est très différent de la race et je ne sais pas le niveau
01:22de l'équipe parce que, comme vous l'avez dit, c'est ma première race de la saison.
01:27Mais non, comparé à l'année dernière, je me sentais déjà mieux, et oui, je suis
01:36heureuse, je suis fit et je suis très motivée, donc j'espère que vous pouvez atteindre un bon résultat
01:43de la saison, mais comme je disais, c'est aussi une race classique et il y a beaucoup de choses
01:49qui peuvent passer, et oui, nous devons rester sur la bike et être capable de atteindre la
01:57dernière fois dans une bonne position, avec les bons pieds, pour pouvoir gagner la race.
02:05Kirsten ?
02:07Oui, hi Pauline, last year was your first year returning racing on the road and it was
02:14a bit of a reunited with Marianne Voss as well on the same team for road racing, maybe
02:21it was a little bit of an unknown last year, returning back and a bit of a test year as
02:26well, a very successful year for you and you together with Marianne Voss had a very good
02:31classics campaign, working together and good tactics together as well, can we see sort
02:38of a progression on that this year between you, yourself for the classics, now that you're in
02:43your kind of the second returning season back to the road, but also with your dynamics with
02:48Marianne, during the classics as well ?
02:52Yeah, for sure, also last year, like you said, it was good for me to come back and it was,
03:02you know, like discovering again what was road cycling and after last year I have more or less
03:08ideas and ideas and I feel like I'm really, I'm not new in this sport anymore, you know, last year
03:18I had the
03:18feeling when I started Straday that I still, I was still a MTB rider. This year I'm coming in Straday
03:25like as a road rider.
03:26So also in my mind, it's quite, it's quite different. I know also that after what I did last season,
03:33you know, I can
03:34be also more confident and also, yeah, a bit more sure about myself. So, which is, I think, also good.
03:43And, and yeah, for sure,
03:45racing with Marianne, you know, it's always such an honor and we always learn. I always learn with her and,
03:52um, and yeah, we, she always make a way, you know, to, to make a good result and to make
04:02you feel good. So, um, yeah, it's, it's really nice to race with her. But, um, yeah, like I said
04:08previously, we also have, uh, new riders
04:12in the team and also they, they are, yeah, I was really impressed, you know, in training camp, how the
04:18way they rode and how
04:20professionals they are already for such a young age. So, yeah, it's really nice to see that the team develop
04:26like
04:26this and, um, in the future, we can, uh, yeah, we can expect a lot from them.
04:33Mathieu?
04:35Hi, Pauline. Uh, last season, you, you performed, you performed really well at different
04:41periods of the season and I wanted to know, uh, how do you manage as you get older to reach
04:49your
04:49peak multiple times per, per season? Is it more difficult, uh, as you get older?
04:56Um, yeah, last year, I mean, I had one big peak in, uh, in Tour, I would say, because it
05:03was really the, the goal of my season.
05:05After I was good at the other races, but not at the top, not like I was in Tour de
05:10France, I would say.
05:11This year, the goal is to be more stable. So, um, yeah, I am now having my first peak
05:19and, um, then I'm planning to have two more. So, um, yeah, I, I think it's just, you know,
05:25finding the balance and also it is getting older, like you, you also know what's work or not.
05:31And, um, yeah, finding also the balance in your life. Um, it's, it's also really important. So,
05:40um, yeah, I would say it's one of the, of the reasons.
05:48Chris?
05:50Hi, Pauline. Um, really simple question. Uh, what did you learn from last year's race?
05:57and how can you, and what would you have done different? I mean, perhaps not crashing,
06:01of course, but yeah, what did you learn?
06:05In Australia, you mean?
06:06Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, yeah, I learned more or less everything. Um, but yeah,
06:16I watched the race back and, um, yeah, for sure. I spent a lot of energy last year. Um,
06:23also because when this, uh, group went, um, I was, uh, the only rider from the team and, uh,
06:30I had the feeling, you know, that I had to, to be in this group.
06:34So I think I spent a lot of energy being in this breakaway and, um, yeah, if I have to
06:41do
06:41something again, I will not do that, but yeah, it was, uh, it was a good learning point. Um,
06:47um, yeah, I think it's the biggest, uh, learning for me was, uh, how you spend your energy with doing
06:56this, uh, this race because yeah, at the beginning of the race, you don't feel like it's, it's hard. And
07:04you know, after a hundred K, you feel like you start to think, uh, feel your legs and it's still
07:08like 40 K to go. And, and the 40 K, the last 40 K are really, really hard. So, um,
07:15yeah, it's all about
07:16how you, you can save energy as much as possible.
07:23Hello, Pauline. Um, in an interview in January, you mentioned Liege, Le Tour des Flandres, La Flèche,
07:31as the races that you really want to win. Where do you put the strata among this? What's your
07:37relationship with this race? Um, yeah, it's, it's such a beautiful race. Um,
07:47yeah, I would say not as, uh, as good as Flandres, but yeah, for sure it's quite a iconic race.
07:55And,
07:55um, and yeah, like I said previously, I really feel good. So, um, we also saw during the training
08:02comes that I was ready and also the power is much higher than last year at the same, uh, at
08:08the same
08:08period. So yeah, last year we know that each race is, is different, but yeah, I was on the podium
08:14and now feeling much better. I, I think I can go for the ring and, uh, as a team, we
08:20are, uh, we are ready
08:21for it. So, um, yeah, it will be really, really nice to, to win this race and, uh, to start
08:26the season
08:27with, uh, a big win for the team.
08:33Hi Pauline. Um, uh, last year, everyone was curious, uh, for you, um, at Australia Bianca,
08:42I think. And after, after you finished third, I think you still got more than 50 euro if you
08:47bet at one euro for you winning the Tour de France. Um, but everything changed now. You are,
08:52I think the greatest rider in the, in, in the world, uh, after, after winning the Tour de France.
08:57So do you feel like the expectations towards you changed and did you manage to, to become even
09:04a better rider after the Tour de France? Um, I would say yes and no, no and yes. Um,
09:15yeah, because with winning tour, you know, I think my status quite changed in the, in the
09:21Pluton and, uh, we could see at the World Championship that I was not racing like, um, a favorite.
09:28You know, I was a bit like waiting and, and then everyone was waiting for me because I won tour.
09:34So, um, I was a bit maybe not, um, how we say?
09:41Yeah, I was not aware of this, uh, statutes, you know, that the, the statute changed and for
09:45example, that Demi will look at me, you know, which maybe she didn't do before. So, um, I think I
09:51had
09:52to get used to that, but yeah, I had one winter to, to work on it and also to, um,
09:58yeah, to digest
09:59everything. So, um, so first of all, yeah, I don't think I really realized what I did and, and now
10:09I can
10:10see, you know, like I'm more like in the role of, uh, of the favorite and of, uh, as a
10:15leader of the
10:16team. So, um, which gives me also really a lot of confidence and also I would say good pressure.
10:25What, what do you have to do to adapt to that new role? If you say, I, I, I, yeah,
10:31I noticed that my,
10:32that my role in the peloton changed and I had a whole winter to work on it. Where did you
10:36work on to adapt to that?
10:40Yeah. It's just to do a switch in myself, you know, in my brain and to say, okay, Pauline,
10:45how you lose, uh, how you lost the world championship because you race like quite
10:53not in the way that you should have race. Um, but it's more, it's not because I was scared to
10:59attack,
11:00you know, but it's more like I, I was not aware of like everyone will look at me, you know,
11:06so I didn't make the race hard enough, I think. So, um, and thinking about this, I say,
11:13I need to change the way I will race and I will approach the race. Otherwise, yeah,
11:20it would be always like this and it's not something I want to. So, um, yeah, it's more like a
11:27switch in
11:27my mind, I think. And I think, you know, I also want always want to be better. So after the
11:32world
11:32championship, I just try to figure out what I did wrong. And yeah, it's in my mind.
11:44Julian. Uh, hi, Pauline. I have a question about Femke de Vries. You're riding, uh, a big part of
11:50your schedule again with her. Um, can you tell me how strong of a rider she is and what her
11:55capabilities
11:56are also in the Vuelta this year? Oh yeah, I can, I can speak so much about Femke because she,
12:04yeah, she's for me very, very important. Um, more than a teammate, I would say. But, um, yeah,
12:12she really stepped up during the winter. I think she, she learned a lot last year and, um,
12:25and this winter she said, okay, I want to try to be good at UAE and she really prepared for
12:30that.
12:31And it's where you can see champion or not, you know, she really like put everything together to
12:37make it possible. And in UAE, she, she finished third in GC and yeah, first world tour podium for
12:44her. So I think it's just the beginning, you know, of what she's, uh, capable to do. And, um, yeah,
12:52she's really such a smart, smart person. So she also know when she needs to be ready,
13:00when she needs to rest, you know? So, um, yeah, I think she's learning super fast and this year we,
13:06we can expect to have, uh, Samke and much more podium for sure.
13:13Thank you.
13:15Julia.
13:20Hi, Pauline. Um, I would like, uh, you said that Strader Bianchi is one of the most iconic race. Um,
13:28but do you consider it as a monument like Roubaix, Flanders or Liel? Um, and in,
13:35and in general, what are the races in women's calendar that you consider as a monument?
13:43Yeah, in my mind, yes, it is. It's a monument. Um,
13:50yeah, I don't see any really difference between, you know, like Flanders and yeah,
13:55Sanremo. And yeah, for me, Strader is a big monument and it's, uh, it's also,
14:03it's such a beautiful race. Also like for me, the first one of the season. So, um,
14:08um, yeah, in my, in my head, it's a monument. And how many monuments, uh,
14:15do you consider in women's cycling? Is there five less or more, uh,
14:21if you have, if we have to compare with the men's calendar? Um,
14:30yeah, thinking now it's a good question.
14:37Um, for me, if I had to change the calendar, I would not put Sanremo. Sorry.
14:45No, last year was quite a boring race for us. So, um, I should not say that. Forgot about this.
14:55Next question, please.
14:57Marijn?
14:59Yeah, you just mentioned that, uh, Demi, uh, will look at you now since your status changed.
15:05I just asked, uh, Mariana about the difference and, um, uh, comparisons between, uh, the two of you
15:13and, uh, potential rivalry between you and Demi. Um, are you approaching her as your biggest rival
15:19as well? And, uh, do, well, do you know enough about her to be able to beat her at
15:27more races than only the Tour de France?
15:30Um, yeah, you know, I don't see Demi, um, bigger than anyone else. Like, for me, in my head, Demi
15:39is
15:39like, Kasia is like, Elisa Longoborghini is like, you know, I don't put like, she's not like, um, yeah,
15:48she's super, super good, you know, but for me, like everyone is super good. So it's not especially
15:53about Demi, but, um, but, uh, yeah, I don't do like, I don't have a ranking, you know, of, uh,
16:04I think you, we have to look to, to everyone. And as, uh, I think Elisa Longoborghini finished eight
16:11time in top 10 in, uh, in the last eight edition, I think. So, yeah, it's so many girls that
16:17can,
16:18uh, can also do really well in this race. So, um, yeah, for sure she will be good. Like,
16:26she's always super good. So I expect her to be good, but, uh, it's also many more riders who can
16:32be
16:32very, very, very good, I think.
16:36Arthur?
16:38Hi, Pauline. Um, you said, uh, last, uh, last year in an interview that, uh, you, you love
16:46training and a little less racing. Uh, it's been six months now since, uh, your last race. Uh, so my
16:54question is, uh, uh, quite simple. Did racing, did you missed racing, uh, before going to the Stradibanky?
17:02It's so funny because before I came here, I spoke with Daddy and, uh, he also didn't race since, uh,
17:09the world championship. So yeah, after the world. So, and he said to me, it's such a long time. I
17:15feel
17:15like, you know, I feel so ready to race. And I was exactly thinking, thinking the same, like, um,
17:21I'm so ready to race. And even if I love training, you know, I feel like it's been really long
17:27since I
17:27didn't race. So, um, it's also why I'm super happy to be here and to start the season because
17:34after such a long winter and preparation, you, yeah, it's like, you know, you, you go back to
17:41school for the first time since, uh, after the big holidays and you are so exciting and it's,
17:46it's a nice feeling. Emmanuel? Yes. Hi Pauline, who are you? Um, I, I have just a question. We are
17:56looking in France. You have a Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and now we have Paul Secsas. If I have
18:04just a question for you, what did you think the Paul Secsas? Um, yeah, to be honest, I didn't follow
18:15anything. Uh, this is, um, sorry, but I should not say this, but yeah, I, I didn't look TV or
18:22I
18:22didn't went on social media since such a long time that I, I already don't know what's happening in
18:27this world. For sure. I know that, um, I think he used to be, uh, junior world champion cyclocross,
18:35no? Two years ago. Uh, two years ago? No, I don't, I don't remember him, but yeah, I, I don't,
18:43I don't really follow like, uh, um, yeah, news in general. So, um, yeah, I can't say very much.
18:52If, if you have a concept for him, you, you won the Tour de France, Paul Secsas would be, uh,
19:01there should be a Tour de France this year or not for you?
19:08Yeah, I don't know. It's up to him, up to his team to, to see if he is able to,
19:16yeah, to do this race and if he, uh, if he feel ready and yeah, I don't have to
19:22choose for him. Thank you.
19:30Hello, Pauline. This is, uh, Fran Reyes asking from Granada in Spain. And as I am talking from Spain,
19:37I wanted to ask you about the women's, uh, Vuelta. You have, uh, announced that you are probably coming
19:43to race and the event. And I wanted to ask you about your participation last year. What, uh,
19:50memories do you keep from that week? How instrumental it was for your success
19:58in, uh, the Tour de France? And what would be your goal this spring coming to the Vuelta again?
20:05Um, yeah, last year was, uh, a mixed, uh, feeling for, for me for Vuelta. We had a really nice
20:12time with
20:12girls, but I had to quit the rest after, uh, stage four, I think. So, um, this was not so
20:19nice.
20:20But, um, yeah, this year I want to come back and try to, yeah, to do better. And, um,
20:30and yeah, what, we have to see what it's possible to do. Also, like we said before with Femke De
20:35Vries,
20:36with Marianne and, uh, the other girls. So, um, yeah, it will be a nice week, I'm sure.
20:43We are still waiting for the parkour, but yeah, as soon as we know, we can make some plans.
20:48We saw that, uh, there was some publication in the Spanish media that maybe the AngliRu will be
20:54included in the... I'm not on social anymore, so I don't know anything.
20:59Yeah, it's not official yet, no? No, it's not official yet.
21:04So we have to wait, I think, the March 8th, and, but it can be really good to have this
21:09claim.
21:09So, okay. Julien?
21:14Yeah, I just wanted to talk again about monuments. What is your, the best monument for you in the
21:21calendar, the most important one?
21:25Flunders.
21:27And why?
21:32Yeah, because it's...
21:37Yeah, for me, in my head, you know, it's, it's something that I follow since I'm really young.
21:43Um, and the, the Belgian public is just crazy.
21:48And, um, yeah, I, I just love it, you know? I just love the pressure, the stress,
21:55the chaos, the everything. It's like, everything together, it's so, just so,
22:02yeah, it's really iconic, yeah.
22:07Thank you.
22:08Also, the days before, you know, you can feel like it's something,
22:12and, uh, something big is coming, and so, yeah, it's really nice feeling.
22:18And for the team also, you can feel it's so important.
22:22So, um, yeah, this feeling of having the pressure, I, I really like it.
22:32Yes, um, just while we were talking about the Vuelta, um, uh, the, the route will be announced
22:40on Monday, uh, and we are two months, uh, before the race. Isn't it tough to make plans without
22:47knowing the route, uh, while we know already the, the route for the Tour de France or for the Giro,
22:53uh, isn't it hard to make plans, uh, knowing the route, uh, so, uh, with such a short delay
23:01between the race, before the race?
23:06I mean, it's for everyone the same. So, yeah, we need also to adapt, uh, to that. And, um, yeah,
23:14we also know, uh, who, who wants to go there. And, um, yeah, so it's, no, it's, it's not, uh,
23:23and we know that it will be our Vuelta. They always put, like,
23:27really hard stages. So, um, we need to be fit and ready anyway.
23:34Marijn?
23:36Why are you not on social media anymore? Does that have anything to do with all the comments
23:40you got after winning the Tour de France about being too thin or something like that?
23:46Um, no, it's more that I don't feel, you know, like, um, the necessity for me to go there. I
23:56think,
23:56you know, it's, it's so many information, so many things you see, even if you don't want to see.
24:03And I figure out, you know, it's so hard to process with that. And, um, yeah, I just,
24:10you know, so don't, I don't need to see what people are doing because, yeah, I don't really care.
24:18And, um, and yeah, at the end of the day, you spend so much time on social. I, I prefer
24:24to do
24:24something else, you know, and I prefer just to, to do something more, uh, present and, um, and not
24:31spend time with my phone always. So, um, I really don't miss it. And, um, and yeah, for sure for
24:39the
24:39team, you know, I know it's, it's important also for brands and everything, but yeah,
24:43we find a good way with the team to, to work together and to, to be able to, yeah,
24:49to also, uh, make the job. So, um, I think we find a good balance and yeah,
24:54I, I really like the way it is now.
24:59Tom?
25:00When did you decide to quit social media then? Because in the winter at the media day,
25:04you already told us that you had to change numbers. Did you already,
25:07already quit social media back then or just in preparation for the season?
25:12Uh, yeah, more during the winter also, because like I said, I want to, to be more consistent,
25:18uh, during this season. And I think, you know, it's, for me, it was a big part of the mental,
25:25um, of being tired mentally, you know? So, um, yeah, I feel much more fresh, you know,
25:31mentally to don't have this, uh, this part and, um, yeah. So I will say during winter, basically.
25:40Do you miss sometimes or not? Definitely not.
25:45No. No. If I want to know something, you know, I just ask the people and I don't need to,
25:51to be sneaky and to, to see what they are doing. No, no, no, I really don't miss it. And
25:58also,
26:00yeah, I don't know. I feel also more free, you know, with myself, like, yeah.
26:06I have one quick follow up for another question. This is your first race with, uh,
26:10Katharina Sadnik, who also is going for mountain bike. She was, I guess,
26:15world championship juniors or something like that. Uh, how is it to race with her or just, yeah,
26:21to, uh, the talent she is?
26:24Yeah, I think she has a very big engine for sure. She need to, yeah, to make the switch to,
26:30to road
26:30cycling, but yeah, it's, it's just super nice, you know, to, to follow her process and, um, and to see
26:38how
26:38she, uh, want to learn. This is, I think, really important. I think, you know, sometimes it's better
26:43to take a rider who, who is new and who really want to learn and who is motivated that older
26:50rider
26:50who already knows a bit, but doesn't want to make like so much progress. So, um, so I think, yeah,
26:58she's going to, yeah, to learn, uh, pretty fast and, um, and she will play already a big role on,
27:04uh,
27:05on Saturday. So, um, yeah, it's, it's really cool to see the development of a rider like this.
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