The day after her second place in the short race, Frenchwoman Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt won the World Cup event in Nove Mesto (Czech Republic) this Sunday morning. Her 7th victory in 8 races this season and her first stage of the 2024 World Cup, she who skipped the first two rounds, in Brazil.
Two months to the day before the start of the Olympic Games (July 26-August 11), the Frenchwoman (32 years old) made a strong impression by pushing back the American Haley Batten to 1’2″, who remains in the lead overall The Swiss Alexandra Keller completed the podium by finishing in 3rd place “I wanted to do the first descent in the lead, that’s why I forced myself at the start,” she explained after the race. today (Sunday) was to do my race.”
In other words, Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt was there to concentrate on a few points of her race and her state of form, in preparation for the Games, without entering into the game of victory at all costs. Which she still obtained by a large margin.
Loana Lecomte, the other blue qualifier for the Olympics, finished 13th in the race.
