'Not feeling fit enough to continue' – Pauline Ferrand-Prévot withdraws from La Vuelta Femenina

The French woman, who was almost a minute late in the general standings before the last three stages, does not feel "not fit enough" to continue the race.

The French rider does not consider herself "well enough" to pursue the Tour d'Espagne féminine, while her main objective this season will be the Tour de France.

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot's Vuelta Espana ends in Golmayo, before the start of the difficult fifth stage that will end at high altitude in Lagunas de Neila. The Frenchwoman of Visma Lease a Bike, winner of Paris-Roubaix Femmes, and twenty-fifth in the general......

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot will not open her Grand Tours list on the Vuelta. Returning to road cycling with the ambition to win the Tour de France after winning everything in mountain biking, whose Olympic title last summer on the Hill of Elancourt, the rider of the Visma-Lease a Bike team had approached the Tour d'Espagne with the idea of "giving everything with (his) teammates" in order to "set the bases of the Tour de France, which is another maj…

'Not feeling fit enough to continue' – Pauline Ferrand-Prévot withdraws from La Vuelta Femenina

Frenchwoman out of race after losing 26 seconds on hilly stage 4