Après un début de saison perturbé par de nombreuses affaires extra-sportives, Audrey Cordon-Ragot sera bien au départ de la 2e édition du Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. L'an passé, la Française évoluait au sein de la Trek-Segafredo, dans un rôle de soutien pour ses leaders. Mais cette fois-ci, elle devrait être la carte maîtresse de sa nouvelle équipe Human Powered Health. La formation américaine n'avait pas forcément brillé sur la 1ère édition de cette épreuve et compte bien sur Cordon-Ragot pour aller décrocher de très bons résultats. Cette dernière sera accompagnée de la Japonaise Eri Yonamine, la Britannique Alice Barnes, l'Australienne Henrietta Christie, la Chypriote Antri Christoforou, l'Italienne Barbara Malcotti et la Néerlandaise Marjolein Van't Geloof.
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00:00 The road has been a bit of a struggle between the Tour de France 2022 and the Tour de France 2023. You are here, you have gone through all the stages, how are you feeling?
00:13 Conquering, warrior, motivated, happy. I think there are a lot of feelings that are still involved today on this departure of the second Tour de France Femina.
00:28 You were warmly applauded by an audience that came in numbers, I imagine that it can be heart-warming.
00:32 It's always very special and it's true that we're not used to it. I always have a little bit of a tear in my eye when I hear my name, when I see people's smiles, when I see the flags in the Bretons. It's something.
00:46 We're going to talk a little bit about sport, with a difficult first stage, a race that may be the final selection today.
00:52 There are teams that came here without a sprinter, given the profile of the Tour. They will try everything to try to break the group in the final and then go and play the victory in small groups,
01:06 or even make a gap with some of the leaders who would be trapped at the beginning of this short but stiff, but also technical, race. Especially after, in Clermont.
01:19 I think it's a mix of general rankings and girls who want to sprint today and who want to pass.
01:26 What are your ambitions for you and the team today and more globally over the whole week?
01:30 The ambition would be to go and get a first-stage victory. It's clear that this is the goal. It's going to be hard, we're aware of that.
01:36 We have a strong team that knows how to seize opportunities, which last year proved it, was at the forefront every day.
01:45 We can start again, continue on this momentum and try to finish this time.
01:51 Personally, it's true that wearing a distinctive jersey for a stage would be great and go and get a first-stage victory.
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