Stephens added already to have a home winner at Paris-Roubaix after nearly three decades is going to drive the crowds crazy: "The last French winner was [Frederic] Guesdon back in 1997 for the men, so France, as a cycling nation, needed something like this as well, so it was a special, special victory."
Questioned whether he thinks she can win the Tour de France, Stephens replied: "Yes, I do. I don’t know what her numbers were on the flat, but if she was outriding multiple riders behind, riding in a group on flat roads, and she's about 54kg, give or take, you’ve just got to transpose that over onto a climb. She is going to be hard to beat, I think, I really do."
Ferrand-Prevot, who rejoined the road peloton in 2025 following a decade away from the discipline, said after the race that winning the Tour de France Femmes remains her "main goal", the goal she declared before joining
Team Visma | Lease a Bike ahead of the season. "I really want to be 100% for the Tour de France. And I want to try to win the Tour de France within three years," she said. "We are building something very strong together as a team."