VIDEO | Furious Pauline Ferrand-Prevot lashes out against La Vuelta Femenina organizers after TTT disaster
CyclingMonday, 05 May 2025 at 10:37
La Vuelta Femenina began today, however - as has happened in the past in the very same city of Barcelona in the men's race - the opening team time-trial saw some chaos. In this case a few teams had issues with their start because of a delay in the checking of the bikes, and Team Visma | Lease a Bike were quite harmed by it which led to a big lashing out from Pauline Ferrand-Prévot on social media.
On an Instagram story, since deleted, the French rider explained why two of the team's riders began after the rest, in what would culminate in the team losing 20 seconds to Lidl-Trek in the opening TTT of the race. "WTF!!! How the organization of a Grand Tour can be SO amateur?" she wrote in the post. "Is the jury sleeping while checking our bikes?!!! We were there 20 min[utes] before the bike check and 2 of our girls didn't make it on time. We kept saying to the jury we had to go but seems they were in chill mood".
The message was truly a venting of frustration over a very unfair situation against the Dutch team. "So much preparation and effort for nothing. Losing so much time on GC... UCI you prone for a fair sport, but this is not the way to go".
Shambles at the start for Visma | Lease Bike - one rider barely on the ramp when told to go
— Mathew Mitchell (@MatMitchell30) May 4, 2025
Imogen Wolff having to fly out of the car exit instead of the actual ramp!#LaVueltaFemenina pic.twitter.com/mFRoB74523
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- Great analysis - what's the last word for me on this: UAE fell over on tactics and reaction, imagine if Pog gets ill or such like, who's going to step up ? they put all their eggs in his basket...
leedorney02-06-2025 - what did your 5 y.o child say when you lost a Giro because lost seconds changing and adjusting a helmet, Mr G.?
maria2024202402-06-2025 - I'n not a professional and I'm not destroying a 21 boy because took a bad decision. Mr. G. over 37 y.o. LOST A GIRO in the last stage for seconds! SECONDS THAT HE LOST CHANGING AND ADJUSTING A HELMET. He is the least that could say these kinds of phrases, destroying a boy at his first leader GC experience.maria2024202402-06-2025
- How many GTs have you ridden ! My quess is a big fat 0 ! Del Toro blew it and that can't be argued!frieders302-06-2025
- Visma had a prob with tactics with Roglic in the giro a few times, & with Vingegard also in a GT.. similarly, UAE are soo used to having Pogacar 'just winning, simmering a talent to boil is learning point for both it appears...leedorney02-06-2025
- It was a masterclass in throwing away a Grand Tour for free. Carapaz wasn’t in Pink. Del Toro was. It was his to lose, and he lost it without putting up any resistance whatsoever.AndrewK01-06-2025
- How many Giros did Mr. G win? zero. How many Giros did Mr. G lose? all. On the sofa we all are genius.maria2024202401-06-2025
- Poor Mas, an enemy in house.maria2024202401-06-2025
The UCI thinks that all of these formalities make it look like they're in control of things, but incidents like this one actually make them look like bumbling, incompetent fools.