The image is not beautiful to see and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot took care to camouflage it behind a dozen more pleasant shots. Last night, the 33-year-old Frenchwoman posted a long message on Instagram to mark her victory on Paris-Roubaix from her first participation. Behind, the photos of cobblestones and hugs, “PFP” unveiled an image of its infected ankle.
Bandyed, the hesitant malleolus between red and white, vision makes it possible to better understand why the Olympic mountain bike champion hesitated before throwing herself to the northern hell. “Nice work of my team, who took care of me in the past few days when I felt, fighting (still five weeks after my fall on the Bianche Strade) against an ankle infected injury (photo 10 if you are curious to see how little things can spoil everything),” she posted on her Instagram account.
Tired and sick the two days preceding the event, Ferrand-Prévot almost renounced Paris-Roubaix. “I did well to start,” she finally launched on Saturday, after her success. Place now at rest and healing. “Let’s go recover and treat this wound (antibiotics season 3 …) to be ready for new adventures,” she added on her social networks. Already efficient even decreased, a 100 % “PFP” may cause damage during the suite of the season.