The Breton will participate in the Paris-Roubaix women this Saturday.
The French champion Audrey Cordon-Ragot, victim of a terrible black series since the fall, will finally participate in Paris-Roubaix women on Saturday under the colors of her new Human Powered Health team, it announced on Friday.
«Welcome to the Audrey team“, tweeted the American formation which fights this season for the maintenance in the World Tour, the first division.
«I have so much rage in me»
The 33-year-old Breton had resigned last week from the Spanish team Zaaf who did not pay her, despite several good results. It was then a new twist for Cordon-Ragot, entangled in a series of glitches.
She first suffered a stroke in September, just before boarding for the Worlds in Australia. She then lived through the B&B Hotels saga, the Breton team of which she was to be the figurehead of the women’s team, before the project came to an abrupt end for lack of a sponsor. She found refuge in the Zaaf team but they never paid her and she ended up drawing the consequences by terminating her contract.
She had then resolved to draw a line under Paris-Roubaix. Especially since the regulations of the International Cycling Union (UCI) prevented him from engaging with another team before June 1, a system put in place to prevent wealthy teams from plundering the smaller ones during the season. . But she managed to obtain a waiver from the UCI and will therefore be able to run on Saturday, with the blue-white-red jersey, her third Paris-Roubaix race in which she took 8th place in 2021 and 27th in 2022.I have so much rage in me and a spirit of revenge that it will lead me to make the best possible place“, she said.