The six-time French time trial champion talks about the reasons for her withdrawal from the next world championships.
Cyclist Audrey Cordon-Ragot, six-time French time trial champion, forced to forfeit for the 2022 Worlds, revealed on Saturday that she had suffered a stroke, which forced her to put an end in his season.
«My non-presence at the next world championships, which many people have allowed themselves to qualify as whims, fear of losing, non-respect of the French team… and so on, is due to an accident. stroke, which I suffered last Sunday“Explains the 32-year-old young woman on her social networks.
«Difficult to explain how I feel, I am exhausted, drained, sad but at the same time so grateful and happy to have been able to return home to my loved ones“explains the Breton, indicating that she will”observe a period of rest and undergo an intervention to fix the underlying heart problemof this stroke. “So my season is over as you can imaginesays Cordon-Ragot.
Double time trial/road race at the French Championships
The cyclist, under contract with the Trek-Segafredo team, had achieved the double time trial / road race during the 2022 French Championships in Cholet at the end of June.
On September 13, the French Cycling Federation (FFC) announced that Cordon-Ragot had given up on competing in the time trial for the next world championships, scheduled for Australia (September 18-25) “for medical reasons“, without giving more details, before formalizing his package two days later also for the online race. Cordon-Ragot will be replaced by Jade Wiel for the scheduled road race in Wollongong, near Sydney, on September 24.