Pouring in the EF Education-Esypost training, Cédrine Kerbaol is shown in the niche to denounce a dangerous trend within the female peloton.
First Frenchwoman winner of a stage on the Tour de France last summer, Cédrine Kerbaol has been at the forefront since the start of the big female loop. Evidenced by his ninth place in the general classification, just over a minute from the yellow jersey, the Mauritian Kimberley Piennar Le Court.
But if Breton has been talked about since the start of the Tour de France, it is because of its cry of alarm pushed about certain drifts in female cyclists. “We are in a dangerous moment. There are many people who have won large races with a very light weight and, indirectly, the young girls who try to perform will take them for example ”she launched to start in the columns of Humanity.
The French time trial champion returned to her remarks on the Plateau de France Télévisions, explaining that she had launched with some of her teammates as well as health professionals an Instagram account named Feed_Powr (Fueling for Endurance, Energy, and Durability).
“It’s not normal”
“The goal is to achieve prevention and alert, and tell women that not have your rules, it is not normal, and that beyond fertility, there is also an impact on bones and a risk of extreme injuryshe said. Before being athletes, we are also women and our health account for now, but it counts for the future too. »»
“In recent years, it is very fashionable to count each gram on the plates. We must not fall into a form of dehumanization and infantilization ”,
she continued, adding: “With the Tour, we are in a moment of great visibility. Future cyclists see very skinny current stars thinking that this is normal. But it is not normal to have delusional bones at 20 years old. »»
And Cédrine Kerbaol’s voice bears all the more since she graduated in dietetics in parallel with her career as a professional cyclist.
