- Ferrand-Prévôt is first French winner of women’s race
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France’s Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt overcame sickness and a crash to win the Paris-Roubaix women’s race for the first time on Saturday.
The 33-year-old delivered a well-timed solo breakaway, added the prestigious and gruelling Spring classic to her Olympic mountain bike gold medal at the Paris Games last year and the 2014 world road race title.
“It could be my best win ever,” Ferrand-Prévôt said.“I’m super happy but I don’t realise it yet. I was sick the last couple of days, so I was not sure this morning if I was going to participate. It’s good that finally I took the start.
