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6| Marianne VOS
Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike): “I would have preferred to win!”
Finishing a heart-breaking second by the finest of margins in the velodrome, Marianne Vos produced an epic performance at Paris-Roubaix Femmes Hauts-de-France, despite the recent loss of her father.
Vos stated post-race: “I tried to focus as much as possible on the race itself and of course with the team doing such an amazing job and then with Pauline (Ferrand-Prevot) doing such an amazing job, I tried to focus on the task I needed to do. It was fantastic to be there in the break with the two of us and with Franziska (Koch). She did some good attacks, so I knew...
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34| Franziska KOCH
Franziska Koch (FDJ United-Suez): “It’s like a dream”
Having taken the win at Paris-Roubaix Femmes Hauts-de-France in dramatic style by less than a wheel’s margin, 25 year-old German rider Franziska Koch commented: "It’s kind of hard to believe. I’ve been dreaming about it, I’ve been hoping that it would work out, but Roubaix is a race where everything can happen. In the end it worked out. It’s like a dream."
"We did a really good race with the team. The positioning was really key in the beginning - it’s like a war going into the cobbled sectors. We were fully committed and I managed...
Stage 1
1| Pauline FERRAND PREVOT
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot: "We can't be disappointed"
"We can't be disappointed after the last few weeks Marianne [Vos] has been through. We fought to the very end, we gave it our all. She would have loved to win today, we would have loved to win with her, but it's still a very good second place after what she's been through these past few weeks. Hats off to her."
"I wasn't scheduled to ride this race, but when I learned that her father had passed away, I asked the team to participate to help her. I spent quite a bit of time with the Vos family, so it was also a way of saying ‘goodbye’ to her dad, and of...
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