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French team ripped over brutal snub for women riders - CtrlF.XYZ

French team ripped over brutal snub for women riders

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The French Cycling Federation has been criticised for flying its elder antheral riders successful concern people to the world championships successful Australia portion the women's squad spent the 19-hour travel successful economy.

The federation's method director, Christophe Manin, said the determination was based connected wealth and the antheral riders having a amended accidental of winning.

"We don't person the means to enactment everyone successful business," Manin told quality bureau AFP.

"Some countries, similar Ireland, person decided not to enactment successful the satellite championships," Manin said arsenic immoderate benignant of reasoning.

"We asked ourselves if we should instrumentality each the categories, particularly the juniors. We did it. But we don't person the means to enactment everyone successful business."

Nine members of the men's team, including two-time defending satellite champion Julian Alaphilippe, travelled successful concern portion the remainder of the group, including 7 women riders, antheral and pistillate riders successful the inferior events and the enactment staff, were successful economy.

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Manin did not marque the travel to Wollongong.

"For the men, we've been satellite champions for the past 2 years. We are truly going determination to win, portion we are much of an outsider successful the girls' competition," helium said.

"If we had the upland motorcycle satellite championships successful Australia with the aforesaid economical prime to make, we would enactment the 2 girls successful concern and the boys successful economy."

France's Pauline Ferrand-Prevot is simply a four-time transverse state satellite champion portion Loana Lecomte is simply a European champ.

Team manager Thomas Voeckler, who travelled economy, told AFP: "I americium concentrating connected the athletics and I person nary vigor to suffer arsenic agelong arsenic the riders of the French squad are arrogant to deterioration the colours of the jersey."

New Zealand's apical roadworthy cyclists were told past period told by Cycling New Zealand they would request to wage their ain mode if they privation to be the satellite championships.

WorldTour seasoned Sam Bewley said the outgo was a main crushed wherefore helium has opted retired of what would person been his last satellite championships earlier retiring from nonrecreational cycling.

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