Célia Gery has commented publicly for the first time since being accused of foul play by Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney at the Tour de France Femmes, saying "it was really difficult to go through".
The French champion, teammate of eventual winner Demi Vollering, was confronted by their chief rival, Niewiadoma-Phinney after stage 8, with the Canyon-SRAM racer accusing Gery of 'blocking' her at a key moment in the finale.
