Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (born 10 February 1992) is a French multi-discipline
bicycle racer
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling ...
, who rides for UCI Elite Mountain Bike team BMC MTB Racing in
cross-country cycling
Cross-country (XC) cycling is a discipline of mountain biking. Cross-country cycling became an Olympic sport in 1996 and is the only form of mountain biking practiced at the Olympics.
Terrain
Cross-country cycling is defined by the terrain on w ...
. and has signed for Ineos Grenadiers for 2023. Ferrand-Prévot has also competed in
road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional sport, professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and ...
and
cyclo-cross during her career, winning the world title in each discipline. During the 2015 season, aged just 23, she became the first person ever – in the history of cycling – to simultaneously hold the World road title, World cyclo-cross title and World cross-country mountain bike title.
Ferrand-Prévot is an elite world champion and national champion across the various disciplines in which she competes. She was the youngest competitor in the
Women's road race at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, in which she finished eighth.
Career
2009–2010: Triple Junior World Champion
In July 2009, Ferrand-Prévot took part in the
European Road Championships
The European Road Cycling Championships are the set of European championship events for the various disciplines and distances in road cycling and have been regulated by the European Cycling Union since 1995. The championships are for under-23, j ...
as a first year junior, where she narrowly won the Junior European time trial title ahead of Ukrainian
Hanna Solovey
Hanna Solovey ( uk, Ганна Соловей; born 31 January 1992) is a Ukrainian road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for Ukrainian amateur team .
Career
Born in Luhansk, Solovey was banned in 2011 for 2 years after testing posit ...
. Four days later she placed third in the road race. Later in the same month, she won the junior European cross country championships, taking her second European title in less than 10 days in two different disciplines. She then participated in the World Junior Championships, winning silver in the time trial behind Hanna Solovey. In late August Ferrand-Prévot won both National Road titles in the junior category. In September, she won her first world title at the World cross country championship, whilst in October, she won the junior
Chrono des Nations
Chrono des Nations – Les Herbiers Vendée is a single-day individual time trial road bicycle race held annually in October in Les Herbiers, Vendée, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
It was orig ...
.
Ferrand-Prévot began her 2010 season competing in cyclo-cross. For women, there is no junior category which meant that she had to compete with the elite athletes. She came eighth in the World Cyclo-cross championships, more than two minutes behind future teammate
Marianne Vos
Marianne Vos (; born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch multi-discipline cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .
After winning a junior European and World Championship in road racing, she continued her success in senior cycling by becomin ...
. After the cyclo-cross season, she was victorious at the City of Pujols road race, one of the constituent rounds of the Coupe de France, and would go on to top the final ranking in the Coupe de France for juniors. Further, she won a stage of the Circuit de Borsele junior, finishing fourth overall. She competed in the junior mountain bike World Cup, winning the Offenburg round and finished second in the Houffalize round. In mid-July, at the European Championships, Ferrand-Prévot had to settle for silver in both the time trial and road race. Ferrand-Prévot then competed in the junior World road race Championships in
Offida
Offida () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Italian region Marche, located about south of Ancona and about northeast of Ascoli Piceno, on a rocky spur between the valleys of the Tesino (from north) and Tro ...
, Italy finishing second in the time trial. She retained her junior national road titles. In September she defended successfully the junior Mountain bike world championships in MTB at
Mont-Sainte-Anne
Mont-Sainte-Anne is a ski resort in Eastern Canada, eastern Canada, located in the town of Beaupré, Quebec, about northeast of Quebec City. The mountain is part of the Laurentian Mountains, Laurentian mountain chain and has a summit elevation o ...
in
Canada
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, becoming the second rider after
Nicole Cooke
Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE (born 13 April 1983) is a Welsh former professional road bicycle racer and Commonwealth, Olympic and World road race champion. At Beijing in 2008 she became the first British woman to win a Gold Olympic medal in an ...
to hold both World Championship titles in the same year on the road and in mountain biking.
2011–2013: The first professional years
Ferrand-Prévot began the 2011 season with a second place in the national cyclo-cross championships. In late January, she took eighth in the World Championship cyclo-cross. She was then selected to participate in the
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio for the French national road team, the first round of the 2011
UCI Women's Road World Cup
The UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup was a season-long road bicycle competition for women organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale between 1998–2015. This competition consisted of a series (which has varied from 6 to 12 events) of rac ...
achieving ninth place. After a fourth place in Halle-Buizingen, she finished seventh in the women's
La Flèche Wallonne
La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium.
The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...
atop the
Mur de Huy
The Mur de Huy ( en, Wall of Huy) is a high hill located in Huy, Wallonia, Belgium. It is also known as ''le Chemin des Chapelles'' ( en, The Path of the Chapels) because of the seven chapels along its route. This climb is famous for being part ...
. In May, she went on to participate in two rounds of the UCI Under-23 MTB World Cup taking victory in both rounds. Ferrand-Prévot stated in mid-May that she would continue to ride in both disciplines for at least two more seasons. After a victory in the Coupe de France she participated in the two North American rounds of the Under-23 MTB World Cup winning both rounds again.
In July one year ahead of the
London Olympics, she finished fifth in the pre-Olympic race. She then abandoned the MTB European championship. In August, after taking second place in the
Val di Sole
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round of the Under-23 MTB World cup, she was crowned the overall winner. In November Ferrand-Prévot won the bronze medal at the European Cyclo-cross championships. In late November, announced they had signed her for the 2012 and 2013 seasons.
In April 2012, Ferrand-Prévot achieved her first podium in the MTB World Cup, during the second round in Houffalize. She was then selected for the Olympic Mountain bike test event. In June, at
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (; former nl, Sint-Amands-aan-de-Skarpe, link=no) is a commune in the Nord department, northern France. It lies on the river Scarpe, 12 km northwest of Valenciennes. In French, the town people are named ''Amandinois ...
, she won her first elite national time trial championship, completing the loop in 36 minutes and 55 seconds, beating
Audrey Cordon-Ragot
Audrey Cordon-Ragot (née Cordon; born 22 September 1989) is a French road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Career
She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, but finished over the time limit. In th ...
by 17 seconds. She also won the Under-23 title. In July, she finished fourth in the elite national Mountain Bike championships but won the Under-23 title.
2014: The career year
Early in the season, Ferrand-Prévot won her first elite national cyclo-cross title. In late March, she finished fifth at the
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio. In April she won the
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine is a professional women's bicycle road race held each year in Wallonia, Belgium, in April. It is part of the UCI Women's World Tour, cycling's season-long competition of top-tier races, in which it is the third-old ...
ahead of
Lizzie Armitstead
Elizabeth Mary Deignan (née Armitstead; born 18 December 1988) is an English professional world champion track and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She was the 2015 World road race champion.
Deignan is ...
and
Elisa Longo Borghini
Elisa Longo Borghini (born 10 December 1991) is an Italian professional road cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .
During her career, Longo Borghini has won two bronze medals in the road race at the Summer Olympic Games, taking third- ...
. In July, Ferrand-Prévot came second in the
Giro Rosa just 15 seconds behind teammate
Marianne Vos
Marianne Vos (; born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch multi-discipline cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .
After winning a junior European and World Championship in road racing, she continued her success in senior cycling by becomin ...
becoming the second French woman to reach the podium of the
Giro Rosa after the
Catherine Marsal
Catherine Marsal (born 20 January 1971) is a French former racing cyclist. She has been World Champion four times and raced professionally around the world. At the age of 17 she was selected for the French Olympic Team for the first time. Since ...
victory in 1990. She later took the overall victory at the
Emakumeen Euskal Bira
The Emakumeen Euskal Bira was a women's cycling race held in the Basque Country, Spain. It was held annually from 1988 to 2019, starting out as a two-stage race and building up to five stages in 2007. One of these stages was always a double stag ...
, her first stage race win, while collecting two stage wins.
In July, Ferrand-Prévot became the first French cyclist to accumulate four national titles in a single season (road race, time trial, cyclo-cross and mountain bike). She also recorded two wins in the elite Mountain Bike World Cup and finally finished tenth overall in the Mountain Bike World Cup. After taking victory at the Under-23 European Cross-Country Championships, she won her first world title in the mixed relay.
Late in the road season, Ferrand-Prévot took part in the
Grand Prix de Plouay
The Bretagne Classic, also called Bretagne Classic Ouest–France, is an elite cycling classic held annually in late summer around the Breton village of Plouay in western France.
The race was originally named Grand–Prix de Plouay and, from 19 ...
, last round of the Road World Cup, taking 3rd place. She later finished sixth overall in the competition. In September, 19 years after
Jeannie Longo
Jeannie Longo (born 31 October 1958 in Annecy, Haute-Savoie) is a French racing cyclist, 25-time French champion and 13-time world champion. Longo began racing in 1975 and was active in cycling through 2012. She was once widely considered the b ...
won the fabled
rainbow jersey
The rainbow jersey is the distinctive jersey worn by the reigning world champion in a cycling discipline, since 1927. The jersey is predominantly white with five horizontal bands in the UCI colours around the chest. From the bottom up the c ...
, she became World Road Race champion in
Ponferrada
Ponferrada () is a city of Spain, located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Ponferrada, the second most populated municipality of the Province of León, is also the capital city of El Bierzo, the only ''comarca'' recognized as an ...
,
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
. Later in the season, she finished second in the Vélo d'or Français behind
Jean-Christophe Péraud
Jean-Christophe Péraud (born 22 May 1977) is a retired French cyclist who rode for and during his professional career. He was a member of the French team at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Career
Péraud was European cross-country champ ...
and ahead of track World Champion
François Pervis
François "Franck" Pervis (born 16 October 1984) is a French track cyclist. He is a former junior world champion in the team sprint and twice European under 23 champion, as well as a seven-time world champion and a holder of two world records. In ...
. Ferrand-Prévot was also selected "international cyclist of the year" by the American publication ''VeloNews''.
2015: World champion in cyclo-cross and cross-country
Ferrand-Prévot started the season off with retaining her national cyclo-cross championship. A week of ahead of the cyclo-cross world championships, she finished on the podium in the final race of the cyclo-cross World Cup in
Hoogerheide
Hoogerheide is a village in the municipality of Woensdrecht, North Brabant, Netherlands. The name "Hoogerheide" means "High Heath" in English. The Grand Prix Adri van der Poel cyclo-cross race is held annually in Hoogerheide.
The village was firs ...
. In January, she won the Cyclo-cross world title, ahead of
Sanne Cant
Sanne Cant (born 8 October 1990) is a Belgian Cycle sport, racing cyclist, who currently competes in cyclo-cross for UCI Cyclo-cross Team IKO–Crelan, and in road cycling for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's Continental Team . Cant's cousin Loes Se ...
and seven-time champion
Marianne Vos
Marianne Vos (; born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch multi-discipline cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .
After winning a junior European and World Championship in road racing, she continued her success in senior cycling by becomin ...
. She finished runner-up at the
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio behind
Lizzie Armitstead
Elizabeth Mary Deignan (née Armitstead; born 18 December 1988) is an English professional world champion track and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She was the 2015 World road race champion.
Deignan is ...
. In June, Ferrand-Prévot announced she had been suffering from
sciatica
Sciatica is pain going down the leg from the lower back. This pain may go down the back, outside, or front of the leg. Onset is often sudden following activities like heavy lifting, though gradual onset may also occur. The pain is often described ...
which had ruined the start of her season. She returned to competition in the French national road race championships retaining her road title but only finishing third in the time trial. At the
Giro Rosa, she finished ninth in the prologue but lost nearly two minutes on the leaders after the second stage. Winner of Stage 5 at Aprica, she finished 6th overall.
In August, Ferrand-Prévot started her mountain bike season with the goal of achieving a third world title in three different disciplines. She finished third in the Mont-Sainte-Anne round of World Cup and won the
Windham round by more than a minute. On the road, she suffered a fall in the last kilometer of
La Course by Le Tour de France
La Course by Le Tour de France was an elite women's professional road bicycle race held in France. First held in 2014 as a one-day race on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, it has been part of the UCI Women's WorldTour since 2016 as a one or two ...
as she did in 2014, but then went on to come third again at the
Grand Prix de Plouay
The Bretagne Classic, also called Bretagne Classic Ouest–France, is an elite cycling classic held annually in late summer around the Breton village of Plouay in western France.
The race was originally named Grand–Prix de Plouay and, from 19 ...
.
In the World mountain biking championship, she retained her mixed relay title (with Jordan Sarrou, Anthony Phillip and Victor Koretzky) and then added the World cross-country title.
In late November 2015 Ferrand-Prévot acquired a
tibial plateau fracture
A tibial plateau fracture is a break of the upper part of the tibia (shinbone) that involves the knee joint. Symptoms include pain, swelling, and a decreased ability to move the knee. People are generally unable to walk. Complication may include ...
during training, forcing her to refrain from racing for at least six weeks and miss most of the 2015–2016 cyclocross season.
2016
Ferrand-Prévot endured a difficult 2016 season. She competed in the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
in
Rio de Janeiro
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, however she only finished 26th in the
road race and abandoned the
cross-country mountain bike race due to struggling with the effects of the tibial fracture she had sustained during the winter. She subsequently ended her season after the Games. In September 2016, after five years with the Rabobank team it was announced that Ferrand-Prévot would join for the 2017 season.
2018
She was on the start list of the Cross Country European Championships in
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
and finished 2nd behind
Jolanda Neff
Jolanda Neff (born 5 January 1993) is a Swiss cyclist, who primarily rides in the cross-country cycling and cyclo-cross disciplines, for the Trek Factory Racing team. She won the gold medal in the women's cross-country event at the 2020 Summer ...
.
Personal life
Ferrand-Prévot comes from a cycling family; her uncle Ludovic Dubau was 1994 French champion in cross-country mountain biking and
competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Career achievements
Major championships timeline
Cyclo-cross
;2009–2010
: Coupe de France
::2nd Saint-Quentin
::3rd Besançon
: 3rd
National Championships
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...
;2010–2011
: 2nd
National Championships
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: Coupe de France
::2nd Saint-Jean-de-Monts
::3rd Saverne
::3rd Miramas
;2011–
2012
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: 1st Overall Coupe la France
::1st Rodez
::2nd Lignières-en-Berry
::3rd Besançon
: 2nd
National Championships
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:
Superprestige
::2nd
Hamme
: 3rd
UEC European Championships
;2012–2013
: 1st Overall Coupe de France
::1st Pontchâteau
::2nd Besançon
: 2nd
National Championships
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...
;2013–
2014
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: 1st
National Championships
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...
: Coupe de France
::1st Flamanville
: 2nd
Kalmthout
Kalmthout () is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the villages of Kalmthout, Achterbroek, Heide, and Nieuwmoer. In 2021, Kalmthout had a population of 19,020. The total area is .
In addition to Kalmth ...
;2014–2015
: 1st
UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
: 1st
National Championships
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...
:
Superprestige
::2nd
Diegem
Diegem is a town in the municipality of Machelen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.
Its gothic church, inaugurated in 1543, in the centre of town, has a conspicuous tiered spire.
The town is served by Diegem railway station, which is situated on the ...
: 2nd
Overijse
Overijse () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, Belgium. It is a suburb of the wider Brussels metropolitan area. The municipality comprises the town of Overijse, and the communities of Eizer, Maleizen, Jezus-Eik, T ...
: 2nd
Hasselt
Hasselt (, , ; la, Hasseletum, Hasselatum) is a Belgian city and municipality, and capital and largest city of the province of Limburg in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is known for its former branding as "the city of taste", as well as its ...
:
UCI World Cup
::3rd
Heusden-Zolder
Heusden-Zolder (; li, Heuze-Zolder ) is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian Limburg (Belgium), province of Limburg near Hasselt. On 1 January 2006 Heusden-Zolder had a total population of 30,769. The total ar ...
::3rd
Hoogerheide
Hoogerheide is a village in the municipality of Woensdrecht, North Brabant, Netherlands. The name "Hoogerheide" means "High Heath" in English. The Grand Prix Adri van der Poel cyclo-cross race is held annually in Hoogerheide.
The village was firs ...
;2017–2018
: 1st
National Championships
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...
: 1st
Overijse
Overijse () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, Belgium. It is a suburb of the wider Brussels metropolitan area. The municipality comprises the town of Overijse, and the communities of Eizer, Maleizen, Jezus-Eik, T ...
:
Superprestige
::2nd
Diegem
Diegem is a town in the municipality of Machelen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.
Its gothic church, inaugurated in 1543, in the centre of town, has a conspicuous tiered spire.
The town is served by Diegem railway station, which is situated on the ...
:
UCI World Cup
::3rd
Nommay
UCI World Cup results
Gravel
;2022
: 1st
UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
Mountain Bike
;2009
: 1st
Cross-country,
UCI World Junior Championships
: 1st
Cross-country,
UEC European Junior Championships
: 3rd Cross-country,
National Junior Championships
;2010
: 1st
Cross-country,
UCI World Junior Championships
: UCI Junior XCO World Cup
::1st Offenburg
::2nd Houffalize
;2011
: 1st
Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
::1st Dalby Forest
::1st Offenburg
::1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
::1st Windham
::2nd Val di Sole
::3rd Nové Město
: 3rd
Cross-country,
UCI World Under-23 Championships
;
2012
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: 1st
Cross-country,
National Under-23 Championships
;2013
: 1st
Cross-country,
National Under-23 Championships
: 1st Saint-Pompon
: 2nd
Cross-country,
UCI World Under-23 Championships
: 2nd Cross-country,
National Championships
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...
;
2014
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: 1st
Team relay,
UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
: 1st
Cross-country,
UEC European Under-23 Championships
: 1st
Cross-country,
National Championships
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...
: 1st
Cross-country,
National Under-23 Championships
:
UCI XCO World Cup
::1st
Nové Město
::1st
Albstadt
Albstadt () is the largest city in the district of Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the Swabian Jura mountains, about halfway between Stuttgart and Lake Constance.
Geography
Albstadt is spread across a variety of ...
::3rd
Méribel
Méribel () is a ski resort in the Tarentaise Valley in the French Alps. Méribel refers to three neighbouring villages in the Les Allues commune of the Savoie department of France, near the town of Moûtiers (), called Méribel Centre, Méribel ...
: 1st Lons-le-Saunier
;2015
:
UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
::1st
Cross-country
::1st
Team relay
: 1st
Cross-country,
National Championships
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...
:
UCI XCO World Cup
::1st
Windham
::3rd
Nové Město
::3rd
Mont-Sainte-Anne
Mont-Sainte-Anne is a ski resort in Eastern Canada, eastern Canada, located in the town of Beaupré, Quebec, about northeast of Quebec City. The mountain is part of the Laurentian Mountains, Laurentian mountain chain and has a summit elevation o ...
: 1st Saint-Pompon
;2016
: 1st
Team relay,
UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
: 1st
Cross-country,
National Championships
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...
;2017
: 1st
Roc d'Azur
Roc d'Azur is an annual mountain biking event held in Fréjus and Roquebrune-sur-Argens, France during October. It consists of a trade show
A trade fair, also known as trade show, trade exhibition, or trade exposition, is an exhibition organ ...
:
UCI XCO World Cup
::2nd
Mont-Sainte-Anne
Mont-Sainte-Anne is a ski resort in Eastern Canada, eastern Canada, located in the town of Beaupré, Quebec, about northeast of Quebec City. The mountain is part of the Laurentian Mountains, Laurentian mountain chain and has a summit elevation o ...
:
UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
::3rd
Cross-country
::3rd
Team relay
;2018
: 2nd
Cross-country,
UEC European Championships
:
UCI XCO World Cup
::2nd
::3rd
Nové Město
:
UCI XCC World Cup
::2nd
Nové Město
;2019
:
UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
::1st
Cross-country
::1st
Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...
: 1st
Cross-country,
National Championships
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...
:
UCI XCO World Cup
::1st
Val di Sole
Val may refer to: Val-a
Film
* ''Val'' (film), an American documentary about Val Kilmer, directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo
Military equipment
* Aichi D3A, a Japanese World War II dive bomber codenamed "Val" by the Allies
* AS Val, a Sov ...
::1st
Snowshoe
Snowshoes are specialized outdoor gear for walking over snow. Their large footprint spreads the user's weight out and allows them to travel largely on top of rather than through snow. Adjustable bindings attach them to appropriate winter footwe ...
::3rd
Lenzerheide
Lenzerheide ( Romansh: ''Lai'') is a mountain resort in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland at the foot of the Parpaner Rothorn. The village lies in the municipality Vaz/Obervaz in the district of Albula, sub-district Alvaschein.
The vil ...
:
UCI XCC World Cup
::1st
Lenzerheide
Lenzerheide ( Romansh: ''Lai'') is a mountain resort in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland at the foot of the Parpaner Rothorn. The village lies in the municipality Vaz/Obervaz in the district of Albula, sub-district Alvaschein.
The vil ...
::2nd
Les Gets
Les Gets () is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
The village's first single-person chair lift was opened in 1938 with the first chair lift on Mont Chéry in 1954.
Geography
L ...
::2nd
Snowshoe
Snowshoes are specialized outdoor gear for walking over snow. Their large footprint spreads the user's weight out and allows them to travel largely on top of rather than through snow. Adjustable bindings attach them to appropriate winter footwe ...
::3rd
Val di Sole
Val may refer to: Val-a
Film
* ''Val'' (film), an American documentary about Val Kilmer, directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo
Military equipment
* Aichi D3A, a Japanese World War II dive bomber codenamed "Val" by the Allies
* AS Val, a Sov ...
: Internazionali d’Italia Series
::2nd
La Thuile
: French Cup
::3rd
Jeumont
Jeumont () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It lies on the Belgian border and on the river Sambre, adjacent to the Belgian town Erquelinnes. It is part of the agglomeration (''unité urbaine'') of Maubeuge.
Population
E ...
: Swiss Bike Cup
::3rd
Leukerbad
Leukerbad (french: Loèche-les-Bains, Walliser German: ''Leiggerbad'', although locally known as ''Baadu'') is a municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
History
The story of Leukerbad dates back to the 4th ...
;2020
: 1st
Cross-country,
UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
: 1st
Cross-country,
UEC European Championships
: 1st
Overall
UCI XCO World Cup
::1st
Nové Město #2
::3rd
Nové Město #1
:
UCI XCC World Cup
::2nd
Nové Město #1
::2nd
Nové Město #2
: 3rd Marathon,
National Championships
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...
;2021
: 1st
Cross-country,
UEC European Championships
:
UCI XCC World Cup
::1st
Albstadt
Albstadt () is the largest city in the district of Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the Swabian Jura mountains, about halfway between Stuttgart and Lake Constance.
Geography
Albstadt is spread across a variety of ...
::1st
Les Gets
Les Gets () is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
The village's first single-person chair lift was opened in 1938 with the first chair lift on Mont Chéry in 1954.
Geography
L ...
: 2nd Cross-country,
National Championships
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...
:
UCI XCO World Cup
::2nd
Albstadt
Albstadt () is the largest city in the district of Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the Swabian Jura mountains, about halfway between Stuttgart and Lake Constance.
Geography
Albstadt is spread across a variety of ...
: French Cup
::2nd
Lons-le-Saunier
Lons-le-Saunier () is a Communes of France, commune and capital of the Jura (department), Jura Department, eastern France.
Geography
The town is in the heart of the Revermont region, at the foot of the first plateau of the Jura massif. The Jur ...
: Internazionali d’Italia Series
::2nd
Nalles
: 3rd
Short track,
UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
: Swiss Bike Cup
::3rd
Leukerbad
Leukerbad (french: Loèche-les-Bains, Walliser German: ''Leiggerbad'', although locally known as ''Baadu'') is a municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
History
The story of Leukerbad dates back to the 4th ...
;2022
:
UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
::1st
Cross-country
::1st
Short track
::1st
Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...
:
National Championships
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...
::1st
Short track
::2nd Cross-country
::2nd Marathon
:
UCI XCO World Cup
::1st
Val di Sole
Val may refer to: Val-a
Film
* ''Val'' (film), an American documentary about Val Kilmer, directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo
Military equipment
* Aichi D3A, a Japanese World War II dive bomber codenamed "Val" by the Allies
* AS Val, a Sov ...
:
UCI XCC World Cup
::1st
Petropolis
::1st
Val di Sole
Val may refer to: Val-a
Film
* ''Val'' (film), an American documentary about Val Kilmer, directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo
Military equipment
* Aichi D3A, a Japanese World War II dive bomber codenamed "Val" by the Allies
* AS Val, a Sov ...
::2nd
Albstadt
Albstadt () is the largest city in the district of Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the Swabian Jura mountains, about halfway between Stuttgart and Lake Constance.
Geography
Albstadt is spread across a variety of ...
: 1st
Roc d'Azur
Roc d'Azur is an annual mountain biking event held in Fréjus and Roquebrune-sur-Argens, France during October. It consists of a trade show
A trade fair, also known as trade show, trade exhibition, or trade exposition, is an exhibition organ ...
: 2nd
Cross-country,
UEC European Championships
: French Cup
::2nd
Le Dévoluy
: 3rd Overall
Cape Epic (with
Robyn de Groot)
UCI World Cup results
Road
;2009
:
UEC European Junior Championships
::1st
Time trial
::3rd
Road race
: National Junior Championships
::1st
Road race
::1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
:
UCI World Junior Championships
::2nd
Road race
::2nd
Time trial
;2010
: UCI World Junior Championships
::1st
Road race
::2nd
Time trial
: National Junior Championships
::1st
Road race
::1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
:
UEC European Junior Championships
::2nd
Road race
::2nd
Time trial
;2011
: 4th
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Championships
: 4th
Halle-Buizingen
: 5th
Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
The Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs formerly known as the Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs is an international women's road bicycle race held in Garnich, Luxembourg. Since 2008 this event is on the UCI women's elite cycle racing ...
: 5th Grand Prix Nicolas Frantz
: 7th
La Flèche Wallonne
La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium.
The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...
: 9th
Trofeo Alfredo Binda
;
2012
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: 1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Championships
: 1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Under-23 Championships
: 1st
Sprints classification,
Holland Ladies Tour
The Holland Ladies Tourhttp://www.hollandladiestour.nl/ Official site is a women's elite professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in September since 1998 in the Netherlands. It's a tour with 6 or 7 stages. For sponsorship reasons ...
: 2nd
Omloop van het Hageland
The Omloop van het Hageland (Tielt-Winge) is an elite women's professional road bicycle race held since 2007 in Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europ ...
: 5th
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Northwestern Europe, and ...
: 7th
Trofeo Alfredo Binda
: 7th
7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
The 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg ( en, 7-villages circuit Aalburg; also known as the Rabobank 7-Dorpenomloop van Aalburg due to sponsorship reasons and the Dorpenomloop Wijk en Aalburg) was an elite women's road bicycle race held in and around Aalburg, ...
: 8th Overall
Festival Luxembourgeois Elsy Jacobs
: 8th
Road race,
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
: 10th
Ronde van Drenthe
Ronde van Drenthe ( en, Tour of Drenthe) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union. Since 1998 there is also a women's event, kn ...
: 10th
Holland Hills Classic
;2013
: 1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Championships
: 1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Under-23 Championships
: 2nd
Team time trial
A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events).
The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...
,
UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
: 3rd Dwars door de Westhoek
: 4th
Grand Prix Leende
Grand Prix Leende or GP Leende is an elite women's road bicycle race held annually since 2012 in Leende, Netherlands. The time trial is together with the time trial at the Omloop van Borsele
Omloop van Borsele ("Circuit of Borsele") is an elite ...
: 8th Overall
La Route de France
The Route de France Féminine is a women's cycle race.
First held in 2006, it was rated 2.2 by the UCI for the 2006 and 2007 edition, and 2.1 since. The race was cancelled in 2011, but returned the next year.
With the ending of the Grande Bouc ...
::1st
Young rider classification
;
2014
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: 1st
Road race,
UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
: National Championships
::1st
Road race
::1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
: National Under-23 Championships
::1st
Road race
::1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
: 1st
Overall
Emakumeen Euskal Bira
The Emakumeen Euskal Bira was a women's cycling race held in the Basque Country, Spain. It was held annually from 1988 to 2019, starting out as a two-stage race and building up to five stages in 2007. One of these stages was always a double stag ...
::1st Stages 1 & 3
: 1st
La Flèche Wallonne
La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium.
The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...
: 2nd Overall
Giro Rosa
::1st
Young rider classification
: 3rd
GP de Plouay
Gp or GP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Gaming
* Gameplanet (New Zealand), a New Zealand video game community
* GamePolitics.com, a blog about the politics of computer and video games
* ''GamePro'', a monthly video game magazine
* ...
: 5th Overall
Festival Luxembourgeois Elsy Jacobs
::1st
Mountains classification
::1st
Young rider classification
: 5th
Trofeo Alfredo Binda
: 6th
EPZ Omloop van Borsele
Omloop van Borsele ("Circuit of Borsele") is an elite women's professional road bicycle race held annually since 2002 in Borsele, Netherlands. Since 2012
File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa ...
;2015
: National Championships
::1st
Road race
::3rd
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
: 2nd
Trofeo Alfredo Binda
: 3rd
GP de Plouay
Gp or GP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Gaming
* Gameplanet (New Zealand), a New Zealand video game community
* GamePolitics.com, a blog about the politics of computer and video games
* ''GamePro'', a monthly video game magazine
* ...
: 5th Overall
Festival Luxembourgeois Elsy Jacobs
: 6th
Road race,
UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
: 6th Overall
Giro Rosa
::1st Stage 5
: 7th
Tour of Flanders
The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and organi ...
: 8th
La Flèche Wallonne
La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium.
The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...
;2016
: 4th
Pajot Hills Classic
: 8th
Tour of Flanders
The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and organi ...
;2017
: 2nd
GP de Plouay
Gp or GP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Gaming
* Gameplanet (New Zealand), a New Zealand video game community
* GamePolitics.com, a blog about the politics of computer and video games
* ''GamePro'', a monthly video game magazine
* ...
: 8th
Amstel Gold Race
The Amstel Gold Race is an annual one-day classic road cycling race held in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It traditionally marks the turning point of the spring classics, with the climbers and stage racers replacing the cobbled classics r ...
;2018
: 6th
Trofeo Alfredo Binda
: 7th
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Monuments'' of the European professional r ...
: 9th Overall
Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
The Setmana Ciclista Valenciana is an annual professional road bicycle race
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, i ...
: 9th Overall
The Women's Tour
The Women's Tour is a women's cycle stage race held in England and Wales, as part of the UCI Women's World Tour. The race is organised by SweetSpot, the company behind the men's Tour of Britain.
History
Its origins trace back to 2010 whe ...
;2021
: 5th
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Championships
Awards
*''Velo magazine'' – International Cyclist of the year: 2014
*French Sportswoman of the Year: 2014,
2015, 2020
References
External links
*
*
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1992 births
Living people
French female cyclists
Olympic cyclists of France
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Reims
UCI Road World Champions (women)
Cross-country mountain bikers
UCI Mountain Bike World Champions (women)
Université Savoie-Mont Blanc alumni
UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions (women)
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Grand Est
UCI Gravel World Champions (women)