Stars of the World Cycling Championships: Pauline Ferrand-Prévot

The Frenchwoman was the superwoman of cycling when there was no such thing as a super world championship: in September 2015, she achieved an unprecedented success. She simultaneously held the World Championship titles in mountain bike cross-country, road racing and cyclocross - the only woman to do so to date. A man has never won all three titles. In 2022, the Frenchwoman achieved an unprecedented feat by winning the UCI Gravel World Championships and the titles at the Mountain Bike World Championships in Les Gets a similar feat in short track, cross country and the marathon.

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot: cross-discipline bike star

In the meantime, the 31-year-old has almost completely returned to off-road disciplines - she hardly ever competes in road races at the moment. But that could change: "I originally come from road cycling," she says. "Of course I would like to return to the road one day. Not now, but after the Olympic Games in Paris."

Like Tom Pidcock, Ferrand-Prévot is part of a cross-disciplinary project for the Ineos Grenadiers road cycling team. Finally, Pinarello, the bike sponsor of the British world-class team, has developed and launched a mountain bike again after a long break: the Pinarello Dogma XC.

>> More info on the bike from Ferrand-Prévot and Pidcock

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot should be on your radar here: Women's Mountain Bike Cross Country (12 August)