Pauline Ferrand-Prévot World Championships

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot's was born on February 10th, 1992, in France. Ferrand-Prevot's father owns a bicycle shop and his mother runs a cycling school. It was at this school that Ferrand-Prevot and your younger sister Axel began their cycling journey. He won the French Junior Championship at the age of 12. In 2011, Prevot became a professional cyclist as a teenager, after winning the national and continental titles.  

Ferrand-Prevot is a French multi-discipline professional cyclist who competes in mountain biking. Road cycling, cyclocross and gravel cycling. Ferrand-Prevot, the first person in cycling history to win the world road title, world cyclocross title and world cross country mountain bike title at the same time, aged just 23, during the 2015 season. He won the gold medal in the cross-country mountain biking event in 2024.  

 Triple Junior World Champion Title:  

Ferrand-Prevot competed in the European Road Championships as a junior, in July 2009, where he won the Junior European Time Trial title. Four days later he finished third in the cycling road race. Won his first world title at the World Cross Country Championships in September 2009.  

For the women's cyclocross championships, Ferrand-Prevot had to compete with elite athletes as there was no junior division. He finished eighth at the 2010 World Cyclocross Championships. In September 2010, he successfully defended the junior mountain bike world championship in MTB at Mont-Santani-Anne, Canada winning both the road and mountain biking world championship titles in the same year.  

Ferrand-Prevot won the bronze medal at the European Cyclocross Championships in November 2011. Then in late November, the Stitching Rabo women's cycling team announced that they had signed contracts with Foo and for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. In April 2012, Prevot achieved the podium at the MTP World Cup, during the second round in Haute Falaise. He was then selected for the Olympic Mountain bike test event.   

Ferrand-Prevot is a French cyclist who won four national titles in one season, road race, time trial, cyclo-cross and mountain bike titles. He won the world title in the mixed relay after winning the European Cross-Country Championships. Ferrand-Prevot was named “International Cyclist of the Year” by the American publication Velo News.   

World Champion Titles in Cyclo-Cross and Cross Country:  

In January 2015, Ferrand-Prevot won the cyclo-cross world title and in June, he announced that he was suffering from sciatica which had ruined the start of his season (sciatica is pain that goes from the lower back down the legs). Then in August, Ferrand-Prevot opened his mountain bike season in three different disciplines to win a third world title. He finished third in the Mont-Sainte-Anne round of the World Cup   

in late November 2015, Ferrand-Prevot suffered a tibial plateau fracture in one of his legs during training. A condition that required multiple surgeries and a great deal of physical and mental endurance forced him to stay away from wrestling for six weeks. Participated in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. However, he only finished 26th in the road race. He had to withdraw from the cross-country mountain bike race due to a tibial fracture. In September 2016, after five years with the Rabobank team, it was announced that Ferrand-Prevot would join Canyon-SRAM for the 2017 season. Ferrand-Prevot real experience in road racing was when he raced for Canyon //SRAM.   

Fleche Wallonne she won the French national championships in the road race and time trial, the four stage Emakuemeen Euskal, and the World Championships in Ponferrada, Spain in 2014 while she was with the Rabobank-Liv women's cycling team and this was her best year on the road. He finished second in the Giro D'Italia's GC and parent classifications and fourth in the QOM competition. The following year, Ferrand-Prevot finished 6th in the Prevot World Championship and retained his national road race title. For the next few years, he did very little road racing and by 2019, he was completely focused on mountain biking and cross racing.   

As of 2023, Ferrand-Prevot is INEOS Grenadiers only female racing player, while INEOS Grenadiers does not have a full women's team, but that may change soon. Ferrand-Prevete's contract with the INEOS Grenadiers expired at the end of the year, but INEOS has yet to field a women's team.  

 According to reports, Ferrand-Prevot is expected to stay with the INEOS team and lead the women's team. But if INEOS is to field a men's only team in the race, it is likely that in 2025, Ferrand-Prevot will be retooling. Most women's world Tour team INEOS has remained silent on Ferrand-Prevot's contract signing with the Grenadiers. But Spanish team Movistar has so far publicly denied signing the Ferrand-Prevot deal.  

The Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift: A monumental goal:     

The 2025 Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift promises a tough test of strength, skill and technique. The race will have nine stages with different stages crossing different terrains, starting in Brittany and ending in the Alps. Key stages include the ascent of the Col de Grenier, La Madeleine and the iconic Joux-Plane, which will aid in the general classification of the competition.    

Versatility and discipline could lead Ferrand-Prevot strategically on this tour. His technical skills on the climbs and descents combined with his years of mountain biking experience have helped him emerge as a key contender for the coveted yellow jersey. Ferrand-Prevot mental resilience and ability to perform under pressure will play a crucial role in meeting the demands of the competition.  

 A wider impact on women's cycling:  

 Ferrand-Prevot cycling Journey teaches us that even the most successful athletes need to constantly evolve in order to improve. An exciting chapter in Prevot's career is his return to road wrestling.   

The resurgence of the Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift and growing investment in the women's peloton have created opportunities for female athletes to shine on the world stage. In women's cycling, one of Prevot’s key decisions to inspire is her return to road racing. Despite the ultimate goal of winning the yellow jersey, Ferrand-Prevot's cycling journey will no doubt inspire women to pursue their own dreams in cycling. We wish Prevot the best of luck in the coming season.