Olympic MTB champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot returns to road racing at the Zurich World Championships
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Pauline Ferrand-Prévot will make her first competitive appearance on road in over three years at the World Championships in Zurich on September 28.
The French lady stopped competing on road in 2018, making a full switch to MTB with view to Tokyo 2020. Bar two appearances at the 2019 and 2021 Nationals, this will be the first international road competition for Ferrand-Prévot in more than six years.
Ferrand-Prévot signed off on her mountain bike career with silver in the cross-country short track event at the recent World Championships in Vallnord. The 32-year-old has been cross-country world champion on five occasions, but failed to even contest the medals on her last attempt in the lone Olympic discipline.
Signing for Visma | Lease a Bike for 2025, the 32-year-old dreams of winning her home Grand Tour - the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. The Zurich worlds will be a good test to see where she stands in road peloton before the winter preparation begins.
Ferrand-Prévot will be joined in the team by Juliette Labous, Cédrine Kerbaol, Marion Bunel and the FDJ-SUEZ trio of Évita Muzic, Léa Curinier and Jade Wiel.
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