Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (France) claimed a crushing victory in the elite women’s cross country race at the Mountain Bike World Championships, taking gold ahead of her compatriot Loana Lecomte.
Already winner of the short track event earlier in the week, Ferrand-Prévot completed the double with consummate ease, catching and passing Lecomte on the second lap and stretching out her advantage inexorably thereafter.
It was Ferrand-Prévot’s second successive short track-cross country double at the Worlds, and it was her fifth XCC world title in total after previous triumphs in 2015, 2019, 2020 and 2022.
Lecomte came home in second, 1:14 behind Ferrand-Prévot, while Puck Pieterse (Netherlands) overcame Mona Mitterwallner (Austria) in a gripping duel for the bronze medal.
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