Paris Olympic MTB Test Event: Loana Lecomte solos to victory

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Frenchwoman beats Laura Stigger and world champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot

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French Loana Lecomte competes in the womens Elite Cross Country mountain biking test event at Elancourt Hill in Elancourt west of Paris on September 24 2023 Photo by Thomas SAMSON AFP Photo by THOMAS SAMSONAFP via Getty Images
Loana Lecomte wins teh elite women's cross country MTB Paris Olympic Test Event at Elancourt Hill in Elancourt west of Paris on September 24 2023 (Image credit: Getty Images)

Loana Lecomte (France) soloed to victory during the elite women's mountain bike cross-country race that served as the Olympic MTB Test Event held at Elancourt, west of Paris.

"My building up continues," wrote Ferrand-Prevot in a post on social media. "It was nice to experience racing on the Olympic track. I put my 100% of everything at Worlds, and now I’m just 'going with the flow'. My flow is not always flowing (can we say that?), but I’m happy to take another bronze after Andorra and Les Gets World Cups. More than this result, I’m super happy to have learned so many things from these last three days, and quite excited to start working on those things."

Alessandra Keller (Switzerland) was in contention for the victory, however, a flat tire bumped her out of the running in the final stages of the race and finished 30th.

Many of the riders lined up at the Olympic MTB Test Event outside of Paris so that they could get to know the circuit, which included a 2.2km starting loop and then the main 4.5km circuit.

Finishing further down among the top 10 were Haley Batten (USA), Sina Frei (Switzerland), Anne Terpstra (Netherlands), Jenny Risveds (Sweden), Evie Richards (Great Britain), Puck Pieterse (Netherlands), and Jennifer Jackson (Canada).

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