Loana Lecomte (born 8 August 1999) is a French cross-country and mountain bike cyclist.

Career

In her first season as a junior in 2016, Lecomte became French champion and won several races of the Coupe de France de VTT. In her second season as a junior, she won silver in cross country at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the UEC Mountain Bike European Championships.[1] After moving to the U23, she was once again on the podium at the World and European Championships in 2019.[2] In 2020, Lecomte raced, and won, her first World Cup race as an elite and then went on to claim world and European championship titles with victory in the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships – Team relay at the 2020 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Leogang and the U-23 race at the European Mountain Bike Championships in Monteceneri.[3][4]

She followed this up when on 16 May 2021 Lecomte won her second consecutive UCI Mountain Bike World Cup race after victories in Albstadt and Nové Město.[5][6]

In 2022 Lecomte won gold at the 2022 European Mountain Bike Championships.[7] In 2023, she finished runner-up to compatriot Pauline Ferrand-Prévot at the 2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in the XCO.[8] At the championships she was also part of the French team that won silver in the relay event, alongside Jordan Sarrou, Line Burquier, Anais Moulin, Adrian Boichis and Julien Hémon.[9]

Lecomte competed in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, where she suffered an injury during the Mountain Bike Cross Country final and was unable to finish the race.

After three years with Canyon CLLCTV, Lecomte joined BMC Factory Racing for the 2025 season.[10]

Major results

2016
1st Cross-country, National Junior Championships
2017
1st Cross-country, National Junior Championships
2nd Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships
2nd Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships
2019
1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
UCI World Championships
3rd Team relay
3rd Under-23 Cross-country
3rd Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2020
UCI World Championships
1st Team relay
1st Under-23 Cross-country
UEC European Championships
1st Under-23 Cross-country
2nd Team relay
1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
1st Nové Město I
3rd Nové Město II
2nd Cross-country, National Championships
Swiss Bike Cup
3rd Leukerbad
French Cup
3rd Alpe d'Huez
2021
1st Cross-country, National Championships
1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup
1st Albstadt
1st Nové Město
1st Leogang
1st Les Gets
French Cup
1st Lons-le-Saunier
Internazionali d’Italia Series
1st Nalles
2022
1st Cross-country, UEC European Championships
1st Cross-country, National Championships
UCI XCO World Cup
1st Leogang
1st Lenzerheide
2nd Val di Sole
3rd Petropolis
UCI XCC World Cup
1st Leogang
2nd Val di Sole
French Cup
1st Le Bessat
1st Le Dévoluy
2023
1st Cross-country, National Championships
2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
1st Lenzerheide
1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
2nd Snowshoe
3rd Nové Město
4th Vallnord
XCO French Cup
1st Marseille–Luminy
1st Lons-le-Saunier
UCI World Championships
2nd Cross-country
2nd Team relay
UCI XCC World Cup
2nd Mont-Sainte-Anne
5th Cross-country, UEC European Championships
2024
National Championships
1st Cross-country
1st Short track
XCO French Cup
1st Ussel
XCC French Cup
1st Marseille
UCI XCO World Cup
1st Crans-Montana
1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
4th Val di Sole
4th Lake Placid
UCI XCC World Cup
2nd Mont-Sainte-Anne
4th Crans-Montana
4th Lake Placid
5th Cross-country, UCI World Championships

References

  1. ^ "Loana Lecomte". MTBCrossCountry.com.
  2. ^ "rad-net.de – Content". www.rad-net.de.
  3. ^ "Meet Loana Lecomte, 2020's breakout mountain biker of the year". 25 November 2020.
  4. ^ "rad-net.de – Content". www.rad-net.de.
  5. ^ "Loana Lecomte solos away to World Cup win". Canadian Cycling Magazine. 9 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Hayley Batten finishes second behind Loana Lecomte in Nové Město World Cup". 16 May 2021.
  7. ^ Poggi, Alessandro. "Loana Lecomte triumphs in rain-affected race to claim first senior European MTB crown". Olympics.com. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  8. ^ Simonovich, Ryan (12 August 2023). "World MTB Championships: Ferrand-Prévot does the double again in a French show of force". Escape Collective. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Cycling. MTB – Worlds – France in silver on the mixed relay, Switzerland in gold". euro.dayfr.com. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  10. ^ Moore, Sarah (9 January 2025). "Loana Lecomte Signs with BMC Factory Racing". Pinkbike. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loana_Lecomte
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