Pauline Ferrand-Prevot

Friday's short track event in Albstadt made for a preview of the World Cup cross-country race Sunday.

For many riders, the race in Leukerbad serves as the unofficial season opener to the 2021 World Cup season.

Three-time cross-country world champion joins a new team with a renewed focus on the Olympics.

French multi-discipline star will leave Canyon-SRAM in 2021 as she focuses on ambitions at Olympic mountain bike race.

Mountain bike worlds turns 30 this year. We recall the original in Durango.

Frenchwoman defends title in Leogang having also taken rainbow jersey in 2015.

Multi-discipline star making the most of the sun, a spa and a swimming pool at home in south France.

The French star's road to Tokyo will require a detour after a painful condition has kicked up again, requiring new surgery

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot will scale back her racing program on the road in order to focus on mountain biking and cyclocross.

Prior to this past weekend's World Cup finals in Snowshoe, West Virginia, the United States hadn't hosted a stop on off-road cycling's premier series since 2015. The sport's top riders descended on Snowshoe to contest the series finals, and they were greeted by a fast and technical course. American riders shone throughout the weekend, with Kate Courtney winning the elite women's overall. Photographer Don Karle was there to capture the action.

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot overcame an early crash to win the UCI cross-country mountain bike title at Mont-Sainte-Anne.

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot was untouchable back in 2014 and 2015, but since then a mysterious ailment has held her back.

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Chris Case examines the field at this weekend's cyclocross worlds and outlines the top 10 favorites for gold.

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot escaped serious injury after she crashed heavily while battling for the podium on Sunday in Hoogerheide.

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The multi-discipline world champion departs Rabo – Liv for the German squad with a colorful kit.

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Triple world champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot opens up about her dismal 2016 season. She leaves the Rio Olympics with no results and disappointment.

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Pauline Ferrand-Prévot stands by her criticism of Lizzie Armitstead over missed anti-doping tests ahead of Rio Olympics.

Wednesday's Flèche Wallonne ends on the famed Mur de Huy, and the puncheurs of the peloton will be there fighting for a win.

After a long injury layoff, Marianne Vos returns to face a deeper women's peloton and more confident rivals. Oh, it's on.

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At one point in 2015, Pauline Ferrand-Prevot was the holder of three world titles — a feat never seen before in the sport of cycling.

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Reigning cyclocross world champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot injures her knee and will have to forgo the remainder of the season.

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot won three world titles in the last year in road cycling, cyclocross, and mountain biking. She's eyeing another one.

The cycling world will turn its attention to Richmond, Virginia starting this weekend at the UCI Road World Championships.

Ferrand-Prevot adds to road and cyclocross world titles with XC worlds victory, while Schurter nabs fourth career XC world championship win

World champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot won stage 5 of the Giro Rosa, as American Megan Guarnier kept her GC lead on an uphill finish.

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Flèche Wallonne organizers added a new climb near the finish of Wednesday's race, but the race could still be decided on the Mur de Huy

In the absence of five-time winner Vos, all eyes will be on world champ Ferrand-Prévot who faces challenges from several big names

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Lizzie Armitstead out-kicks the world road champion for the win and the World Cup lead

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Pauline Ferrand-Prevot said it felt strange to defeat friend and mentor Marianne Vos. But she told herself: “I’m not here to be second"

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The 2015 cyclocross world championships in Tabor may offer a rare opportunity to dethrone reigning women's champ Marianne Vos

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Whether she was astride a mountain bike, 'cross rig, or a road bike, Ferrand-Prévot was unstoppable in 2014, winning worlds and much more

A late-race error by Mathieu van der Poel on a heavy mud course opens the door for van Aert to ride alone to win

The world champ continued her winning ways in Diegem, taking the sixth round of the Superprestige series, four seconds ahead of Pauline Ferrand-Prévot

Marianne Vos wins the fifth round of the World Cup series, getting the better of Katerina Nash and teammate Pauline Ferrand-Prévot

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Tom Meeusen and Klaas Vantornout battle shoulder to shoulder on the final lap in Overijse, with the Telenet proving fastest at the finish

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As a lead group hesitates en route to the line, the race is lost, and Pauline Ferrand-Prevot surges in the final meters to take the victory

Global Cycling Network breaks down the list of favorites in the men's and women's elite road races in Ponferrada, Spain

The Rabo-Liv squad sweeps the podium in the final race, but Lizzie Armitstead collects the overall World Cup title

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Frenchwoman rides to victory at Flèche Wallonne with the support of the world champion

American Evelyn Stevens, the 2012 champion, finishes fourth at the annual race in Belgium