 Lecomte in 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 August 1999 Annecy, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Mountain bike | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Cross-country | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2014–2017 | Annecy Cyclisme Compétition | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017–2019 | Look Beaumes de Venise | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Massi Bikes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Canyon CLLCTV XCO Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Loana Lecomte (born 8 August 1999) is a French cross-country and mountain bike cyclist.
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]
Cross-country, National Junior Championships Cross-country, National Junior Championships 
Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships 
Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships 
Team relay Under-23 Cross-country
Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships 
Team relay Under-23 Cross-country
Under-23 Cross-country Team relay Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships Cross-country, National Championships 
Overall UCI XCO World Cup Cross-country, UEC European Championships Cross-country, National Championships Cross-country, National Championships Cross-country Team relay 
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