Loana Lecomte

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Loana Lecomte
Loana Lecomte (FRA) 2019.jpg
Lecomte in 2019
Personal information
Born (1999-08-08) 8 August 1999 (age 25)
Annecy, France
Team information
DisciplineMountain bike
RoleRider
Rider typeCross-country
Amateur team
2014–2017Annecy Cyclisme Compétition
Professional teams
2017–2019Look Beaumes de Venise
2019–2021Massi Bikes
2022–Canyon CLLCTV XCO Team
Major wins
Mountain bike
European XC Championships (2022)
National XC Championships (2021–2024)
XC World Cup (2021)
10 individual wins (20202024)
Medal record
Representing Flag of France.svg  France
Women's mountain bike racing
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Leogang Under-23 Cross-country
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2020 LeogangTeam relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Vallnord Team relay
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Munich Cross-country

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

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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.

Major results

2016
1st MaillotFra.PNG Cross-country, National Junior Championships
2017
1st MaillotFra.PNG Cross-country, National Junior Championships
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships
2019
1st MaillotFra.PNG Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
UCI World Championships
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Team relay
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Under-23 Cross-country
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2020
UCI World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team relay
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Under-23 Cross-country
UEC European Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Under-23 Cross-country
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Team relay
1st MaillotFra.PNG 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 MaillotFra.PNG Cross-country, National Championships
1st Jersey white.svg 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 European champion jersey 2016.svg Cross-country, UEC European Championships
1st MaillotFra.PNG 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 MaillotFra.PNG 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 Silver medal uci.svg Cross-country
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Team relay
UCI XCC World Cup
2nd Mont-Sainte-Anne
5th Cross-country, UEC European Championships
2024
National Championships
1st MaillotFra.PNG Cross-country
1st MaillotFra.PNG Short track
XCO French Cup
1st Ussel
XCC French Cup
1st Marseille
UCI XCO World Cup
1st Crans-Montana
4th Val di Sole
5th Cross-country, UCI World Championships

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