Nathalie Baillon

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Nathalie Baillon is a French ultra-distance cyclist.

In 2023, she became the first woman to cross Europe from South to North, covering more than 6,400 km in 19 days, at an average speed of about 14.3 km/h, including stops. [1] [2] [3] [4]

She won the 2025 Tour Divide women’s race, arriving in Antelope Wells after 16 days, 10 hours, and 17 minutes, finishing 21st overall in a field of over 200 competitors. [5] In August 2025 she wins the overall ranking of "Les Geants", a 400 km and +10,500m gravel race, in 28h and 7 minutes. The event had a 42% finisher rate within the 48-hour time limit.

Palmarès

YearEventPlaceDistance, ElevationDurationWomen's PositionOverall Position
2019 Race Across France 2600France2,600 km, +36,000 m8d 07h 19m1st (unsupported solo)8th [6] [7]
2020 BikingMan CorsicaFrance850 km, +15 000 m2d 11h 8min1st4th [8] [9]
2021B-Hard Ultra RaceBosnia1 200 km, +15 000 m2d 10h 9min1st2nd [10]
2021 BikingMan EuskadiPyrenees1 000 km, +23 000 m3d 8h 13min1st7th [11]
2021Wish One Gravel Race AubracFrance170 km-1st– [12]
202224 h du Mans véloFrance837 km24h1st4th [13]
2022Ultr'ArverneFrance780 km, +15 000 m-1st2nd
2022Trans Balkan RaceBalkan1 300 km, +27 000 m7d 14h 55min2nd15th [14]
2022Haute Route DavosSwitzerland265 km, +6750 m (3 stages)7h 19min2nd43rd [15]
2023Silk Road Mountain RaceKyrgyzstan1 880 km, +27 700 m8d 16h 18min1st (woman tie)14th [16]
2023Tarifa → North CapeEurope6 300 km18d 15h 27minwomen's WR– [17]
2024Atlas Mountain RaceMorocco1 337 km, +21 140 m5d 0h 2min2nd22nd [18]
2024Ultr’ArverneFrance778 km, +14 500 m-1st5th
2024BadlandsSpain760 km, +15 000 m2d 12h 19min4th19th [19]
2024Canyon Gravel RocFrance69,6 km, +1 660 m3h 09min 13s3rd– [20]
2025 Tour Divide USA4 353 km, +33 296 m16d 10h 17min1st21st [5]
2025Les Géants GravelFrance400 km, +10 500 m1d 4h 07min1st1st [21]

References

  1. ↑ "Nathalie Baillon : « L'idée, c'est de donner envie aux gens et de les faire rêver », Sportmag, février 2024".
  2. ↑ "Nathalie Baillon, une cycliste qui a de l'audace, premier temps record féminin... (BikeCafe)".
  3. ↑ "Episode 32 – Nathalie Baillon: Insights from the Fastest Women to Cycle Across Europe. North Cape to Tarifa (seektravelride podcast)".
  4. ↑ "Nathalie Baillon, cycliste d'ultra-endurance professionnelle". www.lokki.rent.
  5. 1 2 "Nathalie Baillon Wins the 2025 Tour Divide!". 29 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "History of Race Across Series" . Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Ultra Cycling: Race Across France Cat. 2,600km Results". SportPress International. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "Corsica #3 2020 Results".
  9. ↑ "REPORTAGE - Stade2 sur FRANCE3 TV sur le BikingMan Corsica #3".
  10. ↑ "B-HARD Ultra Race 2021 Results - DotWatcher.cc". DotWatcher.cc.
  11. ↑ "Euskadi #1 2021 Results".
  12. ↑ "La Wish One Gravel Race 2021, une course pas comme les autres". L'Équipe.
  13. ↑ "Le Mans. 24 Heures Vélo Škoda : Nathalie Baillon a pédalé 837 km en solo - ici". 29 August 2022.
  14. ↑ "Trans Balkan Race 2022 Results - DotWatcher.cc". DotWatcher.cc.
  15. ↑ "G-Live". timing4you.com.
  16. ↑ "Silk Road Mountain Race 2023 Tracking". 23 August 2023.
  17. ↑ Bonnet, Pierre (June 16, 2023). "En un peu plus de 18 jours, Nathalie Baillon a parcouru 6 400 km entre Tarifa et le Cap Nord ! - Le Cycle.fr".
  18. ↑ https://dotwatcher.cc/results/2024/atlas-mountain-race-2024
  19. ↑ "Badlands 2024 Tracking, Results, and Race Updates".
  20. ↑ "Immersion au cœur de la Canyon Gravel Roc 2024 : aventure et convivialité".
  21. ↑ "Seguimiento Traky365". live.traky365.com.
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