Loana Lecomte

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. After moving to the U23, she was once again on the podium at the World and European Championships in 2019. 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.

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.

In 2022 Lecomte won gold at the 2022 European Mountain Bike Championships. In 2023, she finished runner-up to compatriot Pauline Ferrand-Prévot at the 2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in the XCO. 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.

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