Chainel signs with BH SR Suntour Peisey Vallandry MTB Team

French 'cross national champion Lucie Chainel-Lefevre

French 'cross national champion Lucie Chainel-Lefevre (Image credit: Fabrice Lambert)

Newly crowned French cyclo-cross national champion Lucie Chainel will step back into the world of mountain bike racing in 2012 at the opening World Cup in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Chainel has signed for the BH SR Suntour Peisey Vallandry Team, although she will race the first World Cup in French National Team colors due to her lack of UCI points in the discipline.