Ferrand-Prévot and Pidcock build form ahead of World-Cup opener in Albstadt

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
(Image credit: BMC)

Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) and World Champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Absolute-Absalon-BMC) are ramping up their form ahead of the opening round of the UCI Mountain Bike World-Cup held on May 8-9 in Albstadt, Germany. 

The multiple discipline athletes will make the final touches to their respective preparations this week after competing at the Swiss Bike Cup where Pidcock took his first elite men's mountain bike victory and Ferrand-Prévot finished third on the podium in Leukerbad this weekend.

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