Pauline Ferrand Prevot destroys rivals to win second title in 48 hours at UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

Pauline Ferrand Prevot (France) won her second mountain bike title of World Championship weekend with a dominant performance in the women's cross-country race. In the end her margin of victory was more than a minute over Olympic champion Jolanda Neff (Switzerland), with Haley Batten (United States) rounding out the podium. Ferrand Prevot started 20th on the grid, reflecting her world rankings, and surged straight to the front.

She had passed almost every rider ahead of the long first climb and then attacked the ascent out of the saddle. Ad Neff struggled in the opening sections of the first lap, falling down the field after making an aggressive start of her own. Mountain Bike'Chainsaws rev!' — Ferrand-Prevot destroys rivals to win MTB cross-country titleAN HOUR AGO Having made it count on the steep pitches of the 'never-ending climb', Ferrand Prevot soon had a visible and measurable advantage over fellow Frenchwoman Loana Lecompte.

She went through the first lap with a time of 13 minutes dead. Lecompte followed through 22 seconds later, with Alessandra Keller (Switzerland) nine seconds further back. Lecompte, however, soon slipped back and the closest chasers to Ferrand Prevot were Keller and Batten.