Two-time world champion Julian Alaphilippe and Tour de France Femmes winner Pauline Ferrand-Prévot will lead France’s roster at the highly anticipated 2025 UCI Road World Championships set to take place in Kigali from September 21-28.
Alaphilippe, who won the men’s elite road race in 2020 and 2021, currently rides for Tudor Pro Cycling Team.
Meanwhile Ferrand-Prévot is fresh from her Tour de France Femmes victory, a nine-stage race that started in Brittany. She also finished in the Alps.
They were both unveiled as leaders of the French contingent which will be coached by Thomas Voeckler.
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France became just the eighth nation to reveal its roster after the United States, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, and host nation Rwanda. However, the roster does not include riders in the under-23 and junior men’s and women’s categories.
Complete France roster
Men's Elite: Julian Alaphilippe, Louis Barré, Julien Bernard, Jordan Jegat, Valentin Madouas, Valentin Paret-Peintre, Paul Seixas, Pavel Sivakov
Women's Elite: Léa Curinier, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, Cédrine Kerbaol, Juliette Labous, Marie Le Net, Evita Muzic, Maëva Squiban
Men's time trial: Bruno Armirail, Paul Seixas
Women's time trial: Cédrine Kerbaol, Juliette Labous
Team Time Trial – mixed relay: Bruno Armirail, Paul Seixas, Pavel Sivakov, Cédrine Kerbaol, Juliette Labous, Maëva Squiban