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Lapierre with a new XCO team in the World Cup?

Lapierre is pushing a lot in this last period and is laying the foundations for a PRO team in 2023.

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October 5, 2022

Loic Bruni in 2015 in Lourdes when he was racing for Lapierre International

The rumors are launched by the Spanish portal esmtb. com, where they write that Lapierre is ready to return to the World Cup circus with a strong XCO team. Could a boost be brought by the upcoming “at home” Olympics in Paris in 2024?

With the arrival of Warner Bros. Discovery as media manager of the MTB World Cup, many brands do not want to miss the train while others, inexorably, will not be able to cope with costs. Only the strongest, and most daring, will remain in the circus. Lapierre is one of them: in the last period it has also completely renewed its entire XC range with the arrival of Lapierre Prorace CF and the XR and XRM.

Lapierre International team

In the past Lapierre had a very respectable team in XC with the very young (but already winning) Pauline Ferrand-Prevot or Jordan Sarrou (and we also add Loic Bruni in DH). Among their ranks also Jean Christoph Peraud and Alexis Vouillermoz, then moved on to the road.

Pauline Ferrand Prevot 2011 — Alexis Vuillermoz 2009

DH doesn't seem to be a current priority of the brand but never say never. We await more in-depth news on the complete roster.

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Written by David Finetto

[email protected] I am a fan of everything that has 2 wheels: at a young age I practiced road and track cycling (Italian Allievi champion). At the age of 18 I passed into the cross country competing at national/international level as an Under23. Past Elite, I made the choice to take things more lightly from a training point of view, and my love for gravity disciplines was born, training me as an FCI MTB instructor and guide. Now I have made passion my profession by managing 2 MTB centers on the island of Elba (Bike Center Elba and Elba MTB), creating the FANTAmtb and telling in an ironic but professional way everything that revolves around MTB thanks to 365mountainbike and 365TV (YouTube'PULITI dentro BIKER fuori').