Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Dylan van Baarle got married at the weekend: 'The best day of my life'
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Follow us on GoogleDylan van Baarle and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot are married. The couple exchanged vows last year and officially tied the knot this weekend, as the French cyclist shared on Instagram. This brings a year that was disappointing for both cyclists on the racing front to a perfect close.
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Pauline Ferrant-Prévot had a tough 2026 on the bike
Prevand-Prévot couldn't repeat 2025 Tour de France success
For Ferrand-Prévot, 2026 really couldn’t have been any better than 2025. Upon her return to road cycling, she won Paris-Roubaix and the Tour de France Femmes—her main goals for her comeback.
But this year proved to be much more difficult: after finishing second in the Tour of Flanders and third in Roubaix, she was unable to defend her title in France and withdrew after seven stages.
It immediately meant the end of her season: it was a huge disappointment. And for Van Baarle, too, 2026 wasn’t exactly a great year.
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He made the switch from Visma | Lease a Bike to Soudal Quick-Step, but was unable to live up to expectations in the spring. After a strong start, he rode relatively inconspicuously and ended the year without a victory.
But how important are those kinds of athletic setbacks compared to love? Van Baarle and Ferrand-Prévot have been an inseparable couple for a while now.
On Valentine’s Day 2023, the pair confirmed their relationship, and last year it was announced that the Frenchwoman had said “yes”: they were engaged. And so they worked toward that one special day.
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Van Baarle and Ferrand-Prévot got married in October 2026
A few weeks ago, Ferrand-Prévot confirmed that the big day was approaching. “How bizarre is it that I’ll be Miss Van Baarle in two weeks,” she revealed at the time. There was a big scare when Van Baarle was hit by a car shortly after.
Fortunately, it had little impact on the wedding day. The wedding took place this weekend, according to Ferrand-Prévot’s Instagram page.
In her post, she shared all kinds of photos from “the best day of my life.” Beautiful photos, though there will undoubtedly be more to come.
The party also had a Dutch touch: “Everyone’s happy when there are cheese soufflés, bitterballen, and frikandellen involved,” jokes Ferrand-Prévot.
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