The 30-year-old from Reims, who recently won mountain bike (MTB) world titles in three different categories, told Velo News: "My main goal will be to try to be Olympic champion in Paris in 2024.

"It’s the only title that I missed so I really want that one.

"The next two years will be mainly focused on MTB to try to be Olympic champion at home."

After a stellar junior career Pauline Ferrand-Prévot announced her presence as a major force across several cycling disciplines in 2014 and 2015 as she won the world road race title in Ponferra, team relay and cross-country golds in mountain biking and a world cyclo-cross title.

But her luck has not been good in Olympic competition.

Injuries undermined her 2016 season, and she struggled home 24^th in the Rio 2016 Olympic road race before pulling out of the cross-country mountain bike race.

Five years later, at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, she could only finish tenth in the mountain bike cross-country event as Swiss competitors won gold, silver and  bronze.

Ferrand-Prévot, who also won the gravel world title this year, has not raced road since 2019 and cyclo-cross since early 2020, although she is looking forward to returning to both arenas.

"Why not come back to road racing, but not for now, for sure," she said.

"When I look to the Tour de France, and these big races.

"For sure, I maybe want to be part of that later.

"And I just want to focus now on my dream, and with this Olympic at home, I think it’s a good chance."

Ferrand-Prévot, now injury free after recent surgery, is looking forward to her new challenges en route to Paris 2024.

"After we find out that I need the surgery for this iliac injury, I felt that, now I can give my best," she said.

"I wasn’t at my best over the past years, but now I could find that, my best shape ever.

"I’m also super happy to finally be able to say that I will race for Ineos Grenadiers for next season."