This article originally appeared on Bikeperfect.com.

Current cross country mountain bike world champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot has set her sights on the upcoming Olympics by signing with Absolute Absalon BMC.

Ferran-Prevot, who has had success in all disciplines of cycling, will not compete on a road bike this year and will focus on mountain biking in anticipation of the Olympics, scheduled for July 23 to August 8, 2021. He will also be on the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup schedule.

"I am very excited to be riding for BMC, a brand with an enviable pedigree in racing and the Swiss excellence is very exciting," Ferrand-Prevot said in a news release from the team.

Most recently, the team won the XCO World Championship in Leogang, Austria.

Canyon-SRAM announced in December that Ferrand-Prevot was leaving the team to "be closer to her family, the center of her life. We understand that, and we know that it will leave a gap in the Canyon family.

At the time, Phelan-Prevot also revealed on her Instagram page that she had made the decision to move teams in 2021.

"It is time to open a new door, thanking all those who believed in me despite the hardships and supported me during these four years together, which have been full of intense memories," Ferran-Prevot wrote.

David Zurcher, CEO of BMC Switzerland, said in a news release, "All of us at BMC are very happy and excited to welcome Pauline to our family. Like many of us, I knew of this amazing athlete, but only recently discovered a wonderful and inspiring person." Pauline is still young, but is already an icon in the sport and I am so proud that she has chosen BMC for the next chapter of her career."

Ferrand-Prevot is one of the most successful and versatile athletes of her nearly 10-year professional career. She has been winning mountain bike and road races since her youth days, but turned pro in 2012 with Rabobank.

She has spent a significant portion of her career combining road, mountain bike, and cyclocross disciplines, and in 2015, at the age of 23, she made history by becoming the first cyclist to hold world titles in all three disciplines simultaneously.

It has been a turbulent few years for Ferrand-Prevot, who has undergone two surgeries to treat a double iliac artery endarterectomy and is fully recovered.

She added two more rainbow jerseys to her long list of accomplishments last year, winning both the cross-country and marathon world titles at the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Mont Saint Anne, Canada. Ferrand-Prevot will remain in the world champion jersey this season after winning her third title at the elite mountain bike world championships in Leogang, Austria, in October.

Because of his team change, Ferrand-Prevot will not compete in road events this year and will focus on the Tokyo Olympics, which will be held from July 23 to August 8, 2021.

At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she competed in both road and mountain biking, she told Cycling News that she was "terrible."

"I was injured and it was hard to win medals. But you can't refuse to go to the Olympics," she told Cycling News in a feature interview titled Pauline Ferrand-Prevot: 5 Races That Changed My Life

"There was a climb in the road race, though I don't know how many kilometers it was, If you're not in good shape, you have no hope of doing well in a race with that kind of profile, and I finished 26th.

"It was definitely the highest level of mountain bike racing I've done in four years. Everyone was thoroughly prepared and it was unacceptable if you were not 100%. So if you're not 100%, it's not acceptable: I was a 'DNF'. "

Ferrand-Prevot aims to get back into shape before this summer's Tokyo Olympics and instead focus solely on cross-country racing; for the 2021 season, she will compete only in mountain bike races, temporarily leaving road and cyclo-cross disciplines.

"Since 2016, I have learned and improved a lot in all areas," she told VeloVert.com. 'I know I have to achieve 100 percent on D-Day, so I can't ride all my goals this year. If we lose in 2021, it will be because the rest of the field is stronger, and I myself will do everything in my power to do my best."