Sara Poidevin (EF Schooling-TIBCO-SVB) and Makayla MacPherson (Human Powered Well being) are among the many 4 new riders confirmed to trip for DNA Professional Biking subsequent season. Transferring from Roxo Racing are Maeghan Easler and Nadia Gontova, whereas DNA Professional Biking retains 11 athletes for a 15-rider roster in 2024.
Headed to their twelfth season of racing, the DNA Professional Biking Staff captured 13 victories in 2023, led by Diana Peñuela, the two-time Colombian nationwide street race champion and Sarah van Dam, the present Canadian U23 street race champion who lately clinched her first European podiums at Le Tour de l’Ardèche. Each Peñuela and Van Dam return for subsequent season.
“It has been a improbable 12 months, the staff has not relied on one rider for outcomes as a result of everyone seems to be performing, 12 of our 14 riders podiumed this 12 months. I am actually impressed by the best way these riders labored collectively each race to attain outcomes, it is true teamwork,” Cathay Fegan-Kim, staff sports activities director and co-owner, instructed Cyclingnews.
“The 4 additions we’re bringing on for 2024 match the DNA mildew and can actually add to our competitiveness.”
Poidevin and MacPherson every deliver two years of expertise from the WorldTour. The 27-year-old Canadian, recognized for her power in climbing and breakaway driving, had two high 10s on the Joe Martin Stage Race this 12 months. At simply 20 years of age, MacPherson received the 2021 US junior nationwide street race title and was fourth on the 2023 US elite ladies’s professional criterium championship.
From the Roxo Racing duo, each Gontova and Easler are climbers. Gontova received a stage at Redlands Biking Traditional and at Vuelta a Colombia Femenina, and the 23-year-old Canadian additionally rode to high 5s in GC standings at Tour of the Gila and Vuelta Ciclista Internacional Femenina a Guatemala. Easler, a 26-year-old US rider, made her mark in US stage racing with a pair of podiums on the Tour of the Gila.
Extra riders returning to the squad with notable outcomes from 2023 embrace Kimberly Lucie, winner of the dash competitors on the American Criterium Cup collection; Kaitlyn Rauwerda, stage winner from La Vuelta a Colombia; Shayna Powless, factors competitors winner on the Tour of the Gila; Holly Breck, factors competitors winner on the Redlands Biking Traditional; and Harriet Owen, winner of the Colby Omnium on the Tour of America’s Dairyland.
Lacking from the roster for 2024 are a trio of US riders Gabrielle Lehnert, Daphne Karagianis and Heidi Franz, who solely joined the Continental staff in April after the Zaaf Biking Staff collapsed.
DNA Professional Biking is presently the top-ranked UCI Continental ladies’s staff within the Americas. The squad will proceed to give attention to UCI street races within the US and overseas, in addition to top-level US criteriums and worldwide gravel races. Riders stood on the rostrum greater than 55 occasions in 2023, in accordance with the staff, which included high three finishes and stage race or collection jersey awards for factors, U23, most combative and total classifications.
“Our 2024 lineup boasts a flexible mix of climbers, sprinters, and all-rounders, every of whom have confirmed their dedication as staff gamers. By harmonizing up-and-coming expertise with skilled riders, we’ve strategically positioned ourselves for fulfillment in our bold calendar forward,” Fegan-Kim stated.
DNA Professional Biking Staff 2024 roster
- Anet Barrera (Mex)
- Holly Breck (USA)
- Olivia Cummins (USA)
- Maeghan Easler (USA)
- Heather Fischer (USA)
- Nadia Gontova (Can)
- Rachel Langdon (GBr)
- Kimberly Lucie (USA)
- Makayla MacPherson (USA)
- Harriet Owen (GBr)
- Diana Peñuela (Col)
- Sara Poidevin (Can)
- Shayna Powless (USA)
- Kaitlyn Rauwerda (Can)
- Sarah Van Dam (Can)