The decision process to change teams as a pro cyclist, no matter what the discipline, can be tangled with questions and uncertainties. For Geerike Schreurs, the move from one of the world’s top women’s teams, SD Worx-ProTime, to a rebuilding Specialized Off-road team for 2026 was “the easiest decision ever”.
The Specialized Off-road squad already had three-time Life Time Grand Prix champion Sofia Gomez Villafañe and six-time mountain bike world champion Annika Langvad on the women’s side. Bringing Dutch powerhouse Schreurs on board with a focus on gravel made this one of the first superteams for women in off-road racing.
It also doesn’t hurt that the squad has a triple threat on the men’s side as well, three-time Cape Epic champion Matt Beers now racing alongside five-time Leadville Trail 100 MTB winner Keegan Swenson and European gravel champion Mads Würtz Schmit. From training to racing, Schreurs was ready for the new year.
“Everyone on the team has already accomplished so much and is so well known, and I’m really looking forward to spending time with them, learning from them, and being around that level. It’s great to be part of such a big team, and I’m excited to be part of the development of the gravel programme,” Schreurs told Cyclingnews from Colombia, where she is taking part in her own training block.
Even with a string of GES successes leading to fourth overall in the global series and a comeback at Unbound from a broken elbow, she called the win at Wörthersee Gravel, a UCI race, a top highlight.
“My favourite accomplishment, I’d say, is my UCI win in Austria. It wasn’t a huge race, but I had a tough period…
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