Magdeleine Vallières Mill was supposed to be starting a break. I spoke with her in mid-October, the day before she would fly from Girona to Canada. The Sherbrooke, Que., rider on EF Education-Oatly would have a chance to rest and visit with friends and family. But the life of a world champion is busy, even during her time off. She appeared on Tout le monde en parle, a talk show that sees more than a million viewers per episode. When I spoke with Vallières Mill, she wasn’t sure if she’d ride in Montreal to check out a section of the course for the 2026 world championships during this visit home. Recently, she was riding in parts of that city with race organizers.
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In this in-depth interview, Vallières Mill not only looks back at the 2025 season and her lead-up to her historic win in Kigali, Rwanda, but also ahead to next year, and the events she’s targeting and how she plans to race them. There’s a lot of change afoot. Although Vallières Mill still seems to have trouble believing she’s won the world championships, she’s moving forward with the opportunities the rainbow bands can offer.
This conversation has been edited and condensed.
You’re in the midst of your off-season. What does your off-season look like right now?
So far, I mean, it’s been quite busy this off-season. I had a trip after the last race in Italy with team EF coaching for two, three days. Then I came back to Barcelona and did a day with my friend in Barcelona. And then I arrived back yesterday to Girona. I leave tomorrow for Canada. So it’s been, yeah, it’s been busy. But now, I’m going home for a little bit to see my family and friends. So it’ll be nice.
Will you be doing any riding when you’re in Canada or is it off-the-bike time?
I have two weeks off the bike. Halfway through my time in Canada, I’ll start riding. They’re actually bringing me in a few hours, my new rainbow bike so that I can travel with it to Canada. So yeah, quite cool. It’s going to be a long two weeks because I want to ride it already.
Right. It’ll just be sitting there asking to be ridden. That’s very funny.
Exactly. Then maybe I have to break the two weeks. I don’t know. We’ll see.
OK. Well, keep that off of Strava then. I do want to get into some of the experiences you’ve had in the past two weeks. We’re speaking in the…
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