In her ninth season as a professional, Heidi Franz leveraged her performance at the UCI Gravel World Championships, where she was one of just two top-15 finishers not riding for a UCI WorldTour or women’s ProTeam, to secure a contract for 2026, marking her sixth team in the past five years.
Franz, who raced for Cynisca Cycling before the team folded this year, will be joining St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93, a France-registered women’s ProTeam.
Franz (30) raced the 2025 season as a co-leader for the American Continental Cynisca Cycling, where she won a stage at the Volta a Portugal Feminina and took home the QOM jersey from the Tour Féminin International des Pyrénées.
“I consider myself to be so, very lucky to be joining this amazing team, one with so much history, potential, strength, and professionalism. For my whole career, I have aspired and worked hard to be part of a group of like this one. It’s an incredible opportunity for me to continue my career- growing as a rider, while also sharing my experience. I can’t wait to race the biggest races in the world with this strong team and have some fun doing it!,” Frank said in an Instagram post by the team.
Roxane Fournier, St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93 directeur sportif, added, “Heidi deserves to have a structure that allows her to express her full potential, and we are convinced that this is the ideal place for her development and full fulfilment.”
“Thrilled to step into the 2026 season with the team,” Wreszin…
Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at CyclingNews RSS Feed…