Longstanding French team St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 is set to end its men’s squad in order to focus fully on their women’s ProTeam from 2027.
The men’s team has existed as an amateur outfit for several decades, becoming one of the best clubs in the 1980s and turning professional in 1994, riding the Tour de France in the late 90s and early 2000s as BigMat–Auber 93. Riders who have come through their ranks include Tony Gallopin, Steve Chainel and Thierry Gouvenou.
“To meet the challenges of cycling today and tomorrow, the club will focus all of its professional resources from 2027 onward on a single professional team: the women’s team, currently registered as a UCI Women’s ProTeam,” a team press release on Tuesday read.
The men’s team has not been at the Tour since 2001, whilst the women’s team has been invited to every Tour de France Femmes since its inception – the same year they became a UCI team – and is set to continue that streak with their new ProTeam status.
The women’s squad has also been able to make higher-profile signings in recent years, diversifying and internationalising their roster, most recently welcoming Canadian…
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