Elise Chabbey has determined to go away Canyon-SRAM to embark on a brand new alternative with FDJ-SUEZ starting in 2025. The Swiss all-rounder has signed a two-year contract with the French WorldTour group and stated her purpose was to “get an enormous race win”.
“The choice to affix FDJ-SUEZ is a well-thought-out course of. The group may help me get the higher of myself and get an enormous race win,” Chabbey stated.
Elevating my arms is my goal, however I am additionally trying ahead to supporting my leaders within the Grand Excursions, with the very particular ambition of profitable the Tour de France with a French group.”
Chabbey is a medical physician and Olympian in each kayaking and biking. She began her skilled biking profession in 2018 with Ceogas-Mettler earlier than shifting to the Bigla programme in 2019 and 2020. She has steadily improved to turn out to be one of many strongest and most opportunistic riders within the area throughout her 4 years at Canyon-SRAM.
She is a former nationwide street race champion and winner of a stage on the Tour de Suisse. Her different highlights embrace total podiums at Problem by La Vuelta and Tour de Suisse, fourth total at Vuelta a Burgos and fifth total at Itzulia Ladies and UAE Tour.
She has additionally put forth highly effective performances within the one-day races, going fourth at Paris-Roubaix, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Ronde van Drenthe.
Nevertheless, Chabbey has made a reputation for herself as one of many prime domestique riders within the area, usually sacrificing her performances for her teammates. She can be identified for pursuing particular classifications, particularly within the mountains classifications at stage races.
FDJ-SUEZ has already introduced that they’ve introduced in new riders Juliette Labous, Eglantine Rayer and Ally Wollaston, and the group’s basic supervisor Stephen Delcourt stated Chabbey is an asset to the roster for the following two seasons.
“Elise Chabbey is without doubt one of the biggest abilities of the skilled peloton, an offensive and intensely robust athlete, able to single-handedly reworking a locked race,” he stated.
“She has the legs to get that large win that is lacking from her report and it is as much as the group to information her in the direction of that purpose. Elise may also undoubtedly be some of the vital property in our group in our quest to win a Grand Tour CG. Her signature for FDJ-SUEZ group is wonderful information.”
