Josie Talbot will transfer as much as the WorldTour with Liv AlUla Jayco, having signed a two-year contract that can start in 2025 and see her race with the Australian group by to the top of the 2026 season.
Talbot joins the group having spent two seasons racing with the French Continental group Cofidis, the place she gained expertise in a few of the largest races on the worldwide calendar, together with the Tour de France Femmes. She stated he goals to assist the dash group and lead-outs with Liv AlUla Jayco subsequent season.
“It means an terrible lot becoming a member of Liv AlUla Jayco, having grown up watching the group race, to competing in opposition to them, particularly on house soil on the nationals and Tour Down Under 12 months after 12 months. I’m hoping so as to add to the Aussie tradition the blokes and ladies have created through the years,” Talbot stated.
“I do know numerous the riders already on the group fairly properly and I’m assured that can work as a bonus to the group’s outcomes. I feel I’ll slot in properly to the dash squad and might bolster the lead-out. As for my private objectives, I actually simply wish to cement myself within the WT. Ultimately, I’ve come to Liv AlUla Jayco as a lead-out rider, so nailing that function is my precedence, however will relish all alternatives alongside the way in which.”
From Sydney, Australia, Talbot began racing internationally in 2017 with Team Illuminate and has since competed with Continental and Club groups earlier than transferring to Cofidis in 2023.
She has completed within the high 10 in levels on the Tour of Britain Women, reVolta, Dwars door de Westhoek, and La Picto. She has additionally gained La Perigord Ladies, a stage at Tour Féminin International des Pyrénées and the elite street race title on the Oceania Continental Championships.
“We are happy to welcome one other proficient Australian rider to the ladies’s group. Talbot has demonstrated she has numerous abilities, and we consider she will probably be an excellent addition and teammate and slot in very properly with our group tradition,” stated General Manager Brent Copeland.
“The ladies’s set-up has huge objectives for 2025, and Talbot will play an essential function in serving to us obtain these. We are wanting ahead to seeing how she will be able to additional develop with us, stepping as much as race in a WorldTeam set-up.”
