Elise Chabbey has determined to depart 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 crew and mentioned her objective was to “get an enormous race win”.
“The choice to hitch FDJ-SUEZ is a well-thought-out course of. The crew may help me get the higher of myself and get an enormous race win,” Chabbey mentioned.
Raising my arms is my purpose, however I’m additionally wanting ahead to supporting my leaders within the Grand Tours, with the very particular ambition of profitable the Tour de France with a French crew.”
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 into 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 embody total podiums at Challenge by La Vuelta and Tour de Suisse, fourth total at Vuelta a Burgos and fifth total at Itzulia Women 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.
However, Chabbey has made a reputation for herself as one of many high domestique riders within the area, typically 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 crew’s common supervisor Stephen Delcourt mentioned Chabbey is an asset to the roster for the following two seasons.
“Elise Chabbey is among the biggest abilities of the skilled peloton, an offensive and intensely sturdy athlete, able to single-handedly reworking a locked race,” he mentioned.
“She has the legs to get that large win that is lacking from her document and it is as much as the crew to information her in the direction of that objective. Elise can even undoubtedly be one of the vital belongings in our crew in our quest to win a Grand Tour CG. Her signature for FDJ-SUEZ crew is superb information.”
