Human Powered Health arrived in Adelaide with a choice of two Factor bikes including its new aero machine.
Dave Rome
The 2025 racing season proved a difficult one for Human Powered Health, with the team securing just a national championships title through Kathrin Schweinberger and a single win in a UCI-level event, a 1.1 victory via Thalita De Jong at the Trofeo Binissalem-Andratx. In terms of overall performance, the team finished the 2025 season at the bottom of the WorldTour rankings along with the now-relegated Roland-Le Dévoluy.
But 2026 has started positively. At the recent Women’s Tour Down Under, Nina Buijsman claimed a sixth-place finish on general classification, supported by 26-year-old Marit Raaijmakers, who is entering her fifth season in the WorldTour with Human Powered Health.
Raaijmakers began to show her stage-racing potential in 2025 at the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Femení, finishing inside the top 10 on two of the race’s three stages and ending the event 15th overall on GC.
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While equipment changes across both the men’s and women’s pelotons have been relatively minor since 2025, Human Powered Health does have access to a new bike from long-standing sponsor Factor, in the form of the One aero bike.
Although the One was first spotted in competition at the Critérium du Dauphiné last June, it was not officially launched until December. As with most new aero bike releases, Factor claims it to be the fastest and most aerodynamically sophisticated bike available. While that assertion remains open to debate, the One arguably claims the crown for the most unconventional design, with its wide-set fork legs drawing comparisons to the Hope/Lotus HB.1 track bike used by the Team GB squad.
At the Tour Down Under, Raaijmakers had two bikes at her disposal, with the Ostro VAM complementing the One. While the One is unapologetically aero-focused, the Ostro VAM came into play on stage three, where the double ascent of the Corkscrew Road climb made an all-rounder the more natural choice.
To see all of the bikes of the Women’s WorldTour, make sure to check out our Bikes of the Women’s WorldTour gallery.
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