{"id":204500,"date":"2025-10-11T05:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T05:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/204500\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T05:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T05:55:11","slug":"margot-marasco-becomes-ma-petite-entreprises-second-signing-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/204500\/","title":{"rendered":"Margot Marasco becomes Ma Petite Entreprise\u2019s second signing for 2026 &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ma Petite Entreprise \u2013 \u00c9quipe Cycliste has announced its second rider for the 2026 season <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Ma-Petite-Entreprise-%C3%89quipe-Cycliste-61558669959925\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with the signing of young French talent Margot Marasco<\/a>. The 20-year-old joins the new project after three seasons in the junior and under-23 development structure of AG Insurance\u2013Soudal.<\/p>\n<p>Marasco, from Yutz in Moselle, has shown consistent progress through the youth ranks, finishing in the top ten at both the French under-23 road race and time trial championships this year. Her 2025 campaign also included seventh place on stage 3 of the Tour de l\u2019Ard\u00e8che and a solid performance at the Festival Elsy Jacobs in Luxembourg.<\/p>\n<p>The signing represents another step forward for the fledgling French ProTeam project, which aims to debut in 2026 under the guidance of Vincent Lavenu. Marasco joins fellow French rider Oc\u00e9ane Mah\u00e9 as part of the team\u2019s initial line-up.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about her move, Marasco said she was drawn to the project\u2019s national focus and entrepreneurial roots. \u201cThe presence of Vincent Lavenu reassured me, and I particularly like the very \u2018French\u2019 side of the project. Finally, putting entrepreneurship in the spotlight speaks volumes to me \u2013 between my dad and my boyfriend\u2019s family, I live in that world every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cycling runs deep in Marasco\u2019s background. Her father runs Seb\u2019Moto in Yutz, and her early years were spent between the family workshop and the local mountain bike trails before she turned her focus to the road. Alongside her growing career, she remains passionate about cooking, reading and flowers \u2013 interests she hopes to pursue after cycling.<\/p>\n<p>Marasco\u2019s arrival continues Ma Petite Entreprise\u2019s goal of building a fully French core as it works towards securing UCI ProTeam status for 2026. With its business-driven funding model supported by a network of small and medium-sized companies, the team aims to combine sporting development with the values of entrepreneurship, teamwork and innovation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ma Petite Entreprise \u2013 \u00c9quipe Cycliste has announced its second rider for the 2026 season with the signing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,100285,82,20364],"class_list":["post-204500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-marasco","tag-sports","tag-womens-cycling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}