{"id":210739,"date":"2025-10-13T21:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T21:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/210739\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T21:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T21:13:09","slug":"clara-emond-signs-with-st-michel-preference-home-auber93-for-2026-and-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/210739\/","title":{"rendered":"Clara Emond signs with St Michel\u2013Pr\u00e9f\u00e9rence Home\u2013Auber93 for 2026 and 2027 &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian rider Clara Emond will join St Michel\u2013Pr\u00e9f\u00e9rence Home\u2013Auber93 on a two-year contract from 2026, strengthening the French ProTeam\u2019s roster after two seasons with EF Education\u2013Oatly.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old from Quebec moves back to France, where she previously rode for Ark\u00e9a Pro Cycling, marking a return to familiar roads and a chance to rebuild after what she described as a challenging year.<\/p>\n<p><img data-od-unknown-tag=\"\" data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@id='td-outer-wrap']\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::SECTION]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[3][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::FIGURE]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" data-dominant-color=\"847d7c\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #847d7c;\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"735\" data-lazy- src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Clara Emond\" class=\"wp-image-33424202516 not-transparent\" data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/procyclinguk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TDFF24S3-Clara-Emond-Medium-1024x735.avif\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy and excited to join St Michel\u2013Pr\u00e9f\u00e9rence Home\u2013Auber93,\u201d said Emond. \u201cAfter a challenging year, I want to sincerely thank the team for the trust they\u2019re placing in me. This new start is a great opportunity for me to bounce back, with the desire and motivation to give my very best. I can\u2019t wait to start this new adventure and wear these beautiful colours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emond\u2019s most significant career success came in 2024, when she won stage 4 of the Giro d\u2019Italia Women \u2014 her first professional victory. The following year, she continued to race at international level with EF Education\u2013Oatly, gaining further experience in WorldTour and ProSeries races.<\/p>\n<p>Team deputy general manager Charlie Nerzic said Emond\u2019s signing would be a major boost for Auber93\u2019s ambitions. \u201cClara\u2019s arrival for two seasons is a major boost for the team moving forward. Her experience in France with Ark\u00e9a, and later with EF Education\u2013Oatly, will be a real asset to the group. But above all, Clara is joining us to shine in the biggest races. By winning a stage at the Giro in 2024, she proved she\u2019s capable of delivering top performances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-od-unknown-tag=\"\" data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@id='td-outer-wrap']\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::SECTION]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[7][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::FIGURE]\/*[1][self::SPAN]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" data-dominant-color=\"5e554b\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #5e554b;\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-lazy- src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Clara Emond\" class=\"wp-image-33424160523 with-source not-transparent\" data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Clara-Emond-2023-Arkea-1024x683.webp.webp\"\/>Photo Credit:  Getty<\/p>\n<p>Before joining EF Education\u2013Oatly, Emond raced for Ark\u00e9a Pro Cycling Team in 2023 and spent two seasons with the Blagnac-based Emotional.fr Tornatech squad. Her earlier results include second place at the Vuelta Extremadura F\u00e9minas and third at La P\u00e9rigord Ladies in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Her arrival continues Auber93\u2019s strategy of reinforcing its women\u2019s team with riders who combine international experience and French racing pedigree, as the team looks to consolidate its position in the ProTeam ranks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canadian rider Clara Emond will join St Michel\u2013Pr\u00e9f\u00e9rence Home\u2013Auber93 on a two-year contract from 2026, strengthening the French&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,102545,82,20364],"class_list":["post-210739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-emond","tag-sports","tag-womens-cycling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210739","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=210739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}