{"id":386789,"date":"2026-01-04T02:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T02:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/386789\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T02:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T02:34:12","slug":"gunnar-holmgren-returns-to-pivot-cycles-ote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/386789\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunnar Holmgren returns to Pivot Cycles-OTE"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Pivot Cycles-OTE continues to elevate its roster for 2026, it\u2019s getting a major boost. The Quebec-based team is bringing Olympian Gunnar Holmgren back into the fold.<\/p>\n

A build and a return<\/p>\n

During his last stint with Pivot Cycles-OTE, Holmgren worked his way up the elite World Cup ranks and put himself on track to qualify for the Olympics. Starting with big results in Brazil in 2022<\/a>, then performances that were a small mechanical away from a top-10 in 2023<\/a>, and a Pan Am Games title that fall<\/a>, his time with the Canadian squad set the groundwork for a big 2024.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Gunnar Holmgren racing in Petropolis, Brazil World Cup in 2022. Photo: Caroline Gautier<\/p>\n

After moving to KMC Ridley at the end of \u201923, Holmgren earned a spot at, then raced in the Paris Olympic Games<\/a>. He represented Canada in the mountain bike event, as did his sister Isabella Holmgren. Those results earned Gunnar a spot on Trek Factory Racing for the 2025 season. After steadily improving throughout \u201925, Holmgren\u2019s time with TFR wrapped up in the fall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Adding Canadian talent<\/p>\n

Holmgren isn\u2019t the only new addition to Pivot Cycles-OTE. Countinuing to prove it is Canada\u2019s XC team<\/a>, Ian Ackert already announced his move to the Quebec-based squad after his prior team, Trek Future Racing, closed its doors.<\/p>\n

Ackert and Holmgren join a returning roster of Pivot Cycles-OTE riders. As the team continues its 2026 roll-out, Owen Clark and Zorak Paill\u00e9 are already officially announced. In 2025, the team also included Maxime St.-Onge, Simon Ruelland, Lily-Rose Marois, Maude Ruelland, Phil St-Laurent and Raphael Auclair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Pivot Cycles-OTE continues to elevate its roster for 2026, it\u2019s getting a major boost. The Quebec-based team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[21898,49,48,635,164289,1700,62722,124270,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-386789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-2026-world-cup","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-cycling","12":"tag-gunnar-holmgren","13":"tag-mtb-features","14":"tag-mtb-news","15":"tag-pivot-cycles-ote","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386789","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=386789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}