{"id":810550,"date":"2026-10-22T16:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T16:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/810550\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T16:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T16:58:09","slug":"i-will-pour-my-heart-and-soul-into-becoming-a-better-rider-mountain-bike-star-jolanda-neff-makes-surprise-move-to-fenix-premier-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/810550\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I will pour my heart and soul into becoming a better rider\u2019 – Mountain bike star Jolanda Neff makes surprise move to Fenix-Premier Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fenix-Premier Tech<\/a> squad for two years from 2027, the Belgian team have announced.<\/p>\n

At 33-years-old, the Swiss rider is experienced across road and cyclo-cross, but she is best known for her exploits on the mountain bike, a discipline where she has gained a wealth of success.<\/p>\n

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Not only did she win Olympic gold in Tokyo, she was cross-country World Champion in 2017 and the cross-country MTB Marathon rainbow jersey winner the year before that. She also boasts 16 elite World Cup race victories in her career.<\/p>\n

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While Neff might not have been quite as successful on the cyclo-cross field, she has a total of 11 wins, with two last season when she was competitive in every race she rode.<\/p>\n

On the road, Neff has never won above .2 level, but as long ago as 2014 she bagged third place at Trofeo Alfredo Binda, then a top-level World Cup race, and was fourth and fifth on general classification at the UCI Women\u2019s WorldTour stage race, Tour de Suisse, in 2021 and 2022, respectively.<\/p>\n

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Neff has raced the last two mountain bike campaigns for the Cannondale Factory Racing outfit, but that team\u2019s demise, which coincides with the company\u2019s move to the Netherlands<\/a>, has forced her to seek a team elsewhere, and Fenix-Premier Tech seems a good fit.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m really excited to join Fenix-Premier Tech, a team that unites mountain biking, cyclocross and road racing at a world-class level,” Neff said in a team statement.<\/p>\n

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“I will pour my heart and soul into becoming a better rider in every aspect, as well as sharing all my experience with other riders. I have always admired how this team puts a strong focus on women and on creating professional structures for them, as well as developing young riders with a long-term vision. I hope to make a great contribution to Fenix-Premier Tech and can\u2019t wait to get racing!”<\/p>\n

Fenix-Premier Tech and their brother team Alpecin-Premier Tech, are a true multi-discipline outfit with a number of riders throughout the roster riding both on and off-road. On the women\u2019s side alone, the team boasts cyclo-cross World Cup race winners Aniek van Alphen<\/a> and Puck Pieterse<\/a>, as well as former World Champion Ceylin de Carmen Alvarado. Pieterse is also a past mountain bike World Champion, and has won the best young rider and mountains classifications at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, along with a handful of top Classics.<\/p>\n

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