Kristen Faulkner signs with EF Education-Cannondale. The American has won stages at the Tour Féminin de l'Ardèche, the Ladies Tour of Norway, the Tour de Suisse, a pair of stages at the Giro d’Italia Donne, as well as the queen of the mountains competition at the Giro d’Italia Donne.
"I like to go solo," Faulkner says. "I like to work really hard. But I like to make it both a race and a game where it’s fun, it’s unpredictable and I can catch people off guard. I’m a rider who is time trial-heavy and very much an all-rounder with a penchant for attacking solo."
"One of her best assets is that she has no fear of racing aggressively," team manager Esra Tromp says. "We’ve seen riders in the peloton being afraid to find their limits and to try something different. It’s really refreshing with Kristen that she doesn’t have that fear and she has the courage to experiment with a new tactic or to try a new race. That says a lot about her."
"I want to make the Olympics squad for the time trial and I want to become more of a GC rider," she says about her 2024 goals "I’ll probably go for results in races with a time trial. Depending on the race, I can see myself supporting the team or working on being a GC rider. I see myself as someone who can fill a lot of different roles. I don't have one distinct thing that I'm good at – I'm not a pure climber, I’m not a pure sprinter – and that gives me a lot of freedom to try different things."
Welcome Kristen Faulkner! The American will bring versatility to this squad next year. Her no fear racing mentality allows her to experiment with a new tactic or try new races without hesitation. She’s looking to attack 2024. “Cycling is both a race and a game. I really like…
