"I set myself small goals: at the beginning of the season I said I wanted to win one of the under-23 World Cups, because last year I was on the podium many times, but I didn’t win. And I said I wanted to podium at Europeans, and I wanted at least one
Superprestige or
World Cup elite podium," continues Schreiber, who most recently finished in 6th at the UCI World Cup race in Troyes. "So I don’t have that one yet, but the other two I already got, so I set myself small goals and then I just try to focus on them. And if I get, for example, third at a Superprestige, for me that’s like a win.”
“Most people don’t know that the reason SD Worx signed me was because they wanted ‘cross riders,” Schreiber explains. “Last year, I had my final year in school so I did like two road races, and I’ve never done many international races, so I didn’t have any results. I only had small results as a junior, but I didn’t have big results in road races. So there was no chance that the best team in the world wanted me for my road performance. I knew when they signed me, ‘okay, they want me because they want ‘cross riders,’ and I was pretty much the only one who didn’t have a contract, so it was also just a bit lucky.”
On the road, Schreiber also has some big goals she wishes to fulfil. “I’ve not done any Classics yet, but I really like them, and I think I’d be good at them as well. The Europeans on the road this year, that’s something that really suited me with the small, punchy climbs, and I think the Flanders Classics are a bit the same," she concludes. "For now, it’s too early to do all of this, but in a few years that’s where I see myself, probably more than stage races.”
