After ending her contract with Ceratizit-WNT one yr early, Cédrine Kerbaol signed a brand new cope with the EF-Oatly-Cannondale in 2025. The Tour de France Femmes stage winner stated she expects to enhance and believes she will “do huge issues” with the American WorldTour staff.
“This staff was one thing I used to be all the time excited by. There are a whole lot of sturdy riders right here so I’m coming with expectations of doing huge issues with the staff,” Kerbaol stated.
Kerbaol has spent one season with Arkea and Cofidis, in 2021 and 2022, respectively, earlier than signing a two-year deal to race with Ceratizit-WNT in 2024 and 2025. UCI guidelines allowed her to terminate her contract early after the German staff didn’t initially seem on the UCI checklist of license candidates for the 2025 Girls’s WorldTour.
The UCI revealed the checklist of 15 groups that efficiently submitted their important paperwork by the deadline on October 18 however Ceratizit-WNT weren’t current, with the staff stating that it was “purely an admin subject” and would quickly be resolved. Nevertheless, the delay allowed Kerbaol to activate a clause that instantly terminated her contract with the staff.
Ceratizit-WNT acknowledged that whereas they had been dissatisfied within the circumstances which have led to Kerbaol’s resolution, they continue to be happy with her achievements throughout her time with the programme.
Kerbaol is without doubt one of the high French riders on the planet and secured Ceratizit-WNT each their first and France’s first Tour de France Femmes stage win when she attacked on stage 6 into Morteau. This yr, she additionally received Vuelta CV Feminas, Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria, Chrono Roland Bouge, and Tre Valli Varesine, together with a number of top-10 general performances at Tour de France Femmes, Tour de Romandie and Volta Ciclista a Catalunya.
Kerbaol stated she was wanting ahead to the 2025 Tour de France Femmes, with its Grand Départ in Brittany with stage 1 from Vannes to Plumelec and stage 2 from Brest to Quimper.
“I like the Tour de France Femmes and subsequent yr the second stage begins in my hometown. I used to be born in Brest in order that’s a very, actually huge goal I’m wanting ahead to,” she stated.
Whereas she goals to enhance with EF-Oatly-Cannondale, Kerbaol stated that she is an all-rounder with strengths in time trialling, breakaway and hilly races. She additionally stated that she has realized extra from shedding a race than from profitable one.
“There are all the time good issues to study from each state of affairs. In fact, once you win a race, you see that issues can work a sure means. However once you lose there’s lots to study. What can I do higher subsequent time? What errors do I have to not make once more? That’s the way you study a lot about your self and about who you might be. I discover that on this sport, you study loads about psychology,” she stated.
EF-Oatly-Cannondale’s normal supervisor, Esra Tromp, welcomed Kerbaol to the staff and stated she was impressed by the 23-year-old’s versatility.
“Cédrine is a rider that matches with the DNA of the staff. Her model of driving is precisely how we wish to race. It’s thrilling to observe how she’s going to threat shedding to be able to give her all for a consequence,” Tromp stated.
“She is a formidable rider and nonetheless fairly younger. We each have huge ambitions and I’m assured that we are going to develop and obtain collectively. Cédrine’s energy and flexibility make her the best rider to finish our 2025 roster.”
