Her top results include placing fifth on the general classification in the 2024 edition of the Volta a Catalunya Femenina and sixth at the GP Oetingen that year. This season, she finished third in the Danish road race national championships.

“I’m really proud to call cycling my profession,” Solbjørk said. “That’s why I’m going to EF Education-Oatly. I felt like it will be a good match with who I am. This is a place where I can be myself. Not just as a rider, but me as a person. That’s something I’m quite proud of, of staying myself. I’ve really just tried to be who I am. Getting to be both the individual and the rider I want to be is important to me.”

Solbjørk is only 21 but has been racing since she was nine years old; the youngest age Denmark allows riders to compete in licensed races.

“My parents put on the TV when I was around four or five years old and it just happened to be a clip from I think the Vuelta,” Solbjørk said. “You know the atmosphere where the spectators are lining the roadside, the riders can only go through one by one, the pain on their faces, the smoke, and the people yelling. It looked amazing. I was just in front of this TV and I looked up at my dad and I told him I want to do this. My parents say it was love at first sight.”

“When I was seven, my parents got me my first bike,” she continued. “I started riding with my dad. A year after this, he looked into what clubs were around and I got a membership. I had to wait a bit before I was old enough to race and at nine I immediately started racing.”

Solbjørk has already spent two seasons racing in the WorldTour but she sees herself as still evolving, especially when it comes to her beloved classics.

“As for the races that really suit me, it’s probably the punchy races. I have a dream that I really want to do well in the Ardennes. I love Flèche and Liège of course, but also Flanders. If I dream even bigger, I want to be one of those riders that can do a little bit of everything. I want to develop my whole plate, including being better in time trialing so I can do better in stage races. That is really what you should aim for as a rider if you want to be one of the best in the world. I’m the kind of person who wants to do things 100 percent,” she said.

EF Education-Oatly general manager Esra Tromp was impressed by Solbjørk’s racing style and saw untapped potential in the Dane.

“Solbjørk is young and chasing her first win,” Esra said. “She needs some races where she can be deep in the finale to gain that experience. She has a good head on her shoulders and knows that greatness comes from getting all of the details right: positioning, fueling, recovering, communicating, and so on. We have the right people and the right tools to help Solbjørk come into her own as a top racer and to discover her greatness.”

Solbjørk is confident that EF Education-Oatly is the ideal environment to help her level up her racing and that her mindset will serve her well.

“My strength is that I never give up,” Solbjørk said. “I’m still figuring out what kind of rider I am. I don’t have outstanding skills in positioning or sprinting or something very specific yet. I’m still trying to learn that about myself and what I’m good at and what I can do. I’m on that journey of learning that about myself and I think the most important part of this journey is never giving up. There’s no such thing as failing. It’s just learning points and you keep going.”

Solbjørk has always been active. Growing up, she tried sports like soccer and swimming but none of them captured her heart. Around the same time she first saw cycling, she took up ballet and pursued it for the next several years.

“I’ve always thought ballet was really beautiful. My mom used to take me to the ballet in Copenhagen to watch Swan Lake. I was very fascinated by it. I was going to a lot of auditions for the Royal Danish Ballet because they’re always looking for the next star but in the end, I realized I’d be better off with cycling,” Solbjørk said.

Off the bike, Solbjørk has plenty to keep her busy. She loves to bake homemade cakes and share them with her friends. She often gets out her watercolors and paints sunsets, flowers, and other nature scenes, saying that her hobbies remind her that there is more to life than bike racing. Perhaps her favorite pastime of all is reading.

“I have always loved to read,” she said. “I have a million books in my apartment. I’ve always enjoyed fantasy and crime. I really like to have an old fashioned paperback in my hands when I read but when I have to pack for a trip, I have two or maybe three books sometimes going on at the same time but then I have to pack all three books because I have only 50 pages left in this one and I have 100 pages in this one and then I overpack so much. This is really an issue for me!”

This off season, she plans to visit Paris on vacation with her boyfriend and may even pick up ballet again for the first time since childhood.

“I mentioned to Esra that during the winter season I would really love to take some ballet classes just to have a different sport activity to mix it up and she loved it! She said that would be so much fun. But it’s been so many years since I did ballet! Maybe it’s like riding a bike. If I try to go through it again maybe I can remember something but I am not that good at it any more!” Solbjørk laughed.

Looking ahead to 2026, Solbjørk said, “I’m really excited for this new change and I think it’s really going to be good for me. I’m looking forward to it.”

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