Family bike rides turned into something more dedicated when Babette’s older sister joined a local cycling club as a teenager. Wanting to emulate her sibling, Babette began to take cycling more seriously. The pair often trained together, encouraging each other to grow and improve. Still just 20 years old, Babette remains focused on continuing to grow and pushing her limits.

Growing up in the Netherlands, Babette quickly learned to love headwinds and harsh weather. Today, she is happiest racing when the conditions are tough and the parcours includes cobbles, or punchy hills. Naturally, she loves the spring classics.

Babette is currently studying in an online medical science course. She enjoys how studying forces her to take a break from cycling. Another passion of hers is cooking. Babette’s specialty is homemade gnocchi.

Henrietta fell in love with the sound of cycling. She heard the distinct sound of cleats walking on concrete and knew this was the sport for her. She then convinced her parents to let her take up the sport and the rest is history. She quickly discovered she was a powerful rider who excelled on climbs.

She realized she would have to leave New Zealand for Europe if she wanted to become a pro and she knew this would be expensive. To save money, she baked and decorated gourmet homemade cakes and sold them locally.

Her hard work – both on the bike and in the kitchen – soon paid off. Last season she was third at the Gran Premio Ciudad de Eibar. She has won the best young rider competition at the Tour Down Under and the Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l’Ardèche. Her top ten GC results include the Tour Down Under, Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, the Vuelta Ciclista Andalucía, and the Clasica de Almeria. She is a former junior and under-23 time trial national champion.

This is Henrietta’s first season with EF Education-Oatly. At just 23 years old, she is still discovering her full potential.

After an active childhood, Sarah began racing triathlons as a university student just to try something new and was soon invited to a talent ID camp by that Australian Institute of Sport. She knew she had the engine to race with the best in the world so she didn’t let injuries or setbacks keep her from achieving her dream of becoming a professional athlete.

Today, Sarah is a seasoned veteran of the peloton and a mentor to her newer teammates. She won the Australian road national championship title in 2021 and has also earned wins at the Simac Ladies Tour, GP Cham-Hagendorn, the Tour of Britain Women, Geraardsbergen-Gooik, Navarra Elite Classics, and the Bretagne Ladies Tour.

In 2025, Sarah is excited to bring her knowledge and experience to the spring classics. She loves the intense mental focus that the classics demand and the physicality of holding her line on the punchy cobbled sectors.

Sarah still loves to try new things. Growing up in Sydney means she is well versed in warm weather sports but she is eager to try out speed skating, cross-country skiing, and alpine skiing. Learning remains a passion of hers. She earned her undergraduate degree in sports science and is currently working on her masters degree in clinical physiology.

Kim had a huge season in 2024. She started the year by winning the New Zealand time trial national championship before taking a stage and the general classification at the Trofeo Ponente in Rosa, her first stage race of the season. She put in an impressive performance at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, narrowly missing out on the win. Kim made her Olympic debut and finished seventh in the time trial.

The kiwi came to cycling after a short stint in triathlon, a sport she took up as a teenager. When she grew tired of constant running injuries, she made the switch to cycling and has loved every minute of it.

She excels both in time trialing and on long climbs and appreciates the straightforwardness of both disciplines. Racing a TT or a climb means she doesn’t have to worry too much about tactics and can focus on pedaling and pushing herself to her limits, something Kim loves to do.

2025 will be Kim’s third season as a pro. Given how quickly she’s learned the ins and outs of the peloton and how motivated she is, 2025 promises to be a great year.

Off the bike, she loves to relax with her husband by going for an easy ride or watching movies together.

Swiss road race champion Noemi Rüegg is still discovering her strength in the sport. Last year was a breakout season for her, as she won her first professional race, the Trofeo Felanitx-Colònia de Sant Jordi, on the squad’s first-ever day of racing. She then backed up that win with another at the Swiss national championships. She went to the Paris Olympics and finished seventh in the road race, before racing the Tour and mixing it up in the sprints.

Noemi is a punchy rider who can get over hard climbs. She is still trying to find out where her limits lie.

She came to bike racing through her family. At first, her goal was simply to keep up with her brother who is five years older than her. Their dad was involved with a local cycling club and Noemi slowly grew more and more curious. When she was 13, she finished her first cyclocross race and was hooked.

She turned professional on the road as a 19-year-old, leaving her full-time job caring for disabled people in a home. She is a two-time Under-23 Swiss time trial national champion but her heart belongs to the classics. Noemi loves a tough course, the more chaotic, the better. She is not afraid to be aggressive in the peloton and loves the excitement and energy of a hectic race.

Her ultimate goals are to podium in one of the classics and to develop as a stage racer. This year could be hers.