Training UAE Team ADQ announced a third recruit for the 2025 season… and it’s once again a resident of the Lidl-Trek ! After the Italian Elisa Longo Borghini and the Australian Brodie Chapmanit’s the British Elynor Backstedt who is committed to the Emirati team until 2027. Daughter of Magnus Backstedtwinner of a stage of the Tour de France in 1998 and Paris-Roubaix in 2004, and big sister of Zoe Backstedtwhich runs within the Canyon // SRAM Racingthe 22-year-old runner, third in theEPZ Circuit de Borsele this season, had been playing for five years within the Lidl-Trek.
Video – Backstedt will still be alongside Longo Borghini in 2025
The statements of Elynor Backstedt and Melissa Moncada
Elynor Backstedt : “I felt like it was the right time for a change. Then it was about trying to find a team where I felt I could excel at what I could do and UAE Team ADQ gave me seemed like an amazing opportunity. I see a lot of potential within the team, it seems like a good place to be. Sometimes you just need a new challenge and this one looks great. Elisa (Longo Borghini) and the other runners, but I’m also excited to sit down with the coaches and set new goals.”
Melissa Moncadapresident ofUAE Team ADQ : “We are very happy to welcome Elynor (Backstedt) to the team for the next three seasons. For such a young rider, she has a huge amount of WorldTour experience and we look forward to seeing her bring all that knowledge and insight to our ever-improving team Elynor has great enthusiasm and passion for racing, and although she has firmly established herself in the WorldTour, we also believe there is huge untapped potential in her for the next few years. are going to be incredibly exciting.”
