Expecting her first baby in 2024

French rider, currently in the sixth month of pregnancy, will return with Telefónica-backed squad after maternity leave.

Taking advantage from their teams competing at the WorldTour classics in Brittany this weekend, the women’s Lorient Agglo (Saturday 24th) and the men’s Bretagne Classic – Plouay (Sunday 25th), the Movistar Team announces Friday that its local rider, Aude Biannic, will remain a member of the Blues in 2025 after the end of her pregnancy.

The news, announced by Biannic in public in the early days of summer, has interrupted -the childbirth is expected for the last weeks of the year- what has so far been a brilliant career from one of the best domestiques in the WorldTour.

2025 will be no less than the Frenchwoman’s eighth season in Blue, an irreplaceable asset to the squad due to her commitment and work ethic, present at the best races in the calendar -9 Giros, 2 Tours, 2 Vueltas, as well as 11 World Championships-. She’s the only Movistar Team member still part of the team since the Spanish outfit’s first iteration back in 2018.

“I discovered I was pregnant after the cobbled classics,” explains Biannic. “It was a big surprise, yet a really pleasant one. Actually, my period was due already a few weeks, and I waited to take the tests until the end of the classics so I could remain focused on what was still ahead.

“I’ve enjoyed a really calm pregnancy, with good health and no discomfort. I’m becoming more and more tired with days passing, but I can still enjoy my bike, and I adapt my efforts and day routine to how I feel every day.

“Everything with the Movistar Team has been so easy over these years. Mutual confidence has been full since the beginning, and the decision to continue for another year was a natural choice. I remain connected to most of the girls and the staff. It makes me so happy to have them by my side, stay in contact, feel part of the team and the conversation not being just about cycling. I’m fully certain that, after a year off without seeing them, I will return with recharged batteries and full of excitement.”