Amanda Spratt will move to Trek-Segafredo in the United States in 2023, ending an 11-year stint with the Australian team Bike Exchange Jayco, where she started as a professional racer.

The Australian all-rounder will remain with Trek-Segafredo until the end of 2024, signing a new two-year contract that she calls "a new challenge."

"I've spent 11 years with GreenEdge and I'm really grateful," she said. Moving to Trek Segafredo makes me feel like a kid in a candy store."

Spratt, 34, began racing professionally with Orica AIS in 2012 and has gone through various title sponsors, Orica Scott in 2017, Mitchelton Scott in 2018, and Bike Exchange in 2020, all under the Green Edge banner in a brilliant He has built a career.

Spratt spent much of his early career with Orica-AIS and Orica-Scott as a support rider for high-profile athletes Judith Arndt, Emma Johansson, Katrin Garfoot, and then up-and-comer Annemieke van Fluten. He spent time.

She later came into her own as a leader as well, winning stages in 2017, 2018, and 2019 at the difficult Spanish stage race, Emacmen Vila, and winning the overall in 2018. She also won the Santos Women's Tour Down Under three times in the same season, winning the overall.

She spent much of her time with Mitchelton-Scott as co-leader with Van Vleuten in mountain stage races, spring classics, and the Ardennes Classics. She was on the overall podium twice at the Giro Donne, both times finishing third behind teammate and overall winner Van Vleuten.

He also made the podium at the Trofeo Alfredo Binda and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Spratt, who also competes for the Australian national team, has twice been on the podium at the 2018 Innsbruck and 2019 Yorkshire World Championships.

She has battled injuries and crashes on the BikeExchange in recent years, most recently recovering from iliac artery endarterectomy surgery last October, a COVID-19 abandonment at the Giro Donnay, and a crash at the Tour de France Femme.

"Personally, I feel I still have a lot to improve on, so I am excited to keep learning and getting stronger with each race. After coming back from injury and spending the winter in Europe, this will be my first normal off-season since 2019 and I want to make the most of it and start 2023 with a race in Australia. After that, I'm very excited and motivated to get to Europe and start kicking goals with the team. I can't wait," Spratt said.

Trek-Segafredo director Ina Twittenberg credits Spratt's strengths to the combination of Elisa Longo Borghini and Lizzie Deignan, who excel in hard stage races and classics. They also plan to concentrate on the Giro Donne and Tour de France Femmes next season.

Spratt said she was motivated to move to Trek-Segafredo because of the team's philosophy and admires its growth and success since its inception in 2019.

"From the very first year of the women's team, I truly felt that the team would raise the level of professionalism and support for women. I love that the team has such a strong vision and values, and because of that, it feels like a dream come true for me to be a part of such an exceptional team," Spratt said.

"I feel ambitious for the next two seasons. With this team, there is a balance between wanting results and working hard for my teammates. Winning for my teammates is as gratifying as winning for myself, and this is something special for cycling."

"I am not at all worried about being on a team with so many strong riders. One of my favorite things about racing is the ability to work together as a team and use our numbers well tactically in the final races. I think we'll have a really strong climbing group next season, so I'm already grinning as I think of some of the toughest one-day races and the Tour and what we can do together there."