Swedish racer Caroline Andersson is switching Liv-AlUla-Jayco for AG Insurance-Soudal on a three-year deal, the Belgian team has announced.
The 25-year-old will join a growing, ambitious team in their fourth season of Women's WorldTour racing, racing alongside riders such as former Liège-Bastogne-Liège champion Kim Le Court-Pienaar and climbing stars Sarah Gigante and Urška Zigart.
Andersson stepped up to the professional ranks in 2023, moving up from Norwegian squad Coop-Hitec to Liv-TeqFind, which then merged with Jayco-AlUla.
She's spent four seasons in that setup and has grown into a versatile rider with a penchant for hilly races.
"I'm super excited to join AG Insurance-Soudal. From the very first meeting with the team, it already felt like the right place for me. I immediately felt that it was a team where I could see myself fitting in and developing further," Andersson said upon penning her new deal.
"I've looked up to The Wolfpack since I was a child. I've always been a big fan of the Classics and have followed both the men's and women's teams, racing as a pack. Being part of that is something I've looked up to for a long time, so it's really cool to now have the opportunity to join the team."
Andersson has developed year on year since joining Liv and has returned a series of good results this season and last.
A highlight of 2025 was fourth place at the hilly spring race, the Navarra Women's Elite Classic, while she flourished later in the year. Fifth at the Kreiz Breizh Elites was followed by top 10s at the Classic Lorient Agglomération and GP Stuttgart, as well as second at the Tour of Guangxi one-day race, narrowly missing out in a two-up sprint.
At the Rwanda Worlds, she impressed to finish 11th alongside Demi Vollering, Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney, Marlen Reusser, and future teammate Le Court-Pienaar, despite racing in a team of one.
This season, she showed herself in the cobbled Classics, converting a day in the break at Le Samyn into a fourth-place finish and also grabbing a top 10 at Nokere Koerse.
More recently, Andersson achieved a career-best Women's WorldTour result at the Tour of Britain Women, where five days of consistent racing through the hills saw her finish fourth overall. A standout performance, and a real show of her hillclimbing ability, came with third place on the stage 3 hilltop finish at The Great Orme in Llandudno.
"Right now, I have mixed emotions. In one way, I’m a bit disappointed because I tactically made a mistake at the bottom of the climb, but in another way it’s relief to know that my legs are really there," Andersson said after the stage, where she finished 20 seconds behind eventual race winner Le Court-Pienaar.
"I owe everything to Quinty Ton today. We were both caught behind in a crash, and without her I would never have made it back. She did the most fantastic job. I’m super happy she’s my teammate, and I think this is a good day for the team."
She'll be aiming for similar races, including hilly Classics, with her new team, AG Insurance-Soudal.
"I hope I can make a difference, especially by supporting the team in the stage races and Classics, while also taking my own opportunities when they come. I'm really looking forward to this new experience and to seeing what we can achieve together."
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