
In her ninth season as a professional, Heidi Franz leveraged her performance at the UCI Gravel World Championships, where she was one of just two top-15 finishers not riding for a UCI WorldTour or women’s ProTeam, to secure a contract for 2026, marking her sixth team in the past five years.
Franz, who raced for Cynisca Cycling before the team folded this year, will be joining St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93, a France-registered women’s ProTeam.