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Matilda Price

Introducing: Valentina Cavallar – The Olympic rower turned promising Grand Tour racer who was inspired by the Tour de France Femmes

DENIA, SPAIN - DECEMBER 12: Valentina Cavallar of Austria and Team SD Worx - Protime during the training camp of the Team SD Worx - Protime 2026 on December 12, 2025 in Denia, Spain. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images).

If the quietly promising Valentina Cavallar wasn't already on cycling fans' radars before, she certainly will be in 2026, after becoming one of just two new recruits to one of the peloton's most important teams, SD Worx-Protime.

Following a rapid ascension from non-cyclist to future Grand Tour contender, Austria's Cavallar joined the Dutch squad at the start of this year, and is one of the most interesting – yet still not very well known – prospects in the bunch.

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