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'It would be a dream to race the Tour de France Femmes' - Pathways Fund provides novel support for two US riders to join French team and compete at Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix

Allison Mrugal of United States and Mayenne Monbana My Pie competes during the GP Oetingen 2026 - on March 11, 2026 in Oetingen, Belgium. (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images).

In the span of a couple of months, US riders Allison Mrugal and Natalie Quinn went from racing UCI road events in Europe to unemployment to landing 2026 contracts with non-profit funding to ride at the ProTeam level in 2026.

Now the duo ride together for French-based Mayenne Monbana My Pie, not only living their dream careers by riding Spring Classics in Europe, but on the short list to take part in the Tour de France Femmes.

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