Kendall Ryan and Laurel Rathbun have added team ownership to their resumes for the new year, co-founding the Aurea Racing brand to launch as a six-rider US domestic elite team which will compete as Caldera Medical x Aurea Racing in 2026.
The California-based duo – Ryan a four-time US elite women's criterium national champion and Rathbun the reigning US Madison national champion – move from two seasons together at L39ION of Los Angeles to lead the women's squad as a "place that's supportive of Olympic dreams".
