Emma Johansson’s move to Wiggle-Honda was the first big announcement of this season’s transfer market. The multiple Swedish national champion moves to the team on a two-year contract and will join a very strong line-up that includes double World Champion Giorgia Bronzini and double Giro Rosa winner Mara Abbott.
“I think new challenges and a bit of change can be good for you,” Johansson told Cyclingnews following the announcement. “I’ve always looked up to Rochelle (Gilmore) and seeing what she has been creating, and I’ve got a good relationship with her. I feel I’m ready for a change now and it gives me an opportunity. She gives you other options as well, not only in the racing part but everything that goes around it.”
Johansson is hoping to go out with a bang next season. Despite having a two-year contract with Wiggle-Honda, beginning next year, Johansson has set her sights on 2016 as a chance to go all out before she switches her focus to different goals. What exactly that focus will be, Johansson doesn’t know just yet but she hopes to stay in cycling in one way or another.
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“I am going to bring it down from a high level and where I am now. I really want a family and I really want to move on but it also gives me a chance to stay in the sport. I’m getting questions about what I’m going to do, but I can’t really give a good answer,” said Johansson. “I’ve always been talking about doing a bit of mountain biking or doing a bit of cyclo-cross.
“I just know that I’m going all in for the whole season and to try and finish a great career on top.”
Johansson has been a professional rider for 10 years after making her professional debut with the Bizkaia Panda Software Durango team in 2005. Since then, she has become one of the most consistent performers in the peloton and is one of the few who was able to challenge the dominant talent of Marianne Vos in her pomp. During her career, Johansson has notched up 12 national titles, three overall titles at the Thüringen Rundfahrt and one-day victories at the Ronde van Drenthe and the Trofeo Alfredo Binda.
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