Wiggle-High5 announced their third new signing for the 2018 season with Olympic Champion Katie Archibald set to join the powerful women's squad.
The Scottish rider has spent much of her early career on the track, where she has been hugely successful, winning gold in the team pursuit in Rio last year. She took her second world title earlier this season when she won the Omnium event ahead of Kirsten Wild.
Archibald has mixed her track racing with some efforts on the road with the WNT team and finished second in the road race and third in the time trial at the British national championships.
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"I've joined Wiggle-High5 to take the next step in my professional career,” Archibald said. “2017 was my first season of racing a UCI calendar on the road and in 2018 I'll now be able to race as part of the Women's WorldTour. With my previous team I was often race leader though our racing ambitions were small.
“With this move I expect to be playing a support role to bigger goals as part of one of the highest ranked UCI teams. One day I hope to again be a race leader myself and plan to learn as much as possible from the hugely successful roster Wiggle-High5 boasts in 2018.”
Wiggle-High5 has already announced Lisa Brennauer and Archibald’s track teammate Elinor Barker for the 2018 season.
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