Kross Bike announces the departure of Jolanda Neff and shortly afterwards Trek announces that the 2017 world champion will ride for the Trek Factory Racing Team. Neff will also compete in cyclocross and road races for Trek. Canadian Emily Batty will remain with the team.

Trek announces that Swiss cross-country champion Jolanda Neff will join the Trek Factory Racing XC team. The three-time overall World Cup winner will continue to focus on the Cross Country World Cup, but will also ride selected events with the new "Trek Factory Racing Cyclocross" and "Trek-Segafredo" teams. At the age of 25, Neff has already left her mark on the sport of mountain biking. She is an elite world champion, three-time overall World Cup winner, three-time European champion, four-time Swiss champion and winner of twelve World Cup races.

"I'm very excited to be joining the Trek family," says Neff. "I like Trek as a brand and I'm excited about their philosophy of developing strong women's programs alongside their men's teams. It's also a great pleasure to be able to ride with the same team family in mountain bike, cyclocross and road."

Neff will join teammate Emily Batty, one of the best female mountain bikers, who will continue to ride for the Trek Factory Racing team in 2019 and beyond.

Emily Batty has been a fixture on the World Cup circuit for many years. In 2018, she won numerous World Cup podiums and a bronze medal at the World Championships in Lenzerheide. She will be looking to build on this momentum in the coming year and aims to build on her most successful season to date.
"I'm delighted to welcome Jolanda Neff to Trek and I know we can get the best out of each other in racing and training," says Batty. "Trek has always made it a point to support the best in the sport," said Tim Vanderjeugd, Trek Sports Marketing Director. "We're excited to continue that tradition and have two of the most well-known athletes in cycling in one program. Both Emily and Jolanda are primed for future success in the World Cup."

The Trek Factory Racing XC Team will announce the full rider roster in the coming months. The athletes will continue to ride Trek's Procaliber and Top Fuel platforms. The racing bikes are equipped with drivetrains and brakes from Sram, Rock Shox suspension elements as well as wheels and other components from Bontrager. The team kit is supplied by Santini, while shoes and helmets also come from Bontrager.

Dziekuje Kross team

After two successful years and numerous World Cup and World Championship titles, Jolanda Neff and the Kross Racing Team are ending their collaboration. "Together with the Kross Racing Team, I have achieved everything I wanted. We have stood on numerous podiums together at the most important races in the Mountain Bike World Cup and the World Championships," says Neff.

Neff became part of the Kross Racing Team in 2017. Together with the Polish team, she won the title of "Best Women Elite Team" in 2017 and 2018. Neff also became world champion in Cairns and in 2018 she secured the European title in Glasgow as well as overall victory in the World Cup. "The past two years with the Kross Racing Team have been incredible. We have achieved almost all of our goals in terms of racing. It's a dream come true! I will never forget this time," Neff sums up.

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