Emilie Siegenthaler grew up on Scott bikes in cross-country. At the right moment, she discovered her potential in downhill racing, where she quickly became a national and soon also an international top athlete. In 2009, she found her sporting home in Claudio Caluori's Scott 11 team, which currently rides under the team name Gstaad-Scott.

After Siegenthaler finished in the top five in the World Cup several times, the past racing season was anything but as she had hoped. She was thrown off course several times by crashes, but always fought her way back and proved that she is still capable of top performances. Thanks to this ability, the Biel native will be competing for this "three-man team" for the next two years.

"It's hugely important for me to be part of a team again that is fully behind me in every situation and believes in me. With the backing of the entire Pivot crew, I want to make it onto the podium regularly, which I haven't managed to do in recent years," Siegenthaler reveals, adding: "I can hardly wait to roll onto the start line with my new Pivot "Phoenix" and I'm grateful to have this opportunity with such a cool team.

World Cup and videos
The Pivot Factory Downhill Team is traveling to the entire UCI Downhill World Cup. This includes the three Crankworx festivals in Rotorua (NZL), Les deux Alpes (FRA) and Whistler (CAN) as well as some rounds of the iXS European Downhill Cup. Other events on the team's itinerary will also be visited.The team riders will soon be uploading the first video episodes to the Instagram social media channel for the fans. The Pivot athletes can be found there under @eliotjackson, @emi_fatima and @bernard_kerr.

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