Endurance Cycling Development

Junior women’s endurance cycling · 501(c)(3)

Strong young women.
Doing hard things.

We help junior women race cyclocross, road and gravel at the national level and on the World Cup courses of Belgium, and we back them in school, in their community and in life.

36th

Juliette, USA Cycling U23 women’s cyclocross, at 15

17 / 23

Podiums in Juliette’s 2025 races

20+

U.S. races each season

10+

UCI and World Cup races in Belgium each winter

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What our riders stand for

Five things, every race

Endurance

Forty to fifty minutes flat out over barriers, run-ups and sand. They chose the hardest discipline in cycling.

Perseverance

Early mornings, intervals in the rain, racing up an age group against women to 22. Results earned one season at a time.

Each other

Eight years of training side by side, and mentors to the younger riders coming up behind them.

Resilience

Bad starts, crashes, mechanicals. Get back on, chase back. The skill this sport teaches best.

Beyond the bike

The same habits carry into school, friendships, family and community.

Why it matters

By high school, about one girl in three no longer feels sport is for someone like her.

Girls lose that sense of belonging at more than twice the rate of boys (Women’s Sports Foundation). Girls who stay in sport do better in school, report lower rates of depression and anxiety, and go on to lead: 71% of women who played youth sports later held formal leadership roles.

Every season our riders stay on the start line, the girls watching them see what is possible.

Beyond the bike

Homework between races

Our riders keep high academic marks while traveling to race, completing schoolwork between training sessions and, next winter, between World Cups in Belgium. Coaching, race support and mentoring come with an expectation: be as strong off the bike as on it.

Partner with us

Your brand on the hardest-working kit in the field

Sponsorships at four levels, each covering two full seasons. Our riders wear your brand at every race, compete at the front nationally and in Belgium, ride with your teams, and tell them what sport has given them.

Supporting each other

A team, and a sisterhood

After the race, together.
Claire Thonnerieux
Juliette Dennedy