Jessica Allen has renewed her contract with Team Bike Exchange Jayco, extending her stay with the team through her seventh season.
Allen, 28, will remain with the team as it enters its third year at the Women's World Tour level, which has seen a series of major comings and goings and will undergo significant changes heading into 2022.
Allen joined the team in 2016 and has established herself as the team's top domestique. She said she is happy to re-sign and looks forward to being a part of the newly formed team next season.
"I am so happy to have re-signed with Team Bike Exchange and that they have continued to believe in me as I enter my seventh season with the team. [I look forward to having new riders join the team next year. I look forward to using my experience and skills to help them grow, while continuing to grow stronger as a rider myself
In 2022, the team will be led by Grace Brown (moving to FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope), Jessica Roberts (Coop High Tech), Sarah Roy (Canyon-SRAM Racing), and farewell to Lucy Kennedy and Janneke Ensing, who are retiring.
Kristen Faulkner and Nina Kessler join from TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank, neo-pros Ruby Roseman-Gannon and Chelsea Wei Shi Tang also sign on, and Georgia Baker and Alexandra Manley, who raced together a few years ago rejoined the team after having raced together a few years earlier.
Allen, along with Ane Santesteban, extended their contracts with the team, while Amanda Spratt, Arianna Fidanza, and Teniel Campbell will also remain with the team in 2022. The futures of Georgia Williams, Urschka Zigato, and Moniek Tenigro have not yet been finalized. [Jess is part of the Green Edge family. Jess is part of the GreenEdge family."
"We will have a variety of new riders on the team in 2022, and I have no doubt that she will be a strong asset in teaching them team values. It will be an important year for her as she continues to get stronger, smarter, and tactically sharp."
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