Ella Harris has signed a two-year contract extension with Canyon-SRAM through 2022, the team announced Monday. Harris proved her strength as a top climber by earning a spot on the Women's World Tour team after winning the Zwift Academy last year.

"Since winning the Zwift Academy, Canyon-SRAM is the only team I really know, but I am confident I started at the very top.

"When I was offered a re-signing, I didn't hesitate or consider other options. It was a clear decision for me to continue in an environment that I know will give me every opportunity to improve as a rider and become the best I can be. two years at Canyon-SRAM have been amazing and I am very excited about the fact that we are only halfway through. It feels like a second home to me and it's motivating to think that I can take another step in the sport with such a great team and its partners behind me."

Harris began the season in the southern hemisphere, finishing in the top nine at the Women's World Tour Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race in Geelong, an early race on the UCI calendar. Shortly after the season resumed, in July, Harris broke her femur in a training crash and was out of racing for the next 12 weeks.

"Rather conveniently, I was able to accomplish most of my goals for 2020 at the beginning of the year before things turned around. My main goal was to win races, which I accomplished at the Herald Sun Tour in February. Another goal was to win the New Zealand Championships, and I had a good campaign, winning the U23 individual time trial and finishing second in the elite road race. I was looking forward to seeing what I could do in events like the Ardennes and the Giro Rosa, and to ride into Europe with these results to keep the momentum going," Harris said.

"I think the pause button has been pushed at this point. I missed the opportunity to continue my growth in European racing and build on my first season in 2019, and I'm really looking forward to resuming my growth as a rider in 2021 and hopefully starting in the races I wanted to try this year."

Despite the broken femur, Harris reflected on some of the positive aspects of the 2020 season and her first year of racing on the Women's World Tour and Zwift during the COVID-19 shutdown.

"I'm trying not to let the broken femur overshadow the positive show I put on in the first half of the year. I was really happy with my performance at Zwift events like the Tour for All Alps du Zwift. The leg injury was really bad, but it was an eye-opener that revealed areas that I had previously neglected or ignored.

"The big lesson for me in 2020 was to remember what it is about this sport that attracts me and why I feel compelled to jump back on the bike for a second ride after the first. The main reasons I enjoy cycling are the freedom it gives me, the chance to test myself, and the opportunity to explore. By remembering why I ride a bike, my whole mental approach becomes more positive and relaxed. It's important not to get too caught up in the details or obsess over the numbers, but rather to allow yourself to enjoy the simple pleasures of riding a bike."

Harris completes Canyon-SRAM's 14-rider roster. The team includes Kasia Niewiadoma, Alaina Amialiushik, Hannah and Alice Burns, Hannah Ludwig, Lisa Klein, Omer Shapira, Alexis Ryan, and Tiffany Cromwell, plus Mikayla Harvey, who is new to the team next year, Elise Shabby, Chloe Dygert, and Neve Bradbury had been announced as joining the team.

Rolf Aldag will leave his position as Sportif Director to join Bahrain Victorias next year, and team manager Ronny Lauke will serve as interim director while a replacement is sought.