Mitchelton Scott announced Wednesday that it has signed Tennielle Campbell to a two-year contract through 2022.The 23-year-old Campbell, who began her professional cycling career with the World Cycling Center (WCC) in 2018, will be joining the Women's World Tour for the first time next year after She will step up to the next level.

"Mitchelton Scott has been my dream team ever since I was at World Cycling Center. Some days I have to pinch myself to believe it's actually happening," said Campbell, who recently visited the team's service course in Brunello, just outside Varese, Italy. [There are a lot of top-class riders, they've been here for years now, and you can see how strong they are, how much they've grown, how well they work as a team.

Campbell, from Trinidad and Tobago, accepted an invitation from UCI President David Lapartient to join the program on a full scholarship in early 2018 and begin his professional road and track cycling career at the World Cycling Center in Switzerland He was.

World Cycling Center formed a women's continental team last year, which participates in many UCI-registered road races and is used as a starting point for riders to move up to the pros. Riders who have grown through the program include Cuba's Arlenis Sierra and Switzerland's Marlen Reusser.

Campbell was offered a contract to race as a trainee for Cogeas Mettler Pro Cycling near the end of his first season with the WCC in 2018, but returned to the WCC in 2019, winning the Tour de Belle Isle en Terra overall and finishing fifth in the Nokère Coase and He experienced the best season of his career. He also won the under-23 time trial at the Pan American Championships and took a double silver medal in the time trial and road race at the Pan American Games that summer.

After negotiating multiple offers, he signed his first full-time contract with Valcar Travel & Service for the 2020 season, finishing third in the Vuelta CV Feminas before the season was interrupted by the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, Omloop van het Hageland, where he finished fifth.

Campbell said her promotion to Mitchelton-Scott's top-level women's world team next year was a dream come true, although it happened much sooner than expected.

"I never thought I would get here so quickly. To do so well amongst the best in Europe really shocked everyone.

Campbell is a time trial specialist and a strong sprinter at over 1,200 watts; in an interview with Cycling News in June, Campbell won a major one-day race, won a world title, set a world record, and won the Olympic gold medal at the Olympics, said he has ambitions to win an Olympic gold medal.

Campbell, who will continue to race for a WorldTour team this season, said he hopes to learn and grow to become a contender in future classics and possibly stage races.

"I really don't know [what type of rider I am] because I'm still young and I have a lot to discover about myself and a lot to learn and improve. In my first year at the WCC, Alejandro said my characteristics were geared toward the classics."

"I just want to gain a lot of experience and knowledge. Because you can have all the power in the world, but without experience and a team around you that really pushes you and helps you grow, I don't think the results will follow."

Campbell told Cycling News that he dreams of having a long and successful career in professional cycling, likening himself to the accomplishments and charismatic personality of Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt.

"I've always wanted to be a sprinter," Campbell told Cycling News, "but I'm not.

Mitchelton Scott said he has followed Campbell's progress in the professional world since Campbell graduated from World Cycling Center two years ago. Mitchelton Scott has been following Campbell's progress in the professional world since Campbell graduated from World Cycling Center two years ago.

"We are very excited that Tenniel is joining Mitchelton Scott. We have been watching her development since she was pointed out to us by our sports director, Alejandro," said Brent Copeland, Mitchelton Scott's general manager.

"Tenniel has had an excellent schooling at the UCI World Cycling Center and we believe she has tremendous talent. Along with the professional structure and experience of our team, we will do our best to bring the room for improvement that we feel Tennielle has to the highest level."

Campbell grew up in Hardbar Gain, south of Trinidad. She learned bike racing at a local club and hung out with the boys. She told Cycling News that few families let their children participate in the sport because there is little cycling infrastructure in her country and it is too expensive. She said she needs support from her parents, her cycling community, to get to where she is today in cycling, and she hopes to pay it forward by helping the sport grow in Trinidad and Tobago.

"Tenniel is someone who has made great sacrifices to get where she is and we are going to give her the support she deserves to make sure that all her sacrifices have been very worthwhile," Copeland said.

Mitchelton Scott has already announced contract extensions for leaders Amanda Spratt and Jessica Roberts, as well as new acquisitions Anne Santesteban from Selatigit WNT and Ariana Fidanza from Lot Soudal Ladies. Team co-leader Annemiek van Fruten will move to Movistar Team Women's in 2021. The remaining player roster slots have not yet been announced.

"Team owner Jerry Ryan has always been supportive of Australian talent, but has also worked to make the team as international as possible. We welcome Tennielle to the team and are very much looking forward to seeing her in team colors."