Danish sprinter and time trial specialist Emma Norsgaard has signed a two-year contract with Movistar for the upcoming season. Norsgaard, a former national road race champion, is currently with Ekip Paul Ka and has already won the opening stage of the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana in February this season.

Norsgaard finished third behind Lorena Wiebes (Parkhotel Vallkenburg) and Marta Bastianelli (Alé BTC Ljubljana) at the Omloop van het Hageland in early March, but the competition was suspended due to a coronavirus outbreak She was suspended from the competition due to a coronavirus outbreak. She will miss most of the 2019 season due to a knee injury and has yet to resume the 2020 season with the Swiss team.

"I am thrilled to join the Movistar team family," Norsgaard said on the new team's website. 'I am very excited to be a part of the Movistar Team family and I look forward to working with the team to help them achieve their goals.'

Norsgaard's older brother, 23-year-old Matthias Norsgaard, joined Movistar for 2020 and is already a member of the men's team.

"I'm looking forward to seeing myself grow into a top team like the Movistar team," Norsgaard continued. 'It really gives me confidence to be so close to the men's team. It's modern, and being in the unique situation of being on the same team as my own brother is pretty cool."

." I believe that this team setup is the future of women's cycling." She continued." I am super proud to be part of a team that is progressive and will help define the future of women's cycling."

Team Manager Sebastien Unzue added, "Emma is an exciting addition to our roster and will quickly become an important part of this team. She is a player we have been following since we launched this project three years ago and will certainly help us take another step forward"

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"She has the ability and talent to steal wins from groups large and small, which is really rare in this sport.

"I'm looking forward to seeing how she can develop in the Classic and how she will grow as an athlete in the coming years. Besides that, we have an exciting project coming up from a personal standpoint with Emma and Matthias sharing a team."

According to Movistar, Emma and Matthias Norsgaard are the first heterosexual siblings on the UCI World Tour.