Yanina Kuskova signs for Spanish ProTeam Laboral Kutxa-Euskadi
Young Uzbek signs two year deal after eye-catching ride at 2024 Tour de France Femmes
Uzbek starlet Yanina Kuskova has signed a two-year deal with Spanish team Laboral Kutxa-Euskadi after her breakout performance at this year’s Tour de France Femmes.
Riding for the controversial Tashkent City Cycling Team, Kuskova put in a determined ride to finish the Tour de France, having been the team’s only rider left in the race after stage three. She also completed the Giro d’Italia Women in similar fashion in July and raced both the Olympic and World Championship road races. Since completing the Tour de France Femmes, Tashkent have now folded.
The 22-year-old is a powerful, rangy climber. Her best results this season include a 20th at the WWT level Deekin University Road Race, 6th at the Tour of the Gila and the overall title at her home Tour of Bostonliq. She is also the reigning Uzbekistan national champion.
Kuskova joins Laboral-Kutxa as they step up from UCI Continental level to become one of the first batch of brand new women’s ProTeams, giving them access to some of the world’s biggest races.
“It is one of the best moments of my life,” Kuskova said in a team press release. “I am very happy and I can't believe that I will be a member of this team. It was the moment to take a new step in my cycling career with the Laboral Kutxa-Euskadi Foundation team.”
“I have completed a whole season this year, and this is a reward the best thing for me is to be a member of the Laboral Kutxa team. This team is one of the best at the Continental level and it is a great place for me to continue progressing at the world level.”
“My goal here is to develop and learn to win. I know that I can give a lot and I am ready to work hard to achieve my goals together with the Laboral team. I'm really looking forward to 2025 and wearing the purple jersey. Thanks to everyone and we'll see each other at the races in 2025!"
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I am pleased she is being given a shot…guts count and she’s clearly no entitled dabbler…and given her example others may take up the sport, see hope
As a French I have to had Yanina Kuskova's 5th and 12th places at the Morbihan weekend to her best results 😁