Olympic champion Kiesenhofer signs with Soltec team for the Vuelta

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games - Olimpiadi Tokyo 2020 - Women's Road Race - Musashinonomori Park - Fuji Internetional Speedway 137 km - 25/07/2021 - Anna Kiesenhofer (Austria) - photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2021
Olympic champion Anna Kiesenhofer has joined Spanish team Soltec (Image credit: Luca Bettini/Bettini Photo)

Women's Olympic road race champion Anna Kiesenhofer has joined the Spanish Continental squad Soltec ahead of September's Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta.

The Austrian, who took a surprise solo victory in Tokyo last summer, hasn't raced with a professional team since spending a season with Lotto Soudal back in 2017. However, Murcian team Soltec have announced that the 31-year-old has signed up ahead of the penultimate Women's WorldTour event of 2022.

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