Kate Courtney
FDJ United-SUEZ
Personal Details:
Teams history:
- 2026 - FDJ United-SUEZ
- 2014 - Specialized Racing XC
Biography:
Kate Courtney is a multidiscipline athlete who excelled in cross-country mountain bike before signing for WorldTour team FDJ United-Suez in 2026. She is a two-time mountain bike world champion in XCO (2018) and marathon (2025), as well as the XC World Cup overall champion in 2019 with three individual wins to her name. She also won Cape Epic in 2018.
In June 2026, she took the United States national road race title, and then announced a move to FDJ with immediate effect shortly after, making her pro racing debut for the team in July.
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'A huge step-up and a lot to learn' – Kate Courtney swiftly adapting to WorldTour racing with FDJ United-Suez at the Tour of Britain Women
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News Eva van Agt soloed to victory in Saturday's La Périgord Ladies as Courtney took 15th, and then 13th the following day
'One of the most challenging goals I have ever spoken out loud' becomes stunning reality as off-road star Kate Courtney enters the Women's WorldTour
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'My year of radical experimentation' – Kate Courtney's first US Road Nationals is one to remember, so will we see her on the tarmac more?
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'For the love of it' – Kate Courtney races Fuego XL at Sea Otter and blows away competition, while Hannah Otto reveals new FKT atop Hawaii's Mauna Kea – Gravel Bits
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'It is always too soon to quit' – Kate Courtney revives Cape Epic challenge with last minute recruitment of Greta Seiwald after Melisa Rollins crash
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