TEAM
When we design a bike, our goal is to create the ultimate product in terms of performance. All our frames go through a rigorous engineering and testing process, and our prototypes are tested by our athletes in real time on all types of terrain. We never market a product that has not been tried and tested by our team in real competition.
We race and share our passion for cycling all over the world.
The team also reflects our brand values. Its spirit is based on 3 core principles: Performing, Surpassing, Sharing.
Gaby Thompson (UK)
Ex pro-cyclist in different UK continental teams. Gaby has also experience in ultra distance racing at the Transcontinental Race of 2016 where she finished 2nd female. She is also a great content producer with a large IG community. In 2023 she will participate in different gravel trips all over the world and design / live her own cycling adventures.
Results:
3rd The Traka 100 – 2021
3rd Wish One 130 Morvan – 2021
Marie-Louise Biard (FR)
Marie-Louise is a multi-sport enthusiast. She excels in athletics, trail running, road cycling and now gravel. With promising results from her first season, Marie-Louise is aiming to reach higher in 2023.
Results:
9th Gravel World Championships – 2022
5th Wish One Millau Grands Causses – 2022
Ali Gibb (UK)
Ali is a cyclist at the adventurous end of the scale. She lives in the French Alps, working as a bike instructor/guide in summer and a ski instructor in winter. Ali likes to travel the world through cycling, particularly bikepacking, and surprised us with her gravel results in 2022. We are looking forward to this new season and seeing what Ali is capable of!
Results:
1st Gravel Tour du Mont Blanc – 2022
1st Wish One Gravel Race Aubrac – 2022
8th Gravel World Championships – 2022
1st UCI Gravel World Series Millau Grands Causses – 2023
Laurent Brochard (FR)
French road cycling legend, Laurent Brochard was the last french World Champion before Julian Alaphilippe won in 2020. He discovered gravel last year after challenging himself with ultra-trail running and the UTMB and Grand Raid. First and foremost, Laurent loves cycling: he’s previously run cycling camps and now brings his experience to Wish One Racing and becoming our team captain.
Results:
1st World Road Championships – 1997
1st Tour de France: stage 9 – 1997
1st Vuelta a Espana: stage 9 – 1999
1st Tour de Pologne – 2002
12th Tour du Mont Blanc – 2022
11th Wish One 170 Aubrac – 2022
Tao Quéméré (FR)
Ex-member of the french nordic skiing team who moved to cycling in 2016. That year Tao won the Etape du Tour which drove him to make the move to cycling. Various contracts with pro teams followed and he raced at the highest level of amateur road cycling. Since 2020, Tao has focused more and more on gravel and never stops progressing.
Results:
1st Wish One 170 Aubrac – 2021
2nd The Traka 200 – 2021
41th Elite Gravel World Championships – 2022
2nd Grinduro Italia – 2023
Julien Souton (FR)
Julien is a solid elite road cyclist. Member of the french U23 team, Julien had great results in 2022 but he chose to stop his career due to calendar fatigue. This led him to try out other disciplines including zwift E-racing and gravel in 2023 with the Wish One Racing team.
Results:
1st Tour de Côte-d’Or – 2022
11th French Championship ITT – 2020
Aurélien Philibert (FR)
Aurélien is one of the best cyclocross specialists in France as well as racing at the highest elite road level in France with the Philippe Wagner Cycling pro team. In 2023 he has decided to start gravel racing as it plays perfectly to his riding strengths. After a promising 11th place at the UCI Gravel World Series stage in Millau he has decided to join the team for the rest of the season.
Results:
1st Châtillon Dijon – 2018
6th Piemont Pyrénéen – 2017
9th Maurienne Classic – 2022
11th UCI Gravel World Series Millau Grands Causses – 2023
Clément Javouhey (FR)
Pure road rider racing for the Philippe Wagner Cycling pro team, Clément is known as being one of the most solid domestiques of the peloton able to ride in the front and protect his leader. His riding style fits perfectly with what you need to perform in gravel racing.
Results:
2nd Tour de Côte-d’Or – 2022
3th Nova Eroica – 2023
Julien Flachon (FR)
Ex-elite cyclist, Julien chose to completely change his lifestyle. Replacing his road bike with a gravel bike, he left road racing in 2021 in search of adventure in the world of gravel and bike-packing. Julien loves to find new experiences, travelling the world to ride gravel. We look forward to his new adventures in 2023!
Results:
1st Tour Olliergues: Stage 3 – 2018
1st The Traka 100 – 2022
Bruno Morel (FR)
One of the best french Granfondo specialists, Bruno is a talented climber. With a background in cyclocross and road racing, he a strong challenger in gravel racing thanks to his skills. With solid results in previous years, Bruno wants to consolidate his results in 2023.
Results:
2nd Nova Eroica Tuscany – 2021
3rd The Traka 200 – 2021
2nd Gravel Epic Switzerland – 2021
12th Gravel Earth Series Final – 2023
Victor Bosoni (FR)
After 3 years racing in French Elite category, Victor chose to change his focus in 2022 to Ultra-Cycling. With promising performances, he wants to continue long distance gravel racing with the Wish One Racing team, and already has won the North Cape 4000 in 2023 (4,600km self-supported) at only 21 years old!
Results:
1st Tour Cévennes: Stage 1 – 2019
1st Les 7 Majeurs: Recordman – 2022
2nd The Traka 200 – 2023
1st North Cape 4000 – 2023
François-Xavier Blanc (FR)
Ex Elite XCO mountain biker, François-Xavier has an excellent technical background for the practice of gravel. After his MTB career, FX turned to the Granfondo discipline with success in the most beautiful events in France. In parallel to his professional activities, FX continues to race gravel and is one of the best in his age group.
Results:
1st Cap Nore – 2021
3rd Wish One 100 Aveyron – 2021
12th UCI Gravel World Championships – 2022
9th The Traka 100 – 2023
6th Nova Eroica – 2023
3rd Gravel Earth Series Final Medio – 2023
Florent Besses (FR)
Ski alpinist, mountain biker and all-round cyclist Florent splits his year in two. Winter is dedicated to ski mountaineering (french cup and international long-distance races) and summer to the bike – mountain bike raids and long-distance races, and of course gravel races.
Results:
1st Grinduro Wales – Veteran – 2022
2nd Wish One 170 Aveyron – 2022
8th UCI Gravel World Series Millau Grands Causses – 2023
Eric Brugnon (FR)
Eric is a lover of any discipline! He’s a fixie rider, cyclo-cross racer both on single-speed and motor-paced races. His background is in elite MTB and he can be one of the fastest riders in his category on technical sections.
Results:
4th Rad Race LMS – 2022
10th Fixed Nations Cup – 2019
10th Nova Eroica – 2023
15 th UCI Gravel World Series Millau Grands Causses – 2023
3rd UCI Gravel World Series Monsterrato 2023