Quinty Ton will leave Liv AlUla Jayco at the end of the 2026 season and join Human Powered Health on a two-year contract running through to the end of 2028.
The 28-year-old Dutch all-rounder brings extensive Women’s WorldTour experience and gives Human Powered Health another rider capable of contributing both as a Classics contender and in support of the team’s general classification leaders.
Ton has spent her entire WorldTour career within the Liv programme, making the move one of the biggest changes of her professional career. Her results have steadily improved during that period, including ninth at the 2025 Amstel Gold Race, seventh overall at the 2025 Tour of Chongming Island and sixth at the 2026 Tour de Pologne Women.
“I’ve been in the pro peloton for a few years, and I’ve always been in the same team, so it’s exciting to have a new opportunity,” Ton said. “You see in the races that the team is always going for an attacking race style, and that’s what I really like.”
The transfer is the latest addition to a rapidly developing Human Powered Health roster for 2027, following deals for Marta Lach, Amalie Dideriksen and Letizia Paternoster.
Ton brings proven Classics strength
The spring Classics have become one of the clearest areas of strength in Ton’s career.
Her ninth place at the 2025 Amstel Gold Race remains one of her best WorldTour results and underlined her ability to survive repeated climbing while remaining competitive deep into selective races.
That profile is increasingly valuable in a peloton where many one-day races are decided not by pure climbers or outright sprinters, but by riders capable of combining resilience with enough speed to finish from a reduced group.
“The spring has a special place in my heart,” Ton said. “This will also be a big goal next year. I would like to contribute to that aggressive style of racing and hope to bring some good results with it for the team.”
Human Powered Health general manager Ro De Jonckere identified exactly that versatility as one of the main reasons for signing her.
“Quinty is a rider who we believe can bring a lot of value to our team,” De Jonckere said. “She has already built up a lot of experience at WorldTour level, but what really attracts us is her versatility.
“She is someone who can be competitive in the Classics, handle tough and hilly races, and still have the speed to be there when a race comes down to a reduced group.”
That fits closely with Human Powered Health’s recent recruitment. Lach, Dideriksen and Paternoster all bring slightly different versions of the same fundamental quality: the ability to remain competitive when one-day racing becomes difficult without turning into outright mountain terrain.
Ton adds further depth to that group.
Strong 2026 form strengthens Ton’s case
Ton arrives at Human Powered Health with evidence that her performances are still moving in the right direction.
Her sixth place overall at the 2026 Tour de Pologne Women added another strong stage-race result after seventh at the Tour of Chongming Island the previous season.
That matters because Ton is not being recruited purely as a Classics specialist.
Her ability to handle repeated climbing, position herself well and work over several days also gives Human Powered Health another experienced option in stage races.
“I also really like to do races where I can work for somebody who has a GC result,” Ton said. “Working for somebody who aims for a GC result, that is also something that I find rewarding.”
That willingness to move between personal opportunities and support work is likely to be particularly useful as Human Powered Health continue strengthening the number of riders they can use across different race types.
The team’s longer-term ambition has been clear since Human Powered Health extended its backing of the women’s programme through 2028, with a stated aim of moving towards the top five of women’s professional cycling.
Recruiting riders who can contribute in several different roles is an important part of that process.
A relatively late route into professional cycling
Ton’s route into the WorldTour was less conventional than many of her contemporaries.
She did not begin cycling seriously until the age of 18 and initially combined racing with her studies and work as a physiotherapist.
“I joined cycling pretty late, but I learned quickly,” Ton said.
A decade later, she has accumulated substantial experience racing the Classics and believes that knowledge can also be useful to Human Powered Health’s younger riders.
“I hope with my experience, I can guide younger or less experienced people in the team on how to approach races in the spring,” she explained. “I know the region in Belgium pretty well now. Every year we still do a recon of the race, but I can almost know the route with my eyes closed.”
That familiarity matters in the northern Classics.
Knowing where a road narrows, where positioning becomes critical or where the peloton normally accelerates can save considerable energy before the decisive sections even begin. Ton has now spent enough springs racing across Belgium and the Netherlands for those details to become instinctive.
Her full racing history and ProCyclingUK coverage can also be found on our Quinty Ton rider page.
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Human Powered Health continue building a deeper 2027 Classics squad
Ton’s arrival adds further evidence of the direction Human Powered Health are taking for 2027.
Marta Lach’s move from SD Worx-Protime gives the team a rider with proven speed after difficult racing.
Dideriksen brings the experience of a former world champion and established Classics winner.
Paternoster adds another rider capable of getting over short climbs while retaining a powerful finish.
Ton fits naturally alongside them.
Rather than building around one designated Classics leader, Human Powered Health are creating several ways to influence difficult one-day races. That gives them more flexibility when breakaways form, when the favourites begin attacking and when a race ultimately comes down to a reduced sprint.
De Jonckere believes Ton can contribute directly while also taking on responsibility within that increasingly deep group.
“Quinty’s results over the last couple of seasons show that she is becoming increasingly consistent at the highest level,” he said. “She is also a rider who can take on a lot of responsibility in a race and who understands how to position herself when the important moments come.
“As we continue to build a team that can be competitive across a wide range of races, those qualities are extremely important to us. We believe Quinty is entering an important phase of her career and that she can take another step with us.”
Ton’s physiotherapy background adds another connection
Ton’s professional background also gives her an unusual perspective on Human Powered Health’s performance infrastructure.
The team’s Performance Labs and emphasis on physiological testing have featured prominently in several of its recent signings, with riders attracted by access to more detailed performance data and testing.
For Ton, who trained and worked as a physiotherapist, that side of the project carries particular interest.
“It’s really cool to see what they all provide at the Human Powered Health lab,” she said. “I never experienced so much background data in a team. I’m also really curious if we discover new things that we can work on.”
That curiosity fits the wider theme of the move.
Ton is not joining Human Powered Health simply to reproduce the role she has held at Liv AlUla Jayco. Both rider and team believe there is scope for further development despite her already extensive experience at the highest level.
The transfer also continues an increasingly active period in the women’s market, all of which is being tracked in ProCyclingUK’s women’s cycling transfers hub.
Ton will officially join Human Powered Health ahead of the 2027 season, with her contract running through to the end of 2028.
