Josie Talbot Joins Liv AlUla Jayco for 2025 Season

Josie Talbot

Josie Talbot, the former Oceania Road Race Champion, has secured a two-year deal with Liv AlUla Jayco, stepping up to a UCI Women’s WorldTeam in 2025.

Early Career and Progression

Talbot started her international career with Team Illuminate in 2017 before moving to the non-UCI American team ISCorp p/b Progress Software in 2018. In 2020, she joined the Spanish team Cronos – Casa Dorada, further honing her skills. The 27-year-old has shown consistent progress in UCI 1.1 and WorldTour level races, gathering valuable experience along the way.

Brent Copeland, General Manager, expressed his enthusiasm about the new addition: “We are pleased to welcome another talented Australian rider to the women’s team. Talbot has demonstrated she has a lot of skills, and we believe she will be a great addition and teammate and fit in very well with our team culture. The women’s set-up has big goals for 2025, and Talbot will play an important role in helping us achieve these. We are looking forward to seeing how she can further develop with us, stepping up to race in a WorldTeam set-up.”

Josie talbot
Josie Talbot

Talbot’s Excitement

Talbot herself shared her excitement, saying, “It means an awful lot joining Liv AlUla Jayco, having grown up watching the team race, to competing against them especially on home soil at the nationals and Tour Down Under year after year. I’m hoping to add to the Aussie culture the guys and girls have created over the years.”

She added, “I know a lot of the riders already on the team quite well and I am confident that will work as an advantage to the team’s results. I think I will fit in nicely to the sprint squad and can bolster the lead-out. As for my personal goals, I really just want to cement myself in the WT. Ultimately, I’ve come to Liv AlUla Jayco as a lead-out rider, so nailing that role is my priority, but will relish all opportunities along the way.”

Rising Through the Ranks

Throughout her career, Talbot has achieved notable results, including winning the Oceania Continental Championships Road Race in 2022, securing a stage victory at the Tour de Feminin International des Pyrénées, and finishing second in both the Australian Criterium Championships and another stage of the Tour de Feminin. She also placed third at reVolta in 2023, fifth at Dwars door de Westhoek in 2022, and eighth on stage 2 of the Tour of Britain in 2024.

Liv AlUla Jayco is proud to bring another Australian talent onboard, confident that her personality and work ethic will blend well with the team’s culture.