Oda Aune Gissinger will join Uno-X Mobility from 2027 after signing a four-year contract that will keep the Norwegian with the Women’s WorldTour team through to the end of 2030.
The move continues a remarkably quick progression for the 19-year-old, who only competed in her first road race in 2024. Two years later, Gissinger has already won at UCI level, raced in the Women’s WorldTour and finished inside the top 10 of an under-23 World Championships time trial.
Uno-X have committed to the long-term development of one of Norway’s leading young prospects rather than bringing her into the team on a shorter introductory deal.
“I started cycling because of the genuine enjoyment and sense of achievement it gave me,” Gissinger said. “I would never have dared to dream that I could make a living from cycling only a few years later, and now I am standing on the start line alongside some of my biggest role models.”
Photo Credit: Zac Williams/SWpix.comGissinger’s rapid rise from junior racing
Gissinger’s breakthrough came during the 2025 junior season.
She won two stages and the overall classification at the Tour de l’Abitibi, took victory at GP Plouay Juniors and finished third in the junior European Championships time trial. Norway also won the European mixed relay title.
Her biggest individual result came at the World Championships in Kigali, where she took bronze in the junior individual time trial.
“The World Championship bronze last year and this contract with Uno-X are clearly the two biggest surprises,” she said. “Things have gone far beyond what I expected when I started.”
The progression has continued after stepping into the elite ranks with Hitec Products-Fluid Control for 2026.
Gissinger won stages at the BIWASE Tour of Vietnam and Tour de Feminin during her first full senior campaign and finished third at the Pionera Race. She also began testing herself more regularly against WorldTour opposition rather than concentrating solely on races where results were immediately available.
At the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas, her first Women’s WorldTour appearance, she spent close to 110 kilometres in the breakaway and collected the mountains jersey.
Her willingness to attack appeared again at the Tour of Britain Women. Gissinger produced one of the strongest late moves of stage 2 into Blackpool, going clear alone before eventually being caught inside the closing kilometres.
Eighth in Montréal confirms time-trial potential
Gissinger’s time-trial ability has remained one of the clearest features of her development.
She finished eighth in the women’s U23 World Championships time trial in Montréal this week, 1:09 behind Australian winner Felicity Wilson-Haffenden.
Norway then finished seventh in the mixed relay team time trial.
Uno-X believe that ability to sustain power could eventually translate beyond individual time trials and into harder one-day races.
“She is already a very strong time trialist, and we see a lot of potential there,” Head of Sports Anna Badegruber said. “She has the power and ability to sustain a strong effort that could also make her well suited to demanding classics-style races.”
Gissinger is not interested in defining herself too narrowly yet.
“I want to become known as a rider who is willing to try,” she said. “I rarely turn down the opportunity to join a breakaway, but I also want to test my sprint and see what I can do in the hills.
“I am still young, and I feel I can develop in several different directions. I want to remain curious and learn as much as possible.”
Uno-X continue building around Norwegian talent
The signing fits neatly into the longer-term direction of an Uno-X women’s programme that has increasingly combined Scandinavian development with more established international recruitment.
The team’s progress during 2026 has included its biggest Tour de France Femmes moment so far. Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset produced an extraordinary 88.5km solo victory on stage 3 before taking the yellow jersey in Poligny.
Gissinger specifically pointed towards that result when explaining why Uno-X appealed to her.
“Sigrid’s stage victory in this year’s Tour de France Femmes also shows that Uno-X can combine development with results at the highest level,” she said. “I will be joining an environment where I can learn a lot and continue taking steps.”
The broader direction of the programme is explored in our recent interview feature with Uno-X Head of Sports Anna Badegruber, while the team’s development during this season can be followed through our 2026 Uno-X Mobility Women’s WorldTour team guide.
Gissinger said the Norwegian identity of the project also made the move particularly meaningful.
“Uno-X is a team I have followed and looked up to since before I started cycling, so it is very special to now have the opportunity to become part of it.”
Four-year deal gives Gissinger time to develop
A contract running through 2030 gives both rider and team considerable time to discover what type of cyclist Gissinger can become.
That appears deliberate. Her first two seasons have already shown time-trial strength and an instinct for attacking, but at 19 there is little reason to decide whether she should eventually specialise in stage races, Classics or racing against the clock.
“We believe we can help her grow and build her career step by step over the coming years,” Badegruber said. “We are very happy to welcome such a talented young Norwegian rider to the team.”
Gissinger will complete the 2026 season with Hitec Products-Fluid Control before making the step into Uno-X Mobility’s WorldTour structure next year.
For a rider who had not started road racing until 2024, a contract securing her place at WorldTour level until the end of 2030 marks another unusually rapid step.
