MELBOURNE — GreenEdge Cycling have strengthened both their WorldTour programmes with two-year deals for New Zealander Mikayla Harvey and Australian Olympic champion Oliver Bleddyn, taking the pair through to the end of 2028. Harvey will join the Liv-AlUla-Jayco women’s squad while Bleddyn arrives at the men’s Jayco-AlUla outfit after a stagiaire spell that began at the start of August.
Bleddyn, 24, is best known on the track where he won gold in the Team Pursuit at the Paris Olympic Games, but he has shown strong road credentials this year with second place in the time trial at both the Australian and Oceania Championships. He completed the Arctic Race of Norway after joining as a stagiaire, though he has finished only one of seven late-season Italian Classics since. "I’m really excited about what next year can bring. There are some great opportunities ahead and I’m super keen to make the most of them," Bleddyn said in a team press release. "The Tour Down Under would definitely be a special race for me to do. To race at home with this team is an opportunity I’d be really excited about." Head of performance Gene Bates said "he has got a huge engine" and added: "He is a great and enthusiastic young rider and is also gaining a lot of experience on the road, riding as a stagiaire with the team this second half of the 2026 season. We are confident Oliver will be a great addition to the team in many different roles."
Harvey, 28, arrives as an experienced climber after two seasons with SD Worx-Protime following previous stints with UAE Team ADQ and Canyon-SRAM. Working largely as a domestique, she is able to take her leaders deep into hilly finals and has the engine to bring breakaways back on flat days. She opened 2026 with second in both the time trial and road race at the New Zealand nationals before starting her European campaign at the Ardennes Classics in April, but a crash forced her out of the Giro d’Italia Women in June and she later crashed out of the Classic Lorient Agglomération and the Faun Tour Femmes, where she suffered a concussion. "I am already looking forward to next season," Harvey said. "I am a rider that has experienced a lot, and I feel like I can add this to the team. Alongside this, I am a rider that is not afraid of trying something and being outside my comfort zone. I love attacking and dynamic racing. Especially looking for breakaways and escaping from the peloton." Head Sport Director Wim Stroetinga said: "Over the past few seasons, she has played an important support role, but with us she will also have the chance to race for her own ambitions again. We strongly believe she has the talent and ability to be competing at the front of races and fighting for victories, and we are excited to help her take that next step."
Neither programme has been especially active in this summer’s transfer market. Bleddyn joins Will Holmes as the only two signings to the men’s squad so far, with Luka Mezgec and Luke Durbridge set to retire and Mauro Schmid moving to Pinarello-Q36.5, while a number of other riders are still to confirm their futures. On the women’s side, Harvey is the only new arrival revealed so far, though Erin Boothman has been promoted from the organisation’s Continental development team.