"I'm really, really excited for the season that is coming!" Barbieri said. "I am really proud that I will be part of a big team, one of most important women's cycling teams in the world. I'm sure that it will be a big opportunity for me to learn a lot of new things from these champions - World, Olympic and more!"

Barbieri won her world title at her first-ever World Championships in the senior level in Japan in April. In November, she made a winning appearance in her rainbow jersey at the World Cup in Manchester where she, again, took the gold medal in the Scratch Race.