Human Powered Health is excited to welcome climber Petra Stiasny on board through 2027.
From Wädenswil near Zurich, Switzerland, the 23-year-old boosts the climbing quality of the team and will be an important option in the mountains and in stage races.
“Human Powered Health has always been a team from the outside I wanted to join not only because of how professional it is, but how it feels like a family atmosphere,” says Stiasny. “This is what I like in a team. I’m excited to be a part of the climbing squad.”
Stiasny signs from Roland Le Dévoluy and is looking forward to developing her talents as a climber. She has gone well in the mountains in 2025, finishing fifth on stage 3 of Vuelta a Burgos and scoring her first professional victory at the Grand Prix Boquerón uphill time trial in El Salvador, a victory that she says gave her a lot of confidence.
“We are thrilled to welcome Petra to the team,” says Ro De Jonckere, General Manager. “She is an exceptional young rider with impressive climbing talent and huge growth potential. We are very proud to support her development at the highest level.”
Stiasny will first link up with the team at the Human Powered Health Performance Lab in Wellesley, MA, in October, something she’s very excited for.
“To meet the whole team and everyone behind the athletes is exciting,” says Stiasny. “It’s good to see everyone and get to know everyone so soon. I study nutrition science, so I’m very interested in everything the lab does. I love data in my training, so I’m curious to track all of these variables in the lab.”
Her education is something Stiasny applies to her training, and in line with the pillars of performance.
“I really like that from the outside, Human Powered Health champions health,” she says. “Often it is lost and in teams it can only be about points, but I really like that this team prioritizes the human as well as the athlete.”
Stiasny is relatively new to cycling, having turned professional after finding the bike during the COVID-19 pandemic. A middle-distance runner before, an injury and closed swimming pools meant she found the bike to help with her rehabilitation, where she immediately started winning hill climb races.
“I’m looking forward to developing on the bike,” she explains. “This year was the first year I felt it all started to work because it takes a few years to ride consistently into it. When I started, I loved tracking my progress, and then in 2022, I got into racing and never looked back.”
Off the bike, Stiasny spends her time studying, but is also a self-described cycling addict who tries to watch as many races as she can. When she’s not training, studying or watching, she can be found baking.
Stay tuned for further announcements as we build toward 2026.
