Team Sunweb (women's team)
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| Team information | ||
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| UCI code |
2012 SKI 2013 ARW 2014 GIW 2015 TLP | |
| Registered | Netherlands | |
| Founded | 2011 | |
| Discipline | Road | |
| Status | UCI Women's Team | |
| Bicycles |
2011 Koga 2012–2013 Felt 2014– Giant | |
| Team name history | ||
| 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014 2014 2015–2016 2017– |
Skil–Argos Skil Koga Skil 1t4i Team Skil–Argos Team Argos–Shimano Team Giant–Shimano Team Liv–Plantur Team Sunweb | |
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Team Sunweb is a professional cycling team based in the Netherlands, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's Road World Cup.
History
2011
2012
2013
The teams first overall General classification victory came in the Ladies Tour of Qatar, where Kirsten Wild won the overall classification, points classification and three stages. Wild went on to win the women's edition of Gent–Wevelgem, four stages of the Energiewacht Tour.
2014
2014 proved to be the teams standout seasons since its creation; Kirsten Wild successfully defended her Tour of Qatar title, taking 3 stage wins in the process, as well as team mate Amy Pieters taking a stage and the young rider classification. Pieters continued her good form winning the women's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. The teams next GC victory came courtesy of Wild, at the Tour of Chongming Island. Claudia Häusler secured the teams final overall victory of the 2014 season, winning the 2014 La Route de France.
On 24 September 2014 the team announced that they had secured a four-year sponsorship deal with a German hair care company. For the 2015 season the team will be known as Team Liv–Plantur, with the men's team becoming Team Giant-Alpecin.[1]
On 1 September 2014 it was announced that Kirsten Wild would leave the team for Team Hitec Products.[2] Sabrina Stultiens was the only rider who joined the team for the 2015 season.[3]
2015
2017
The team wins the 2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial.
Team roster
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Major wins
- 2011
- Track Cycling World Cup in Astana – team pursuit, Amy Pieters (with Ellen van Dijk and Kirsten Wild)
- 2012
- Le Samyn des Dames, Adrie Visser
- Ronde van Gelderland, Suzanne de Goede
- Omloop der Kempen, Suzanne de Goede
- Erpe — Mere, Adrie Visser
- 2013
- Stages 2, 3, & 4, Kirsten Wild
- Gent — Wevelgem WE, Kirsten Wild
- Stages 1, 2, 3b & 4, Kirsten Wild
- Ronde van Gelderland, Kirsten Wild
- Stage 1 Tour of Chongming Island, Lucy Garner
- Districtskampioenschap, Amy Pieters
- Stages 2 & 3 Kirsten Wild
- Stages 1 & 3, Kirsten Wild
- Stage 4, Elke Gebhardt
- 2014
- Stages 1, 3 & 4, Kirsten Wild
- Stage 2, Amy Pieters
- Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Amy Pieters
- Novilon EDR Cup, Kirsten Wild
- Stage 1, Kirsten Wild
- Stages 1 & 2, Kirsten Wild
- Trofee Maarten Wynants, Maaike Polspoel
- Tour of Chongming Island World Cup, Kirsten Wild
- Parel van de Veluwe, Floortje Mackaij
- Stage 1, Claudia Häusler
- Stages 4 & 6, Kirsten Wild
- 2015
- Soudal Cyclocross Leuven, Sabrina Stultiens
- Gent–Wevelgem, Floortje Mackaij
- Stage 3 Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs, Floortje Mackaij
- Prologue Route de France Féminine, Amy Pieters
- Stage 1 Route de France Féminine, Lucy Garner
- Stage 3 Lotto Belisol Belgium Tour, Floortje Mackaij
- 2016
- Drentse Acht van Westerveld, Leah Kirchmann
- Prologue Giro d'Italia Femminile, Leah Kirchmann
- 2017
- Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Lucinda Brand
- Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio, Coryn Rivera
- Tour of Flanders for Women, Coryn Rivera
- Teams classification
- Stage 1a (ITT), Ellen Van Dijk
- Stage 3 Tour of California, Coryn Rivera
- Stage 8 Giro d'Italia Femminile, Lucinda Brand
- Stage 5 Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska, Juliette Labous
- Erondegemse Pijl (Erpe-Mere), Julia Soek
- Team classification Ladies Tour of Norway
- Prologue, Ellen Van Dijk
- 2018
- Omloop van het Hageland, Ellen Van Dijk
- Omloop van de Westhoek, Floortje Mackaij
- Zwevezele, Floortje Mackaij
- Dwars door Vlaanderen, Ellen Van Dijk
- Teams classification
- Stages 1 & 3, Coryn Rivera
- Stage 7 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Ellen Van Dijk
- Stage 2, Coryn Rivera
- Stages 1 & 4, Floortje Mackaij
- Stage 1 (TTT)
- Stage 5, Ruth Winder
- Ladies Tour of Norway – Team Time Trial
- Stage 1 (TTT)
European and national champions
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2017
- 2018
References
- ↑ Cycling News. "Alpecin announced as new sponsor for Giant-Shimano". Cyclingnews.com.
- ↑ Kirsten Frattini. "Kirsten Wild signs for two years with Hitec Products". Cyclingnews.com.
- ↑ "Cycling Transfers 2016 - - Team Information - By: CyclingFever.com". cyclingfever.com.
- ↑ "Team Sunweb". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 May 2018.