2008 Team Flexpoint season

2008 Team Flexpoint
UCI Team ranking 6th
Manager Jean-Paul van Poppel
Season victories
One-day races 2
Stage race overall 1
Stage race stages 5
Best ranked rider Susanne Ljungskog (12th)
Jersey

The 2008 women's road cycling season was the fourth season for the 2008 UCI Women's Cycling Team Team Flexpoint (UCI code: FLX), which began as Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team in 2005.

Roster

Source:[1] (Riders template: )

Results

Season victories

Single day and stage races 2008[1]
Date Nation Race Cat. Winner
27 April  Belgium GP Stad Roeselare1.2Netherlands Loes Markerink
May  Netherlands 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg1.2Netherlands Loes Markerink
 El Salvador Stage 6 Vuelta Ciclista Femenina a el Salvador2.2Norway Anita Valen
18 June  France Stage 2 Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale2.2Netherlands Loes Markerink
5 July  Italy Prologue Giro d'Italia Femminile2.1Netherlands Mirjam Melchers
6 September  Netherlands Stage 5 Holland Ladies Tour2.2Netherlands Loes Markerink
September  France Stage 6 Tour de l'Ardèche2.2Sweden Susanne Ljungskog
September  France Overall Tour de l'Ardèche2.2United States Amber Neben
National, Continental and World champions 2009[1]
Date Discipline Jersey Winner
31 August Dutch National Time Trial Champion Mirjam Melchers
24 September Time Trial World Champion United States Amber Neben

Results in major races

Results in other major single day races
Date Race[M 1] Rider Place
28 March Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit Netherlands Elise van Hage
(with Ellen van Dijk and Marlijn Binnendijk)		 6th
5 July European Road Championships – Women's under-23 road race Netherlands Mirjam Melchers 30th
23 September Road World Championships – Women's time trial [2] United States Amber Neben 1st
24 September Road World Championships – Women's road race[3] United States Amber Neben 22nd
  1. ↑ Riders are in these championships part of the national team

Other achievements

Dutch national records, team pursuit

The women's 3000 m team pursuit track cycling discipine was introduced at the 2007–08 track cycling season. Elise van Hage was once part of the team when they broke the Dutch national record. This is not the current record anymore.

Time Speed
(km/h)		 Cyclists Event Location of race Date Ref
3:31.596 51.040 Elise van Hage
(with Ellen van Dijk and Marlijn Binnendijk)		 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Qualifying) United Kingdom Manchester 28 March 2008 [4]

UCI World Ranking

The team finished 19th in the UCI ranking for teams.[5]

Individual UCI World Ranking[5]
Rank Rider Points
12 Sweden Susanne Ljungskog 397
13 United States Amber Neben 393
43Netherlands Loes Markerink 157.5
44 Netherlands Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel 142.66
65 Netherlands Loes Gunnewijk 89.5
90 Denmark Trine Schmidt 61.5

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "2008 Team Flexpoint". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "2008 World Championships WE - ITT (CM)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "2008 75th World Championships WE - Road Race (CM)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "UCI 2008 Track Cycling World Championships Women's Team Pursuit Qualification Official Results". Tissot.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 2008 UCI Road Rankings Women Elite