Team VéloCONCEPT Women

Team VéloCONCEPT Women
Team information
UCI code TVW
Registered Denmark
Founded 2015
Discipline Road
Status National (2015)
UCI Women (2016–)
Bicycles Cervelo
Website Team home page
Key personnel
Team manager(s) Bo Handberg Madsen
Allan Porsmose
Carmen Small
Shani Bloch
Team name history
2015–2016
2017–		 Team BMS BIRN (BMS)
Team VéloCONCEPT Women (TVW)

Team VéloCONCEPT Women is a UCI Women's Teams cycling team based in Denmark, founded in 2015.[1][2] In November 2016 it was announced that Bjarne Riis and Lars Seier (Riis-Seier Project) took over the women's team BMS BIRN and the men's team Team Virtu Pro–Veloconcept. The new name for the 2017 season will be Team VéloCONCEPT for the men's team and Team VéloCONCEPT Women for the women's team.[3]

Team roster

Rider Date of birth
 Shani Bloch (ISR) (1979-03-06) 6 March 1979
 Louise Hansen (DNK) (1995-02-12) 12 February 1995
 Natalie Kerwin (NZL) (1991-01-15) 15 January 1991
 Claudia Koster (NED) (1992-03-22) 22 March 1992
 Pernille Mathiesen (DNK) (1997-10-05) 5 October 1997
 Camilla Møllebro (DNK) (1984-05-21) 21 May 1984
 Sara Mustonen (SWE) (1981-02-08) 8 February 1981
Rider Date of birth
 Amber Neben (USA) (1975-02-18) 18 February 1975
 Sara Penton (SWE) (1988-11-15) 15 November 1988
 Jannie Sand (DNK) (1980-09-05) 5 September 1980
 Doris Schweizer (SUI) (1989-08-28) 28 August 1989
 Christina Siggaard (DNK) (1994-03-24) 24 March 1994
 Carmen Small (USA) (1980-04-20) 20 April 1980
 Linda Villumsen (NZL) (1985-04-09) 9 April 1985[4]

Major results

2016
1st Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
1st Youth classification, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
1st Stages 1 & 5, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
1st Mountains classification Ladies Tour of Norway, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig

Continental & National Champions

2016
Denmark Time Trial, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
Denmark Junior Time Trial, Simone Eg
2017
Israel Time Trial, Shani Bloch-Davidov
USA Time Trial, Amber Neben
Denmark Road Race, Camilla Møllebro
Sweden Road Race, Sara Penton
European U23 Time Trial, Pernille Mathiesen
European U23 Road Race, Pernille Mathiesen

References

  1. ↑ "Team BMS BIRN".
  2. ↑ "BMS BIRN".
  3. ↑ Johannesen, Jesper (3 November 2016). "Riis-Seier Project overtager kontinentalhold og kvindehold" (in Danish). Feltet.dk. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Linda-Villumsen Cycling-News". cyclingnews.com. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.


  1. ↑ "2017 Season - UCI Women's Teams".
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