2013 Wiggle–Honda season

2013 Wiggle–Honda
UCI Team ranking 5th
Season victories
One-day races
Stage race overall
Best ranked rider Giorgia Bronzini (4th)

Jersey

The 2013 women's road cycling season was the first year of the team Wiggle–Honda.

Roster

As of 1 June 2013.[1]
Rider Date of birth
 Elinor Barker (GBR) (1994-09-07) 7 September 1994
 Beatrice Bartelloni (ITA) (1993-02-05) 5 February 1993
 Charlotte Becker (GER) (1983-05-19) 19 May 1983
 Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) (1983-08-03) 3 August 1983
 Emily Collins (NZL) (1990-09-16) 16 September 1990
 Rochelle Gilmore (AUS) (1981-12-14) 14 December 1981
 Dani King (GBR) (1990-11-21) 21 November 1990
Rider Date of birth
 Lauren Kitchen (AUS) (1990-11-21) 21 November 1990
 Mayuko Hagiwara (JPN) (1986-10-16) 16 October 1986
 Amy Roberts (GBR) (1994-12-24) 24 December 1994
 Joanna Rowsell (GBR) (1988-12-05) 5 December 1988
 Anna-Bianca Schnitzmeier (GER) (1990-07-27) 27 July 1990
 Laura Trott (GBR) (1992-04-24) 24 April 1992
 Linda Villumsen (NZL) (1985-04-09) 9 April 1985

Season

On March 3 the team achieved its first ever victory when Emily Collins won the Omloop van het Hageland one day race in Belgium. Collins Shelly Olds (Team TIBCO) and Emma Johansson (Orica-AIS) in a final sprint. On May 18 the team earned its first overall General classification win at the Tour of Zhoushan Island in China where Giorgia Bronzini took overall victory from the Hitec Products UCK pairing of Elisa Longo Borghini and Cecille Gotaas Johnsen by 14 seconds and 1 minute 6 seconds respectively.[2] The team's second overall victory came at the 2013 La Route de France, where Linda Villumsen won stage 7 and in doing so took overall victory from Emma Johansson by 5 minutes 52 seconds.[3] The race will be remembered for the record breaking efforts of Bronzini who won six consecutive stages (1 – 6) breaking the all-time record for consecutive stage wins in a women’s stage racing and meaning that the team won all 7 road stages.[4] The team finished the season 5th in the UCI Rankings (1060 points) and 7th in the Women's World Cup rankings (166 points).[5]

Results in major races

Single day races

Results at the 2013 World Cup races[6]
Date # Race Best rider Place
9 March 1 Ronde van Drenthe Italy Giorgia Bronzini 24th
24 March 2 Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio Australia Lauren Kitchen 13th
31 March 3 Tour of Flanders Italy Giorgia Bronzini 13th
17 April 4 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine United Kingdom Joanna Rowsell 46th
12 May 5 Tour of Chongming Island Italy Giorgia Bronzini 2nd
16 August 6 Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT Wiggle Honda 5th
18 August 7 Open de Suède Vårgårda Italy Giorgia Bronzini 10th
31 August 8 GP de Plouay - -
Final individual classification Italy Giorgia Bronzini 9th
Final team classification Wiggle Honda 7th
Villumsen (left) finished second at the World Time Trial Championships behind Ellen van Dijk.
Other major single day races
Date Race Best rider Place
22 September UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial Wiggle Honda 6th
24 September UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial[M 1] New Zealand Linda Villumsen 2nd
28 September UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race[M 2] New Zealand Linda Villumsen 6th
  1. ↑ Riders are part of the national team[7]
  2. ↑ Riders are part of the national team[8]

Grand Tours

Grand tour Giro d'Italia Femminile
Rider (classification) New Zealand Linda Villumsen (14th)[9]
Victories 1 stage win

UCI World Ranking

The team finished fifth in the UCI ranking for teams.[6]

Individual world ranking[6]
Rank Rider Points
4 Italy Giorgia Bronzini 614

References

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