Bepink
Team information | |
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UCI code | BPK |
Registered | Italy |
Founded | 2012 |
Discipline | Road |
Status | UCI Women's Team |
Bicycles | Kemo |
Website | Team home page |
Key personnel | |
General manager | Walter Zini |
Team name history | |
2012–2013 2014 2015 2016– |
BePink Astana BePink Women Team BePink–La Classica Bepink |
Bepink (UCI team code: BPK) is a professional women's cycling team based in Italy, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's Road World Cup.
Team history
2014
In November, it was announced that Astana would be moving sponsorship and resources away from the team, creating a new Kazakhstan based Women's team, Astana-Acca Due O.[1] As a result, BePink stated it would partner with Italian apparel brand, La Classica. For 2015 the team will race under the name BePink-La Classica.[2]
Riders in
On June 1, Ksenyia Tuhai joined the team.[3] On August 1, 2014, Alison Tetrick joined the team[4] along with Aliya Kargaliyeva as a stagiaire. On November 7, Ksenia Tuhai, Michela Maltese, Ana Covrig and Silvia Valsecchi. On November 8 the team signed Ilaria Sanguineti. On November 13 the team signed Ilaira Bonomi, Georgia Fraiegari, Tereza Medvedová, Jaime Nielsen, with Georgia Williams signing a contract extension. On November 14 the team signed Ruby Livingstone. On 18 November the team signed Simona Bortolotti and Anastasia Chulkova. On December 11, 2015 it was announced that Canadian cyclist Lex Albrecht signed with the team for the 2016 season.
Riders out
On October 30, Alice Algisi, Simona Frapporti & Dalia Muccioli left the team to join Alé Cipollini for the 2015 season. On November 19 Barbara Guarischi and Alena Amialiusik left the team to join Velocio–SRAM Pro Cycling. As a result of the creation of the new Kazakh-based team a number of Kazakh riders left the team. On November 28, Marzhan Baitlevova, Makhabbat Umutzhanova and Aliya Kargaliyeva left the team to join Astana-Acca Due O.
Team roster
2015
As of 29 March 2016. Ages as of 1 January 2016.[5]
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Major results
- 2012
- 1st Grand Prix El Salvador, Noemi Cantele
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista Femenina a el Salvador, Noemi Cantele
- 1st Stage 6 Vuelta Ciclista Femenina a el Salvador, Silvia Valsecchi
- 1st Grand Prix Grand Saint Bernard, Evelyn García
- 1st GP Liberazione — WE, Noemi Cantele
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Adygeya WE, Yuliya Martisova
- 1st Stage 1 Giro del Trentino Alto Adige - Südtirol, Noemi Cantele
- 1st Prologue Route de France Féminine, Alena Amialiusik
- 1st Stage 3 Route de France Féminine, Simona Frapporti
- 2013
- 1st Grand Prix San Miguel, Noemi Cantele
- 1st Overall Vuelta a El Salvador, Noemi Cantele
- 1st Stages 1 & 4, Noemi Cantele
- 1st Grand Prix El Salvador, Silvia Valsecchi
- 1st Youth Classification Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin, Georgia Williams
- 1st Mountains Classification Tour Languedoc Roussillon, Alena Amialiusik
- 1st Youth Classification, Georgia Williams
- 1st Stage 1a (TTT) Giro del Trentino Alto Adige - Südtirol
- 1st Stage 2 (ITT) Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Alena Amialiusik
- 2014
- 1st Mountains classification Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica, Alena Amialiusik
- 1st Youth classification, Susanna Zorzi
- 1st Stage 3, Alena Amialiusik
- 1st Grand Prix el Salvador, Alena Amialiusik
- 1st Points classification Vuelta a El Salvador, Alena Amialiusik
- 1st Sprints classification, Anna Stricker
- 1st Youth classification Dalia Muccioli
- 1st Teams classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 2, Alena Amialiusik
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Bretagne Féminin, Doris Schweizer
- 1st Teams classification Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
- 1st Stage 5, Alena Amialiusik
- 1st Combativity award Stage 4 Boels Rental Ladies Tour, Alison Tetrick
- 2015
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Zhoushan Island, Anastasia Chulkova
- 1st Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin, Ilaria Sanguineti
- 1st Youth classification, Ilaria Sanguineti
- 1st Team classification
- 1st Stage 1, Ilaria Sanguineti
National Champions
- 2012
- Belarus National Time Trial, Alena Amialiusik
- 2013
- Belarus National Road Race, Alena Amialiusik
- Switzerland Road Race, Doris Schweizer
- Italy National Road Race, Dalia Muccioli
- Belarus National Time Trial, Alena Amialiusik
- 2014
- Belarus National Time Trial, Alena Amialiusik
- Belarus National Road Race, Alena Amialiusik
- Italy National Track (500m Time Trial), Simona Frapporti
- Italy National Track (Omnium), Simona Frapporti
- Italy National Track (Individual Pursuit), Silvia Valsecchi
- 2015
- New Zealand National Time Trial, Jaime Nielsen
- New Zealand National Track (Individual pursuit), Jaime Nielsen
- Slovakia National Time Trial, Tereza Medvedová
- Romania National Road Race, Ana Maria Covrig
- Romania National Time Trial, Ana Maria Covrig
References
- ↑ Cycling News. "Astana-Acca Due O women’s team launched for 2015". Cyclingnews.com.
- ↑ CyclingTips. "Rocacorba Daily". cyclingtips.com.au.
- ↑ ProCyclingStats. "Astana BePink Womens Team 2014". procyclingstats.com.
- ↑ ProCyclingStats. "Alison Tetrick". procyclingstats.com.
- ↑ "UCI Team Members; 2015 season". UCI. Retrieved 10 March 2015.