Rabo–Liv Women Cycling Team

Rabo–Liv Women Cycling Team
Team information

UCI code	RBW
Registered	Netherlands
Founded	2005 (2005)
Discipline	Road
Status	UCI Women's Team
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
Team manager(s)	Jeroen Blijlevens
Team name history
2005 2006 2007–2008 2009 2010–2011 2012 2012 2013 2014–	DSB Bank DSB Bank–Ballast Nedam DSB–Bank DSB Bank–LTO Nederland Bloeit Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team Rabobank Women Cycling Team Rabobank–Liv Giant Rabo–Liv Women Cycling Team

Rabo–Liv Women Cycling Team (UCI Code: RBW) is a women's professional cycling team, based in the Netherlands. The team is sponsored by Rabobank and Giant Bicycles through its women's brand Liv.

Riders for Rabobank Women compete in the UCI Women's Road World Cup and other elite women's events throughout the world.

History

2009

Main article: 2009 DSB Bank-LTO season

2012

Main article: 2012 Rabobank Women Cycling Team season

The team's first win of the season came in the Ronde van Drenthe where Marianne Vos claimed victory. The teams first overall General classification win came at the Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs, again being won by Marianne Vos – along with a stage – Annemiek van Vleuten also won the prologue and a stage. Marianne Vos went onto win 5 stages of the 2012 Giro d'Italia Femminile, as well as the General classification. Vos followed this by winning the General classification of the Tour Féminin en Limousin. Vos continued her strong run of wins claiming the 2012 Olympic Games road race in London. The final wins for the team came at the Holland Ladies Tour where Vos won the General classification and took two stage wins. Vos later won the 2012 UCI World Championship road race.

2013

Marianne Vos opened the teams account securing victory in the 2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championship. The teams first road win of the season came at the Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo, with Vos claiming victory. Vos went on to win the Ronde van Drenthe and Tour of Flanders. Like the previous season the first overall General classification win came at the Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs, with Vos winning the General classification, Points classification and taking a stage win. Like the previous year, Annemiek van Vleuten won the opening prologue. Vos continued her winning streak in one day races taking out wins in the Rabobank 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg and Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria. Vos failed to retain her 2013 Giro title, losing to Mara Abbott, but did claim the Points classification and three stages. Vos also claimed overall victory in Trophée d'Or Féminin

2014

Main article: 2014 Rabo-Liv Women Cycling Team season

The 2014 season marked a different start to the season for the team. Marianne Vosv started her road season late, leaving the team to support other riders in the opening races of the year. Lucinda Brand won the team's first General classification of the year at the Energiewacht Tour. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot won the La Flèche Wallonne Féminine with Anna van der Breggen claiming victory at the Dwars door de Westhoek. van der Breggen then claimed overall victory at the Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs with Marianne Vos winning the Points classification and Ferrand-Prévot taking both the Mountains and Young rider classification. Vos then claimed overall victory at the inaugural Women's Tour of Britain. The team won further race General classifications with overall victory at the Emakumeen Euskal Bira for Ferrand-Prevot and the 2014 Giro d'Italia Femminile for Vos. Vos followed this up by winning the inaugural La Course by Le Tour de France.

Riders in

On 29 August, Moniek Tenniglo joined the team.^[1] On September 13 Thalita de Jong, Katarzyna Niewiadoma, Roxane Knetemann, Anna Knauer and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot signed contract extensions.^[2] On October 9 the team signed Shara Gillow and on October 20 Anouska Helena Koster joined the team. On November 13 Jeanne Jorevaar joined the team.^[3]

Riders out

On March 1, Sanne van Paassen left the team to join Boels–Dolmans.^[4] In September 2014, the team announced that the Annemiek van Vleuten would leave the team and join the Bigla Cycling Team for the 2015 and 2016 seasons.^[5]

2015

In January the team scored 1st and 3rd in the UCI World Cyclo-cross championships, with Ferrand-Prevot and Vos respectively.^[6] In the first European road race of the season, the Omloop het Nieuwsblad, the team rode very strongly. With 30 km to go Anna van der Breggen escaped together with Ellen van Dijk (Boels–Dolmans) from a front group of 15 riders on the Molenberg. The duo extended their advantage over the cobbled sections that followed, holding off the chase group to the line, where Van der Breggen won the two-up sprint.^[7]

Major results

Main article: List of Rabo-Liv Women Cycling Team wins

Olympic, World, Continental & National Champions

2006: World Road Race Champion, Marianne Vos; World Cyclo-cross Champion, Marianne Vos; Dutch National Road Race Championships, Marianne Vos; European U23 Road Race Championships, Marianne Vos
2007: Dutch National Track Champion (Points race), Marianne Vos; Dutch National Track Champion (Scratch race), Marianne Vos; Belgian National Road Championship, Ludivine Henrion
2008: Olympic Track Champion (Points race), Marianne Vos; Track Cycling World Championships (Points race), Marianne Vos; Dutch National Road Race Championships, Marianne Vos; Belgian National Time Trial Championship, Liesbeth de Vocht
2009: Cyclo-cross World Champion, Marianne Vos; Dutch National Road Race Championships, Marianne Vos
2010: Cyclo-cross World Champion, Marianne Vos; Dutch National Time Trial Championships, Marianne Vos; Belgian National Road Championship, Liesbeth de Vocht; Dutch National Road Championship, Loes Gunnewijk
2011: Cyclo-cross World Champion, Marianne Vos; Track Cycling World Champion (Scratch race), Marianne Vos; Dutch National Cyclo-cross Champion, Marianne Vos; Dutch National Time Trial Championships, Marianne Vos; Dutch National Road Championship, Marianne Vos
2012: Olympic Road Race Champion, Marianne Vos; World Road Race Champion, Marianne Vos; Belgian National Time Trial Champion, Liesbet De Vocht; Dutch National Track Champion (Madison), Marianne Vos & Roxane Knetemann
2013: World Cyclo-cross Champion, Marianne Vos; Dutch National Cyclo-cross Champion, Marianne Vos; French National Time Trial Champion, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot; Dutch National Road Race Champion, Lucinda Brand; Belgian National Road Champion, Liesbet De Vocht; Swiss National U23 XC Champion, Jolanda Neff; French National U23 XC Champion, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot; Belgian National Time Trial Champion, Liesbet De Vocht; World U23 XC Champion, Jolanda Neff; World Road Race Champion, Marianne Vos
2014: French National Cyclo-cross Champion, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot; Dutch National Cyclo-cross Champion, Marianne Vos; World Cyclo-cross Champion, Marianne Vos; European U23 XC Champion, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot; Dutch National Time Trial Championships, Annemiek van Vleuten; French National Time Trial Champion, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot; French National Road Race Champion, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot; Dutch National Road Race Champion, Iris Slappendel; European U23 Road Race Champion, Sabrina Stultiens; French National MTB Champion, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot; World Road Race Champion, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot; European U23 Cyclo-cross Champion, Sabrina Stultiens; German National Track Champion (Omnium), Anna Knauer
2015: Australian National Time Trial Champion, Shara Gillow; French National Cyclo-cross Champion, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot; Dutch National Cyclo-cross Champion, Marianne Vos; World Cyclo-cross Champion, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot; German National Track Champion (Points race), Anna Knauer; Dutch National Time Trial Championships, Anna Van der Breggen; Dutch National Road Race Champion, Lucinda Brand; French National Road Race Champion, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot; European U23 Road Race Champion, Katarzyna Niewiadoma; French National MTB Champion, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot; World MTB (XCO) Champion, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot; World MTB (Team relay XC) Champion, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot; German National Track Champion (Omnium), Anna Knauer
2016: Dutch National Cyclo-cross Champion, Thalita De Jong

Team Ranking

Season	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Women's World Cup	–	–	–	2nd (394 ₧)	3rd (488 ₧)	1st (686 ₧)	1st (606 ₧)	1st (682 ₧)	1st (1515 ₧)	1st (1204 ₧)
UCI Women's Ranking	–	2nd	2nd	3rd (1,528.35 ₧)	2nd (2,099.5 ₧)	1st (2,594 ₧)	2nd (1,948.75 ₧)	1st (2,879 ₧)	1st (3,422.75 ₧)	1st (3,120.5 ₧)

Team roster

2015

As of 1 January 2016. Ages as of 1 January 2016.^[8]

The squad during the 2015 Le Samyn des Dames

	Rider	Date of birth
Marianne Vos (NED)		(1987-05-13)May 13, 1987 (aged 28)
Anna van der Breggen (NED)		(1990-04-18)April 18, 1990 (aged 25)
Roxane Knetemann (NED)		(1987-04-01)April 01, 1987 (aged 28)
Lucinda Brand (NED)		(1989-07-02)July 02, 1989 (aged 26)
Thalita de Jong (NED)		(1993-11-06)November 06, 1993 (aged 22)
Anouska Koster (NED)		(1993-08-20)August 20, 1993 (aged 22)

	Rider	Date of birth
Moniek Tenniglo (NED)		(1988-05-02)May 02, 1988 (aged 27)
Jeanne Korevaar (NED)		(1996-09-24)September 24, 1996 (aged 19)
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)		(1992-02-10)February 10, 1992 (aged 23)
Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)		(1994-09-29)September 29, 1994 (aged 21)
Shara Gillow (AUS)		(1986-12-23)December 23, 1986 (aged 29)

References

↑ "Moniek Tenniglo".
↑ "Cycling Transfers 2017 - - Team Information - By: CyclingFever.com".
↑ Cycling News. "Gallery: Marianne Vos and Rabo Liv head into season with confidence". Cyclingnews.com.
↑ "Sanne van Paassen".
↑ Cycling News. "Van Vleuten leaves Vos for Bigla Cycling Team". Cyclingnews.com.
↑ Kirsten Frattini. "Women's news shorts: Hosking and Kirchmann ready for Qatar, Matrix signs Trott". Cyclingnews.com.
↑ "Anna van der Breggen bests Ellen van Dijk in European opener". cyclingtips.com.au. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
↑ "UCI Team Members; 2015 season". UCI. Retrieved 10 March 2015.

External links

Official website

UCI Women's Teams

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Current teams (2015)	Alé Cipollini Astana-Acca Due O BePink-La Classica Bigla Cycling Team Bizkaia–Durango BMS BIRN BMW p/b Happy Tooth Dental BTC City Ljubljana BZK Pro Basic China Chongming–Liv–Champion System Pro Cycling Boels–Dolmans Feminine Cycling Team Firefighters Upsala CK Forno d'Asolo-Astute Futurumshop.nl-Zannata Hitec Products Team Inpa Bianchi Giusfredi Itau Shimano Ladies Power Team Lointek Lotto–Soudal Ladies Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling NÖ RadUnion Vitalogic Pepper Palace p/b The Happy Tooth Optum-KBS Twenty16 presented by Sho-Air Orica–AIS Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team Rabo–Liv Women Cycling Team Rusvelo S.C. Michela Fanini Rox Servetto Footon Velocio–SRAM Pro Cycling Team Liv–Plantur Team Rytger TIBCO / To The Top Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Topsport Vlaanderen–Pro-Duo UnitedHealthcare Women's Team Vaiano Fondriest Poitou–Charentes.Futuroscope.86 Wiggle–Honda Xirayas de San Luis

Defunct teams	AA Drink-leontien.nl Bourgogne-Pro Dialog Chirio Forno d'Asolo Cramo Go:green Cyclelive Plus-Zannata Estado de México–Faren Kuota Garmin-Cervélo GSD Gestion-Kallisto Noris Cycling Pasta Zara–Cogeas Red Sun Cycling Team Sengers Ladies Cycling Team Squadra Scappatella Team Specialized Designs for Women Team Flexpoint Team Halfords Bikehut Team Ibis Cycles Team Lipton Team Pratomagno Women Vision1 Racing Visit Dallas DNA Pro Cycling Vrienden van het Platteland Incomplete list

Rabo–Liv Women Cycling Team seasons

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

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