Velocio–SRAM Pro Cycling

Velocio–SRAM Pro Cycling
Team information

UCI code	SLU
Registered	United States (2003–2011 & 2013–2014) Germany (2012 & 2015)
Founded	2003 (2003)
Disbanded	2015 (Canyon-SRAM set up for 2016 by Ronny Lauke)
Discipline	Road
Status	UCI Women's Team
Bicycles	2003–2008 Giant 2009–2011 Scott 2012–2014 Specialized 2015 Cervélo
Key personnel
General manager	Kristy Scrymgeour
Team manager(s)	Ronny Lauke Jens Zemke
Team name history
2003 2004–2007 2007–2008 2008 2009 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013–2014 2015	Team T-Mobile Team T-Mobile Women Team High Road Women Team Columbia Women Team Columbia–High Road Women Team Columbia–HTC Women Team HTC–Columbia Women HTC–Highroad Women Team Specialized–lululemon Specialized–lululemon Velocio–SRAM Pro Cycling

Velocio–SRAM Pro Cycling, formerly known as Specialized–lululemon, was a professional cycling team based in the United States that competes in elite road bicycle racing and track cycling events. The final-season title sponsors were SRAM Corporation and Cervelo bicycles. Velocio Sports was the holding company for the team and the place-holder during a larger search for a title sponsor.

Before 2012, the team was owned by Bob Stapleton's High Road Sports and was known in 2011 as HTC–Highroad Women. Following HTC's withdrawal of sponsorship and the failure to find a replacement sponsor, a new company, Velocio Sports, directed by High Road's former Marketing and Communications officer Kristy Scrymgeour, was set up to own the team, but most of the riders and other staff remained the same. High Road also operated an elite men's professional team known most recently as HTC–Highroad, which disbanded.^[1]^[2]

Prior to 2008, the team was named T-Mobile Women. Columbia Sportswear were a title sponsor from July 2008 until the end of 2010.

In August 2015, Scrymgeour announced that the team would be disbanded at the end of the 2015 season.^[3]

History

2009

Main article: 2009 Team Columbia-High Road Women season

The main new riders for the team were the European Time Trial Champion Ellen van Dijk and the Canadian national champion Alex Wrubleski. Alexis Rhodes and Madeleine Sandig left the team and Anke Wichmann and Oenone Wood both retired.

2010

Main article: 2010 Team HTC-Columbia Women season

2011

Main article: 2011 HTC-Highroad Women season

The main new riders for the team were the Americans Amber Neben and Amanda Miller and the German time trial champion Charlotte Becker. Sadly, in January, Carla Swart died whilst training after being hit by a truck. After winning a stage, Ellen van Dijk won the Ladies Tour of Qatar which was the 400th victory for the team (men's and women's) since 2008. Ina Teutenberg won the fifth round in the Women's World Cup and the team won the seventh round, the Open de Suède Vårgårda team time trial. The team finished second overall in the World Cup. Judith Arndt finished fourth in the individual standings and Teutenberg fifth. At the end of the season Arndt took the third place in the UCI World Ranking, Teutenberg fourth and the team ended in second place in the team classification.

2012

Main article: 2012 Team Specialized–lululemon season

After the men's team HTC-Highroad stopped, Kristy Scrymgeour convinced manufacturer Specialized and sports apparel company Lululemon Athletica to perpetuate the women's team in this Olympic year. The team changed slightly: Clara Hughes and Trixi Worrack were the main new recruits, while Judith Arndt, team leader since 2006, joined GreenEdge-AIS. The team had a great year. Ina-Yoko Teutenberg won numerous sprints and finished fourth in the road race of the Olympic Games. Evelyn Stevens had an excellent season by winning at the world cup race Flèche Wallonne, she won a prestigious stage of the Giro d'Italia Femminile and finished on the podium in the end and she won the general classification of the La Route de France. At the end of the season the team was in fourth place in the UCI World Ranking. Ellen van Dijk won the general classification of the Lotto-Decca Tour, the Omloop van Borsele and several stage races. The team dominated especially in the team time trials. Ellen van Dijk together with Stevens, Hughes, Amber Neben and Trixi Worrack or Teutenberg were consistent and undefeated the whole year. At the end of the season the team won the first team time trial at the world championship which was a main goal for the team this year. The team finished second in the UCI World Ranking.

2013

Main article: 2013 Specialized–lululemon season

Three riders joined the team in 2013, American cyclists Carmen Small and Tayler Wiles, and the Canadian Gillian Carleton. Charlotte Becker, Emilia Fahlin, Chloe Hosking, Clara Hughes and Amber Neben left the team in the post-Olympic year. The year was marked with a crash of Ina-Yoko Teutenberg at the Drenste 8 in March. She was unable to ride for the remainder of the season and ended her career afterwards. Ellen van Dijk became the leader of the team and had a great season. She won the general classification of a stage race four times as well as several one day races and finished four times on the podium in World Cup races. Above all she won the World Time Trial Championships. Van Dijk finished 3rd in the final World Cup standings and also 3rd in the UCI World Ranking. Evelyn Stevens had to miss the Tour of Flanders due to a fall. She finished fifth in the Giro Rosa, third in the Route de France, with the American Team and finished behind teammates Ellen van Dijk and Carmen Small (3rd place), fourth in the time trial at the World Championships. She finished ultimately 7th in the UCI world Ranking. The team was, like last year, undefeated in the team time trials and won the World Team Time Trial Championships in September. The team finished 3rd in the UCI World Ranking.

2014

Main article: 2014 Specialized–lululemon season

After being part of the team since 2005, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg left the team for her retirement. Also Ellen van Dijk, the top UCI ranked and best rider of the 2013 season left the team, together with Gillian Carleton and Katie Colclough. The team attracted Chantal Blaak, Karol-Ann Canuel, Élise Delzenne and Tiffany Cromwell, with the last becoming the leader of the team. After losing the backing of the two major sponsors (Lululemon and Specialized) the team announced that Cervelo would return to the Women's peloton and become a partner of the new team^[4] with SRAM also entering the team as a title sponsor as the team becomes rebranded into Velocio–SRAM Pro Cycling.^[5]

2015

In preparation for the 2015 season the team signed Barbara Guarischi and Alena Amialiusik, as well as signing contract extensions with Loren Rowney, Élise Delzenne, Karol-Ann Canuel and Trixi Worrack.

Major results

Main article: List of Velocio-SRAM Pro Cycling wins

World, continental and national champions

2003: United States Road Race Championships, Amber Neben; United States Time Trial Championships, Kimberly Bruckner Baldwin
2004: United States Road Race Championships, Kristin Armstrong
2005: United States Time Trial Championships, Kristin Armstrong; United States U23 Time Trial Championships, Rebecca Much
2006: Canada Cyclo-cross Championships, Lyne Bessette
2007: World Track Championship (Points Race), Kates Bates; European U23 Time Trial Championship, Linda Villumsen
2008: Australia Road Race Championship, Oenone Wood; Denmark Time Trial Championship, Linda Villumsen; Denmark Road Championship, Linda Villumsen; Sweden Road Championship, Emilia Fahlin; Germany Road Championship, Luise Keller
2009: Sweden Time Trial Championship, Emilia Fahlin; Denmark Time Trial Championship, Linda Villumsen; Denmark Road Race Championship, Linda Villumsen; Germany Road Race Championship, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg; European U23 Time Trial Championships, Ellen van Dijk
2010: Australia Criterium Championship, Chloe Hosking; Sweden Road Race Championship, Emilia Fahlin; Sweden Time Trial Championship, Emilia Fahlin; United States Time Trial Championship, Evelyn Stevens; Germany Time Trial Championship, Judith Arndt; Netherlands Track Championship (Individual Pursuit), Ellen van Dijk
2011: World Time Trial Championship, Judith Arndt; Sweden Time Trial Championship, Emilia Fahlin; United States Time Trial Championship, Evelyn Stevens; Germany Time Trial Championship, Judith Arndt; Germany Road Championship, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg; Netherlands Track Championship (Individual Pursuit), Ellen van Dijk; Netherlands Track Championship (Madison), Ellen van Dijk
2012: Pan American Time Trial Championship, Amber Neben; Dutch Time Trial Championship, Ellen van Dijk; Canada Time Trial Championship, Clara Hughes; United States Time Trial Championship, Amber Neben; World Team Time Trial Championships, Ellen van Dijk, Charlotte Becker, Amber Neben, Evelyn Stevens, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, Trixi Worrack
2013: German Cyclo-cross Championships, Trixi Worrack; United States Time Trial Championship, Carmen Small; Dutch Time Trial Championships, Ellen van Dijk; German Time Trial Championships, Lisa Brennauer; German Road Race Championships, Trixi Worrack; German Track Championships (Individual Pursuit), Lisa Brennauer; World Team Time Trial Championships, Evelyn Stevens, Ellen van Dijk, Lisa Brennauer, Katie Colclough, Trixi Worrack and Carmen Small; World Individual Time Trial Championships, Ellen van Dijk
2014: Pan American Time Trial Championship, Evelyn Stevens; German Time Trial Championships, Lisa Brennauer; German Road Race Championships, Lisa Brennauer; World Individual Time Trial Championships, Lisa Brennauer; France National Track Championships (Points race), Élise Delzenne; France National Track Championships (Scratch race), Élise Delzenne; German Track Championships (Individual Pursuit), Mieke Kröger
2015: Canada Time Trial, Karol-Ann Canuel; Belarus Time Trial Championships, Alena Amialiusik; German Road Race Championships, Trixi Worrack; German Time Trial Championships, Mieke Kröger; Belarus Road Race Championships, Alena Amialiusik

Team roster

For previous year riders, see List of Team Specialized–lululemon riders.

As of 1 January 2015. Ages as of 1 January 2015.^[6]

	Rider	Date of birth
Alena Amialiusik (BLR)		(1989-02-06)February 6, 1989 (aged 25)
Lisa Brennauer (GER)		(1988-06-08)June 8, 1988 (aged 26)
Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN)		(1988-04-18)April 18, 1988 (aged 26)
Tiffany Cromwell (AUS)		(1988-07-06)July 6, 1988 (aged 26)
Élise Delzenne (FRA)		(1989-01-28)January 28, 1989 (aged 25)

	Rider	Date of birth
Barbara Guarischi (ITA)		(1990-02-10)February 10, 1990 (aged 24)
Mieke Kröger (GER)		(1993-07-18)July 18, 1993 (aged 21)
Loren Rowney (AUS)		(1988-10-14)October 14, 1988 (aged 26)
Tayler Wiles (USA)		(1989-07-20)July 20, 1989 (aged 25)
Trixi Worrack (GER)		(1981-09-28)September 28, 1981 (aged 33)

Team gallery

Ellen van Dijk showing her gold medal after the women's team time trial at the 2013 World Championships.
The team after winning the world title in the team time trial at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships.
Team Specialized–lululemon on the podium after winning Stage 2 in the 2012 BrainWash Ladies Tour.
Team presentation before stage 5 of the 2013 Boels Rental Ladies Tour.
Ellen van Dijk won the time trial at the 2009 European Road Championships

References

↑ "Team Specialized lululemon resurrects High Road women's team". Cycling News. 4 October 2011.
↑ Atkins, Ben (3 October 2011). "HTC-Highroad women's team to become Team Specialized lululemon". velonation.com.
↑ "End of the road for Velocio-SRAM". cyclingnews.com. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cervelo-returns-to-womens-peloton-with-velocio-sports
↑ http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/sram-moves-title-sponsorship-velocio-sram-pro-cycling-womens-team-145534
↑ "UCI Women's Teams SPECIALIZED - LULULEMON (SLU) - USA". UCI. Retrieved 2 January 2014.

External links

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Official website

Riders on Velocio–SRAM Pro Cycling

Chantal Blaak Lisa Brennauer Karol-Ann Canuel Tiffany Cromwell Élise Delzenne Loren Rowney Carmen Small Ally Stacher Evelyn Stevens Tayler Wiles Trixi Worrack Manager: Ronny Lauke Former riders: list of riders

Velocio–SRAM Pro Cycling seasons

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

UCI Road World Champions – Women's team time trial

National teams	1987: Soviet Union (Kibardina, Jakovleva, Poliakova, Pogovitchaikova) 1988: Italy (Bandini, Bonanomi, Canins, Galli) 1989: Soviet Union (Kibardina, Poliakova, Zilporytė, Melekhina) 1990: Netherlands (Van Moorsel, Knol, Westland, Schop) 1991: France (Clignet, Gendron, Odin, Marsal) 1992: United States (Stephenson, Golay, Bolland, Bankaitis-Davis) 1993–1994: Russia (Sokolova, Bubnenkova, Polkhanova, Koliaseva)

Trade teams	2012: Team Specialized–lululemon (Van Dijk, Becker, Neben, Stevens, Teutenberg, Worrack) 2013: Specialized–lululemon (Van Dijk, Brennauer, Stevens, Small, Colclough, Worrack) 2014: Specialized–lululemon (Blaak, Brennauer, Canuel, Small, Stevens, Worrack) 2015: Velocio–SRAM (Amialiusik, Brennauer, Canuel, Guarischi, Kröger, Worrack)

UCI Women's Teams

Years	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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

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