2011 HTC–Highroad Women season

Ellen van Dijk in 2011

The season started for the team with the Ladies Tour of Qatar in February. In stage 2, Ellen van Dijk was part of the front group and took home the stage victory by winning the sprint.[3] The day afterwards she defended successfully her leading position in the general classification and won the points classification as well.[4] Van Dijk dedicated her victories to Carla Swart who died whilst training after being hit by a truck a few weeks earlier. The prize money she earned in Qatar was sent to her family.[5][6] Van Dijk's victory was the 400th victory for the team (men's and women's) since 2008.[7]

In late July the team won the world cup team time trial, the 2011 Open de Suede Vargarda TTT and was over a minute faster than Team AA Drink. The team consisted of: Ellen van Dijk, Judith Arndt, Amber Neben and Charlotte Becker.[8][9] The day afterwards was the World Cup road race in Sweden, the 2011 Open de Suede Vargarda. Ellen van Dijk won the sprint of the peloton and finished second behind Annemiek van Vleuten, who had a small gap with the bunch. Teutenberg finished fourth.

Teutenberg won the first stage of the Trophée d'Or Féminin by winning the sprint and the team won the team time trial afterwards. Becker won the third stage. The leaders jersey was lost to Tatiana Antoshina after the fourth stage. In the fifth stage Teutenberg won the bunch sprint behind a breakaway of four riders. In the last stage Becker finished fourth but did not win enough time to win the overall classification and finished second.[10]

At the Profile Ladies Tour, Ina Teutenberg finished second in the first stage. The day afterwards Ellen van Dijk won for the third consecutive year the time trial stage of this tour.[11] At the same time the Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche took place. Emilia Fahlin won the prologue and the day afterwards the time trial as well. She lost however thirteen minutes on Emma Pooley in the thirds stage. Evelyn Stevens won stage 4 with over a four minutes lead over teammate Amanda Miller. Fahlin won the two stages afterwards. After finishing again second in the time trial, Miller finished fourth in the general classification.[12]

In preparation for the time trial world championships, Arndt won the Chrono Champenois just ahead of Amber Neben.[13]

At the Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile the team won once again the team time trial.[14][15] Arndt won the sprint of the second stage and took the leaders jersey. The stage afterwards the team provided Arndt on the final climb with a train so she could also win that stage. After Teutenberg won the stage afterwards and Arndt the time trial the next morning the team booked five consecutive victories. In the fourth stage where Teutenberg abandoned, Megan Guarnier took the lead. In the fifth stage also Teutenberg abandoned. In the last stage Charlotte Becker won the stage by winning the bunch sprint.[16][17]

Judith Arndt won, at the age of 35, the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships. Linda Villumsen won the silver medal, Emma Pooley finished third..[18] Ina Teutenberg won bronze in the road race and Chloe Hosking finished sixth.[19]

To the end of the road cycling season, Amber Neben won the Chrono des Nations in October.[20]

At the Dutch National Track Championships in December, Ellen van Dijk won two national titles. She won the individual pursuit as well as the madison.

Judith Arndt finished 4th in the final classification and Ina-Yoko Teutenberg 5th. The team finished 2nd in the teams standing.[22]

Results at the 2011 UCI Women's Road World Cup races[22]

Date	#	Race	Best rider	Place
27 March	1	Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio	Judith Arndt	7th
3 April	2	Tour of Flanders	Judith Arndt	5th
16 April	3	Ronde van Drenthe	Ina-Yoko Teutenberg	4th
20 April	4	La Flèche Wallonne Féminine	Judith Arndt	3rd
15 May	5	Tour of Chongming Island	Ina-Yoko Teutenberg	1st
5 June	6	GP Ciudad de Valladolid	Judith Arndt	4th
29 July	7	Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT	HTC-Highroad Women	1st
31 July	8	Open de Suède Vårgårda	Ellen van Dijk	2nd
27 August	9	GP de Plouay	Evelyn Stevens	2nd
Final individual classification			Judith Arndt	4th
Final team classification			HTC-Highroad Women	2nd

Other major single day races

Date	Race	Rider	Place
24 March	UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit[M 1]	Ellen van Dijk (with Kirsten Wild and Vera Koedooder)	5th
25 March	UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit[M 2]	Ellen van Dijk	5th
20 September	UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial[M 3]	Judith Arndt (GER)
24 September	UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race[M 4]	Ina-Yoko Teutenberg  (GER)
21 October	European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit[M 5]	Ellen van Dijk (with Kirsten Wild and Vera Koedooder)	5th