Cylance Pro Cycling (women's team)

Cylance Pro Cycling is a professional women's cycling team based in the United States of America that started competing in elite women's road bicycle racing events, such as the UCI Women's World Tour, in 2016. The team's major sponsor, Cylance, is a high-tech computer security firm, and the team is owned by Inspire Sports whose founder, Omer Kem, previously managed BMW p/b Happy Tooth Dental and Bissell Pro Cycling.[1]

Cylance Pro Cycling
Team information
UCI codeCPC
RegisteredUnited States
Founded2016 (2016)
Disbanded2018
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI Women's Team
Key personnel
General managerManel Lacambra
Team name history
2016–2018
Cylance Pro Cycling
Cylance Pro Cycling (women's team) jersey
Jersey

The team disbanded at the end of the 2018 season.

Team history
The Cylance team at the 2016 Emakumeen Euskal Bira

In preparation for their first season, the team signed Shelley Olds, Rossella Ratto, and Valentina Scandolara as headline riders. The team also signed Krista Doebel-Hickok, Alison Tetrick, Erica Zaveta, Sheyla Gutiérrez, Doris Schweizer, and Kathryn Bertine.

Team roster
Rider Date of birth[2]
 Holly Breck (USA) (1992-05-27) May 27, 1992
 Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) (1983-08-03) August 3, 1983
 Kristabel Doebel-Hickok (USA) (1989-04-28) April 28, 1989
 Jelena Eric (SER) (1996-01-15) 15 January 1996
 Sheyla Gutiérrez (ESP) (1994-01-01) January 1, 1994
 Kaitie Keogh (USA) (1992-01-01) January 1, 1992
Rider Date of birth
 Rossella Ratto (ITA) (1993-10-20) October 20, 1993
 Omer Shapira (ISR) (1994-09-09) September 9, 1994
 Lauren Stephens (USA) (1986-12-28) 28 December 1986
 Marta Tagliaferro (ITA) (1989-11-04) November 4, 1989
 Marcella Toldi (BRA) (1984-05-03) May 3, 1984

Major wins
2016
Winston Salem Cycling Classic, Rossella Ratto
2017
Stages 2 & 4 Santos Women's Tour, Kirsten Wild
Stage 7 Giro d'Italia Femminile, Sheyla Gutiérrez
Stage 2 Holland Ladies Tour Kirsten Wild
Rochester Cyclo-cross, Kaitlin Antonneau
Iowa City Cyclo-cross, Kaitlin Antonneau
Thompson Cyclo-cross, Kaitlin Antonneau
Baltimore I Cyclo-cross, Kaitlin Antonneau
Baltimore II Cyclo-cross, Kaitlin Antonneau
Covington Cyclo-cross, Kaitlin Antonneau
2018
Points classification Tour of Chongming Island, Giorgia Bronzini
Stage 1, Giorgia Bronzini
Overall Tour of Zhoushan Island, Sheyla Gutiérrez
Points classification, Sheyla Gutiérrez
Overall Panorama Guizhou International Women's Road Cycling Race, Sheyla Gutiérrez
Stage 1, Sheyla Gutiérrez
Stage 2 Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta, Giorgia Bronzini

National, continental and world champions
2016
Switzerland Time Trial, Doris Schweizer
Switzerland Road Race, Doris Schweizer
European U23 Track (Scratch race), Rachele Barbieri
2017
World Track Championships (Scratch race), Rachele Barbieri
Spain Road Race, Sheyla Gutiérrez
European Track (Elimination race), Kirsten Wild
Netherlands Track Championships (Madison), Kirsten Wild
Netherlands Track Championships (Omnium), Kirsten Wild
Netherlands Track Championships (Scratch race), Kirsten Wild
2018
Serbia Time Trial, Jelena Erić
Serbia Road Race, Jelena Erić
Israel Road Race, Omer Shapira

References
  1. "New women's team Cylance taking aim at inaugural WorldTour - Cyclingnews.com".
  2. "Cylance Pro Cycling". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
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