Team Virtu Cycling Women

Team Virtu Cycling Women is a UCI Women's cycling team based in Denmark, founded in 2015.[1][2] In November 2016 it was announced that Bjarne Riis and Lars Seier (Riis-Seier Project) took over the women's team BMS BIRN and the men's team Team Virtu Pro–Véloconcept, with the latter being renamed Team VéloCONCEPT and the former becoming Team VéloCONCEPT Women for the 2017 season.[3] After the addition of a new investor into the team in September 2017, Brøndby IF football team chairman Jan Beck Andersen, the cycling team's name changed to Team Virtu Cycling.[4]

Team Virtu Cycling Women
Team information
UCI codeBMS (2015–2016)
TVW (2017)
TVC (2017–)
RegisteredDenmark
Founded2015
Discipline(s)Road
StatusNational (2015)
UCI Women (2016–)
BicyclesStorck
WebsiteTeam home page
Key personnel
Team manager(s)Bo Handberg Madsen
Allan Porsmose
Carmen Small
Shani Bloch
Team name history
2015–2016
2017
2017–
Team BMS BIRN
Team VéloCONCEPT Women
Team Virtu Cycling Women

Team roster
As of 3 March 2019.[5]
Rider Date of birth
 Katrine Aalerud (NOR) (1994-12-04) 4 December 1994
 Marta Bastianelli (ITA) (1987-04-30) 30 April 1987
 Sofia Bertizzolo (ITA) (1997-08-21) 21 August 1997
 Barbara Guarischi (ITA) (1990-10-02) 2 October 1990
 Anouska Koster (NED) (1993-08-20) 20 August 1993
 Mieke Kröger (GER) (1993-07-18) 18 July 1993
 Birgitte Krogsgaard (DNK) (1991-10-27) 27 October 1991
Rider Date of birth
 Emilie Moberg (NOR) (1991-07-12) 12 July 1991
 Rachel Neylan (AUS) (1982-03-09) 9 March 1982
 Louise Norman Hansen (DNK) (1995-02-12) 12 February 1995
 Katarzyna Pawłowska (POL) (1989-08-16) 16 August 1989
 Sara Penton (SWE) (1988-11-15) 15 November 1988
 Trine Schmidt (DNK) (1988-06-03) 3 June 1988
 Christina Siggaard (DNK) (1994-03-24) 24 March 1994

Major wins
2016
Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
Youth classification, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
Stages 1 & 5, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
Mountains classification Ladies Tour of Norway, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
2017
Combativity classification, Stage 4 Holland Ladies Tour, Pernille Mathiesen
2018
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Christina Siggaard
Sprints classification Emakumeen Euskal Bira, Katarzyna Pawłowska
2019
Omloop van het Hageland, Marta Bastianelli
Women's WorldTour Ronde van Drenthe, Marta Bastianelli
Tour of Flanders, Marta Bastianelli
Stage 2 Healthy Ageing Tour, Mieke Kröger
Overall Gracia–Orlová, Marta Bastianelli
Stages 1 & 3, Marta Bastianelli
Stages 2a (ITT) & 4 Gracia–Orlová, Mieke Kröger
Stage 2b Gracia–Orlová, Rachel Neylan
Sprints classification Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Barbara Guarischi
Stage 1, Barbara Guarischi
Stage 2, Marta Bastianelli
Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda WestSweden Road Race, Marta Bastianelli
Stage 4 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Anouska Koster
Stage 5 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Marta Bastianelli

National and continental champions
2016
Denmark Time Trial, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
Denmark Junior Time Trial, Simone Eg
2017
Israel Time Trial, Shani Bloch-Davidov
USA Time Trial, Amber Neben
Denmark Road Race, Camilla Møllebro
Sweden Road Race, Sara Penton
European U23 Time Trial, Pernille Mathiesen
European U23 Road Race, Pernille Mathiesen
2019
Denmark Time Trial, Louise Norman Hansen
Italy Road Race, Marta Bastianelli

References
  1. "Team BMS BIRN".
  2. "BMS BIRN".
  3. Johannesen, Jesper (3 November 2016). "Riis-Seier Project overtager kontinentalhold og kvindehold" (in Danish). Feltet.dk. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  4. Kiersgaard Espersen, Morten (11 September 2017). "Brøndby-rigmand kaster millioner i Riis-hold". Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  5. "Team Virtu Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
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