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Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling
Matrix Fitness (UCI code MAT) was a British cycling team which competed in road bicycle racing and track cycling events from 2009 to 2016. For the 2015 season the team registered as a UCI Women's Team, the top level of professional women's cycling, so could compete in elite international events including the UCI Women's Road World Cup. The team was sponsored by Matrix Fitness, Milltag, and Vulpine. Team history 2014 The team announced that in 2015 they would become a UCI Women's team. Trek will sponsor the team for the first season in the top division of Women's cycling, with the team riding the same bikes as the men's team. Riders in For the 2015 season the team signed track World Champions, Elinor Barker and Laura Trott from rival British team . The team also signed Sara Olsson (Team Hitec Products), Lucy Martin (Estado de México–Faren Kuota), Christina Siggaard (Firefighters Upsala CK) and Molly Weaver. The team also negotiated contract extensions with Melissa Lowther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road Bicycle Racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional sport, professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common competition formats are mass start events, where riders start simultaneously (though sometimes with a Handicapping, handicap) and race to a set finish point; and time trials, where individual time trial, individual riders or team time trial, teams race a course alone against the clock. Stage races or "tours" take multiple days, and consist of several mass-start or time-trial stages ridden consecutively. Professional racing originated in Western Europe, centred in France, Spain, Italy and the Low Countries. Since the mid-1980s, the sport has diversified, with races held at the professional, semi-professional and amateur levels, worldwide. The sport is governed by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). As w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Siggaard
Christina Malling Siggaard (born 24 March 1994) is a Danish former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2014 and 2021 for the Firefighters Upsala CK, , and teams. Siggaard represented Denmark at the 2015 European Games in the women's road race, and also represented Denmark at the UCI Road World Championships and the European Road Championships. She now works as a commentator and analyst for Danish broadcaster TV 2 Sport's cycling coverage. Major results ;2010 : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::3rd Junior time trial ;2011 : 3rd Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships : 3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships ;2012 : 7th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships ;2014 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships ;2015 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;2016 : 4th Overall Ladies Tour of Norway : 7th Grand Prix de Dottignies ;2017 : 5th Overall Tour of Chongming Island : 5th Pajot Hills Classic : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jersey Rainbow
Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the largest of the Channel Islands and is from the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy. The Bailiwick consists of the main island of Jersey and some surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks including Les Dirouilles, Écréhous, Les Écréhous, Minquiers, Les Minquiers, and Pierres de Lecq, Les Pierres de Lecq. Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose dukes became kings of England from 1066. After Normandy was lost by the kings of England in the 13th century, and the ducal title surrendered to France, Jersey remained loyal to the The Crown, English Crown, though it never became part of the Kingdom of England. Jersey is a self-governing Parliamentary system, parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy, with its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimberley Le Court
Kimberley Le Court de Billot (born 23 March 1996) is a South African-Mauritian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for South African Efficient Infiniti Insure Pro MTB Ladies team. She represented Mauritius at the 2019 African Games in cycling and she won two medals: the gold medal in the women's cross-country marathon event and the bronze medal in the women's cross-country Olympic event. Major results ;2015 : African Games ::1st Road race ::8th Time trial ;2016 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Road race, African Road Championships ;2017 : 2nd Road race, African Road Championships ;2018 : 9th Road race, African Road Championships ;2019 : African Games ::1st Cross-country marathon ::3rd Cross-country ::6th Road race : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 8th Road race, African Road Championships ;2022 : African Road Championships ::1st Mixed Relay TTT ::2nd Team time trial ::2nd Road Race : 5th Cross-country, Commonwealth Games ;202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Wyman
Helen Wyman (born 4 March 1981) is a British cyclist for the Experza-Footlogix team. She participates in both road cycling and cyclo-cross, and, since she began competing at the age of 14, Wyman has represented her country at many international events including World Cups and World Championships. Except for 2013, she was the British national champion in cyclo-cross from 2006–2015. Major results ;2003–2004 : National Trophy Series ::1st Leicester ::2nd Cheltenham ::3rd Monmouth ;2004–2005 : National Trophy Series ::1st Leicester ::2nd Ipswich ::3rd Cheltenham ::3rd Dudley : 2nd Overijse : 2nd Herford : 3rd National Championships ;2005–2006 : 1st National Championships : National Trophy Series ::1st Cheltenham ::1st Southampton ::2nd Chorley ;2006–2007 : 1st National Championships : National Trophy Series ::1st Cheltenham : 1st Verbania : 2nd Overijse : UCI World Cup ::3rd Kalmthout ::3rd Hoogerheide : 3rd Veghel-Eerde ;2007–2008 : 1st National Championships : 2n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annabel Simpson
Annabel "Annie" Simpson (born 6 June 1990) is a British racing cyclist, who rides for British amateur team Brother UK–Tifosi p/b OnForm, on the road and Hope Technology in cross-country and mountain biking. See also * List of 2016 UCI Women's Teams and riders Listed below are the UCI Women's Teams that compete in 2016 women's road cycling events organized by the International Cycling Union ( UCI), including the 2016 UCI Women's World Tour. Teams overview The country designation of each team is deter ... References External links * 1990 births Living people British female cyclists Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century British women {{UK-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Rowsell
Joanna Katie Rowsell MBE (born 5 December 1988) is a retired English cyclist on the Great Britain Cycling Team who competed on track and road. Her greatest successes were the gold medals won in the women's team pursuit at the 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics as well as five World Championship titles, four in the team pursuit (2008, 2009, 2012 and 2014) plus one in the individual pursuit at the 2014 World Championships. She currently holds the World Record in the 3 km team pursuit. Rowsell first came to national prominence as a winner of junior national competitions in 2005/2006. Early life Rowsell was born in Carshalton, in the London Borough of Sutton. She competed for Sutton in the London Youth Games. She attended Cuddington Croft Primary School from 1993 to 2000 and Nonsuch High School for Girls from 2000 to 2007. Career Rowsell was picked up by British Cycling's Talent Team programme in 2004, after being tested at her school. Her first major wins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dani King
Danielle 'Dani' Rowe MBE (née King; born 21 November 1990) is a British former road and track cyclist. She retired from cycling in December 2018. A team pursuit gold medallist from the London Olympics in 2012, Rowe also won three consecutive world titles in the women's team pursuit, winning in 2011, (with Laura Trott and Wendy Houvenaghel), 2012 (with Trott and Joanna Rowsell), and 2013 (with Trott and Elinor Barker). Career She won the team pursuit at the Track Cycling World Cup in London in preparation for the Olympics in February 2012. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Rowe won a gold medal for the team pursuit alongside Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell. The team also set a new world record time of 3:14.051 in this event. In November 2014, Rowe was involved a serious crash after hitting a pothole while training on roads near Merthyr Tydfil. She suffered a snapped rib cage and a collapsed lung and spent 10 days in hospital. Rowe was appointed a Member of the Order of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessie Walker
Jessie Walker (born 20 September 1994) is an English professional racing cyclist. After riding for the team for four seasons, she joined the RST Racing Team in May 2015. However, in June 2015 she joined Servetto Footon for the remainder of the 2015 season. In October 2016 she announced that she would take a break from racing in the 2017 season after her time with Servetto Footon, which she described as "frustrating" and "demoralising" due to a lack of support from the team, stating that she had not been paid by them, and had depended on financial support from the Dave Rayner Fund. After splitting from Servetto Footon, she joined as soigneur for 2017, before moving on to studying art and design at the end of the season. She is the daughter of racing cyclist Chris Walker. See also * List of 2015 UCI Women's Teams and riders Listed below are the UCI Women's Teams that compete in 2015 women's road cycling events organized by the International Cycling Union ( UCI), including t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penny Rowson
Penelope "Penny" Rowson (born 3 May 1992) is a British former professional racing cyclist. Career After finishing 3rd in the 2009 Cheshire Classic Road Race, Rowson joined, in 2010, the Matrix Fitness professional team. In 2012, she became the first female winner of the Newport Nocturne cycling race. She left Matrix in 2013 and joined the cycling pro team run by the Breast Cancer Care charity. In 2014, she returned to the Matrix team but in August 2015 she announced her retirement from the sport. See also * List of 2015 UCI Women's Teams and riders * Breast cancer Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipple, a newly inverted nipple, or a re ... References 1992 births Living people British female cyclists Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century British women {{UK-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Owen (cyclist)
Harriet Owen (born 16 December 1993) is a British professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . Career Born in Kirtlington, Oxfordshire, Owen was educated at Marlborough School, Woodstock. She joined the team from in 2013, leaving in 2016 to race criteriums in the United States. In 2019 she took third place in the Armed Forces Cycling Classic in the Crystal Cup behind Kendall Ryan (Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank) and Natalie Redmond (Fearless Femme Racing p-b Altam). See also * List of 2015 UCI Women's Teams and riders Listed below are the UCI Women's Teams that compete in 2015 women's road cycling events organized by the International Cycling Union ( UCI), including the 2015 UCI Women's Road World Cup. Teams overview The country designation of each team is de ... References External links * * 1993 births Living people English female cyclists Sportspeople from Oxfordshire {{UK-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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