Sopela Women's Team () is a professional
cycling team
A cycling team is a group of cycle sport, cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle racing, bicycle races whether amateur or professional – and the supporting personnel. Cycling teams are most important i ...
based in
Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
, which competes in elite
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 form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The ...
and
track cycling
Track cycling is a Cycle sport, bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
History
Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its i ...
events such as the
UCI Women's World Tour
The UCI Women's World Tour is the premier annual female elite road cycling tour. , the tour includes 27 events in Europe, Asia and Oceania – with one-day races such as Strade Bianche Donne and Paris–Roubaix Femmes, stage races such as Wo ...
and elite women's races.
Team history
On 7 October 2014,
Fanny Riberot
Fanny Riberot (born 17 March 1983) is a French former racing cyclist. She finished in third place at the French National Road Race Championships in 2012 and 2014.
Major results
;2003
: 2nd Overall Tour de Charente-Maritime
;2005
: 3rd Time tria ...
signed a contract extension. On 13 November,
Evelyn García
Evelyn Yesenia García Marroquín (born December 29, 1982) is a Salvadoran cycle racer, who specialises as an all-rounder, having won time-trials and mountain stages in the past. She has won the Vuelta a El Salvador on two occasions, the on ...
signed for the team. On 20 November the team signed a number of contract extensions with;
Aurore Verhoeven,
Mélodie Lesueur
Mélodie Lesueur (born 12 March 1990) is a French road racing cyclist, who currently rides for French amateur team CSM Puteaux. Lesueur won the French National Road Race Championships in 2010 and became European champion in the under-23 individ ...
Sheyla Gutiérrez
Sheyla Gutiérrez Ruiz (born 1 January 1994) is a Spanish racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. In November 2015 she was announced as part of the inaugural squad for the team f ...
,
Lucía González,
Belen Lopez and
Alicia González. On 24 November
Soline Lamboley signed with the team. On 23 December
Cristina Martínez signed for the team.
In February 2023, the team's rider, Estela Dominguez, was killed in a collision with a lorry at
Villares de la Reina
Villares de la Reina is a municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon, on the outskirts of Salamanca city. As of 2016 it has a population of 6,266 people.
Geography
The municipalit ...
at the age of 19, while training at the beginning of her first year as a professional.
Team roster
Major results
;2009
:Overall
Semaine Cantalienne,
Fanny Riberot
Fanny Riberot (born 17 March 1983) is a French former racing cyclist. She finished in third place at the French National Road Race Championships in 2012 and 2014.
Major results
;2003
: 2nd Overall Tour de Charente-Maritime
;2005
: 3rd Time tria ...
::Stage 2,
Fanny Riberot
Fanny Riberot (born 17 March 1983) is a French former racing cyclist. She finished in third place at the French National Road Race Championships in 2012 and 2014.
Major results
;2003
: 2nd Overall Tour de Charente-Maritime
;2005
: 3rd Time tria ...
:Trophée Fémina,
Fanny Riberot
Fanny Riberot (born 17 March 1983) is a French former racing cyclist. She finished in third place at the French National Road Race Championships in 2012 and 2014.
Major results
;2003
: 2nd Overall Tour de Charente-Maritime
;2005
: 3rd Time tria ...
:Ambierle,
Fanny Riberot
Fanny Riberot (born 17 March 1983) is a French former racing cyclist. She finished in third place at the French National Road Race Championships in 2012 and 2014.
Major results
;2003
: 2nd Overall Tour de Charente-Maritime
;2005
: 3rd Time tria ...
:Lyon Gerland,
Fanny Riberot
Fanny Riberot (born 17 March 1983) is a French former racing cyclist. She finished in third place at the French National Road Race Championships in 2012 and 2014.
Major results
;2003
: 2nd Overall Tour de Charente-Maritime
;2005
: 3rd Time tria ...
:Gruffy,
Fanny Riberot
Fanny Riberot (born 17 March 1983) is a French former racing cyclist. She finished in third place at the French National Road Race Championships in 2012 and 2014.
Major results
;2003
: 2nd Overall Tour de Charente-Maritime
;2005
: 3rd Time tria ...
;2010
:Overall
Semaine Cantalienne,
Fanny Riberot
Fanny Riberot (born 17 March 1983) is a French former racing cyclist. She finished in third place at the French National Road Race Championships in 2012 and 2014.
Major results
;2003
: 2nd Overall Tour de Charente-Maritime
;2005
: 3rd Time tria ...
::Stages 1 & 5,
Fanny Riberot
Fanny Riberot (born 17 March 1983) is a French former racing cyclist. She finished in third place at the French National Road Race Championships in 2012 and 2014.
Major results
;2003
: 2nd Overall Tour de Charente-Maritime
;2005
: 3rd Time tria ...
:
Gran Premio San Isidro,
Fanny Riberot
Fanny Riberot (born 17 March 1983) is a French former racing cyclist. She finished in third place at the French National Road Race Championships in 2012 and 2014.
Major results
;2003
: 2nd Overall Tour de Charente-Maritime
;2005
: 3rd Time tria ...
:
Prix des Fondateurs
Prix was an American power pop band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1975 by Tommy Hoehn and Jon Tiven. The group ended up primarily as a studio project. Its recordings were produced by Tiven along with former Big Star member Chris Bell, who ...
,
Fanny Riberot
Fanny Riberot (born 17 March 1983) is a French former racing cyclist. She finished in third place at the French National Road Race Championships in 2012 and 2014.
Major results
;2003
: 2nd Overall Tour de Charente-Maritime
;2005
: 3rd Time tria ...
;2011
:

Road Race Championship of the
Basque Country,
Eneritz Iturriaga
:
Grenoble Technisud,
Fanny Riberot
Fanny Riberot (born 17 March 1983) is a French former racing cyclist. She finished in third place at the French National Road Race Championships in 2012 and 2014.
Major results
;2003
: 2nd Overall Tour de Charente-Maritime
;2005
: 3rd Time tria ...
:Overall
Semaine Cantalienne,
Fanny Riberot
Fanny Riberot (born 17 March 1983) is a French former racing cyclist. She finished in third place at the French National Road Race Championships in 2012 and 2014.
Major results
;2003
: 2nd Overall Tour de Charente-Maritime
;2005
: 3rd Time tria ...
;2012
: Road Race Championship of
Andalusia
Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomou ...
,
Belén López
:Zalla Road Race,
Fanny Riberot
Fanny Riberot (born 17 March 1983) is a French former racing cyclist. She finished in third place at the French National Road Race Championships in 2012 and 2014.
Major results
;2003
: 2nd Overall Tour de Charente-Maritime
;2005
: 3rd Time tria ...
: Road Race Championship of
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (commonly shortened to PACA), also known as Région Sud, is one of the eighteen Regions of France, administrative regions of France, located at the far southeastern point of the Metropolitan France, mainland. The main P ...
,
Fanny Riberot
Fanny Riberot (born 17 March 1983) is a French former racing cyclist. She finished in third place at the French National Road Race Championships in 2012 and 2014.
Major results
;2003
: 2nd Overall Tour de Charente-Maritime
;2005
: 3rd Time tria ...
:
Charentonnay,
Fanny Riberot
Fanny Riberot (born 17 March 1983) is a French former racing cyclist. She finished in third place at the French National Road Race Championships in 2012 and 2014.
Major results
;2003
: 2nd Overall Tour de Charente-Maritime
;2005
: 3rd Time tria ...
:Trofeo Gobierno de La Rioja,
Yulia Ilinykh
:Campeonato de Euskadi,
Yulia Ilinykh
:Iurreta Road Race,
Yulia Ilinykh
;2013
:
Balmaseda
Balmaseda (in Basque and officially, in Spanish: ''Valmaseda'') is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country. Balmaseda is the capital city of the comarca of Enkarterri, in western Biscay and serves an im ...
Road Race,
Eider Merino Cortazar
:Campeonato de Navarra,
Fanny Riberot
Fanny Riberot (born 17 March 1983) is a French former racing cyclist. She finished in third place at the French National Road Race Championships in 2012 and 2014.
Major results
;2003
: 2nd Overall Tour de Charente-Maritime
;2005
: 3rd Time tria ...
;2014
:

Youth classification
Emakumeen Euskal Bira
The Emakumeen Euskal Bira was a women's cycling race held in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, Spain. It was held annually from 1988 to 2019, starting out as a two-stage race and building up to five stages in 2007. One of ...
,
Eider Merino Cortazar
:
Bembibre
Bembibre () is a municipality and a city located in the region of El Bierzo, province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2014 census ( INE), the municipality had a population of 9,631 inhabitants. The second largest urban settlem ...
Copa de España,
Eider Merino Cortazar
:
Urnieta
Urnieta is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Autonomous Community of Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, northern Spain.
It is known for its Sagardotegi, restaurants that specialise in cider and regional food.
...
(Campeonato de Euskadi),
Alicia González Blanco
Alicia González Blanco (born 27 May 1995) is a Spanish professional bicycle racing, racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Major results
;2012
: 10th Road race, 2012 European Road Championships, UEC ...
;2015
:

Overall
Vuelta a Burgos Feminas
The Vuelta a Burgos Feminas is a women's cycle stage race in Spain, part of the UCI Women's World Tour. The race is held in the autonomous region of Castile and León in northern Spain, on flat and hilly stages.
History
The Vuelta a Burgos i ...
,
Belén López
::Stage 1 (
ITT
ITT may refer to:
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*Tank phone, Infantry-Tank Telephone, a device allowing infantrymen to speak to the occupants of armoured vehicles.
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*Intuitionistic type theory, other name of Martin-Löf Type Theory
*Intensional typ ...
),
Belén López
:
Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames
Grand may refer to:
People with the name
* Grand (surname)
* Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor
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* Grand, Oklahoma, USA
* Grand, Vosges, village and commune in France with Gallo-Roman amphitheatre
* Grand County (disambiguation), s ...
,
Sheyla Gutiérrez
Sheyla Gutiérrez Ruiz (born 1 January 1994) is a Spanish racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. In November 2015 she was announced as part of the inaugural squad for the team f ...
:Cyclo-cross de Karrantza,
Lucía González Blanco
Lucía González Blanco (born 9 July 1990) is a Spanish professional cyclo-cross and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team in road racing, and UCI Cyclo-cross Team Nesta–Škoda Alecar in cyclo-cross. She r ...
:Trofeo Ria de Marin,
Eider Merino Cortazar
:
Balmaseda
Balmaseda (in Basque and officially, in Spanish: ''Valmaseda'') is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country. Balmaseda is the capital city of the comarca of Enkarterri, in western Biscay and serves an im ...
,
Eider Merino Cortazar
;2016
:Trofeo Roldan (Copa de España),
Gloria Rodríguez
Gloria Rodríguez Sánchez (born 6 March 1992) is a Spanish road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She represented her nation at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Major results
;2012
: 2nd Mer ...
;2017
:
Busturia
Busturia is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territor ...
(Torneo Euskaldun),
Alicia González Blanco
Alicia González Blanco (born 27 May 1995) is a Spanish professional bicycle racing, racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Major results
;2012
: 10th Road race, 2012 European Road Championships, UEC ...
:

Valencian rider classification
Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
The Setmana Ciclista Valenciana is an annual professional road bicycle race
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing ...
,
Cristina Martínez
:

Overall
Vuelta a Burgos
Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Burgos (province), Burgos province of Spain. The men's Vuelta a Burgos has been a multi-day stage race as part of the UCI Europe Tour since 2005. In ...
,
Eider Merino Cortazar
::Stage 1,
Eider Merino Cortazar
:
Bergara
Bergara (; ) is a town and municipality located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the north of Spain.
An Enlightened center of education operated by the '' Real Sociedad Bascongada de Amigos del P ...
(Torneo Euskaldun),
Eider Merino Cortazar
:
Berriatua
Berriatua is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the north of Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe ...
(Torneo Euskaldun),
Eider Merino Cortazar
:
Sarriguren
Sarriguren is a locality located in the municipality of Valle de Egüés, in Navarre province, Spain, Spain. As of 2020, it has a population of 15,665. Sarriguren is the capital of the municipality of Valle de Egüés.
Geography
Sarriguren is lo ...
(Torneo Euskaldun),
Alicia González Blanco
Alicia González Blanco (born 27 May 1995) is a Spanish professional bicycle racing, racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Major results
;2012
: 10th Road race, 2012 European Road Championships, UEC ...
:
Larrabasterra (Torneo Euskaldun),
Gloria Rodríguez
Gloria Rodríguez Sánchez (born 6 March 1992) is a Spanish road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She represented her nation at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Major results
;2012
: 2nd Mer ...
:

Overall Volta Ciclista Valencia Feminas,
Alba Teruel Ribes
::

Points classification,
Alba Teruel Ribes
::

Mountains classification,
Gloria Rodríguez
Gloria Rodríguez Sánchez (born 6 March 1992) is a Spanish road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She represented her nation at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Major results
;2012
: 2nd Mer ...
::

Sprints classification,
Alicia González Blanco
Alicia González Blanco (born 27 May 1995) is a Spanish professional bicycle racing, racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Major results
;2012
: 10th Road race, 2012 European Road Championships, UEC ...
::

Youth classification,
Alba Teruel Ribes
::Team classification
::Stage 1,
Alba Teruel Ribes
::Stage 2,
Eider Merino
::Stage 3,
Cristina Martínez
:Trofeo Roldan (Copa de España),
Alicia González Blanco
Alicia González Blanco (born 27 May 1995) is a Spanish professional bicycle racing, racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Major results
;2012
: 10th Road race, 2012 European Road Championships, UEC ...
:

Time Trial Championship of
Murcia
Murcia ( , , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the Capital (political), capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities#By population, seventh largest city i ...
,
Gloria Rodríguez
Gloria Rodríguez Sánchez (born 6 March 1992) is a Spanish road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She represented her nation at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Major results
;2012
: 2nd Mer ...
;2018
:

Overall
Vuelta a Burgos Feminas
The Vuelta a Burgos Feminas is a women's cycle stage race in Spain, part of the UCI Women's World Tour. The race is held in the autonomous region of Castile and León in northern Spain, on flat and hilly stages.
History
The Vuelta a Burgos i ...
,
Beatriu Gómez
::Stage 1,
Ziortza Isasi
Ziortza Isasi Cristobal (born 5 August 1995) is a Spanish professional racing cyclist
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross ...
::Stage 3,
Ariadna Trias
:Circuito Jose Marquez,
Soraia Silva
:Palmela,
Maria Martins
:Vila Nova de Tazem Time Trial,
Maria Martins
National champions
;2009
: Spain Time Trial,
Débora Gálvez Lopez
;2010
: Spain U23 Cyclo-cross,
Lucia González Blanco
;2011
: Spain Time Trial,
Eneritz Iturriaga Etxebarria
;2012
: Spain Junior Mountainbike (XC),
Lucia González
: Spain Track, (Team Pursuit),
Irene Usabiaga
Irene Usabiaga Balerdi (born 22 September 1993) is a Spanish road and track cyclist. In 2015, she won the bronze medal in the elimination race at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships in Grenchen, Switzerland. She was part of the UCI women's ...
: Spain Track, (Points race), Irene Usabiaga
: Spain Track, (Scratch race),
María del Mar Bonnin
Maria may refer to:
People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
Place names Extraterrestrial
*170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
*Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...
;2013
: Spain Cyclo-cross,
Lucia González
;2015
: El Salvador Time Trial,
Evelyn García
Evelyn Yesenia García Marroquín (born December 29, 1982) is a Salvadoran cycle racer, who specialises as an all-rounder, having won time-trials and mountain stages in the past. She has won the Vuelta a El Salvador on two occasions, the on ...
: El Salvador Road Race,
Evelyn García
Evelyn Yesenia García Marroquín (born December 29, 1982) is a Salvadoran cycle racer, who specialises as an all-rounder, having won time-trials and mountain stages in the past. She has won the Vuelta a El Salvador on two occasions, the on ...
:

European U23 Track (Scratch race),
Lucia González
;2017
: Spain U23 Cyclo-cross, Alicia González
: Spain Track, (Points race), Cristina Martinez
: Spain Track, (Team Pursuit),
Ziortza Isasi Cristobal
;2018
:

Portugal Track, (Points race),
Maria Martins
:

Portugal Track, (Scratch race),
Maria Martins
:

Portugal Track, (Omnium),
Maria Martins
;2019
:

Portugal Track, (Omnium),
Maria Martins
:

Portugal Track, (Points race),
Maria Martins
:

Portugal Track, (Scratch race),
Maria Martins
: Spain U23 Time Trial,
Iurani Blanco
References
External links
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