Team Virtu Cycling Women was a
UCI Women's cycling team based in
Denmark
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, that competed between 2015 and 2019.
Team history
In November 2016 it was announced that
Bjarne Riis
Bjarne Lykkegård Riis (; born 3 April 1964), nicknamed ''The Eagle from Herning'' ( da, Ørnen fra Herning), is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who placed first in the 1996 Tour de France. For many years he was the owner and lat ...
and Lars Seier (Riis-Seier Project) took over the women's team BMS BIRN and the men's team , with the latter being renamed Team VéloCONCEPT and the former becoming Team VéloCONCEPT Women for the 2017 season.
After the addition of a new investor into the team in September 2017,
Brøndby IF
Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester, Capital Region of Denmark. The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between two local clubs and was p ...
football team chairman Jan Beck Andersen, the cycling team's name changed to Team Virtu Cycling.
Final team roster
Major wins
;2016
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Overall
Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska (Tour de Feminin – Krásná Lípa) is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Euro ...
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Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (born 23 August 1995) is a Danish professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Career
As a junior, she competed at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships and the 2013 UCI Road World Champions ...
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Youth classification,
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (born 23 August 1995) is a Danish professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Career
As a junior, she competed at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships and the 2013 UCI Road World Champions ...
::Stages 1 & 5,
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (born 23 August 1995) is a Danish professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Career
As a junior, she competed at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships and the 2013 UCI Road World Champions ...
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Mountains classification
Ladies Tour of Norway
The Ladies Tour of Norway is a women's cycle stage race. The first edition of the race was held from 15 to 17 August 2014 based in the town of Halden in south east Norway. It consisted of an individual time trial prologue and two road race stages ...
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Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (born 23 August 1995) is a Danish professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Career
As a junior, she competed at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships and the 2013 UCI Road World Champions ...
;2017
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Combativity classification, Stage 4
Holland Ladies Tour
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Pernille Mathiesen
Pernille Mathiesen (born 5 October 1997) is a Danish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team .
Major results
;2016
: 1st Stage 4 Gracia–Orlová
;2017
: UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
::1st ...
;2018
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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
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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 ...
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Sprints classification
Emakumeen Euskal Bira
The Emakumeen Euskal Bira was a women's cycling race held in the 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 these stages was always a double stag ...
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Katarzyna Pawłowska
Katarzyna Pawłowska (born 16 August 1989) is a Polish road racing and track cyclist, who most recently rode for Belgian amateur team . She won the women's scratch race at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 2012 and 2013, and compete ...
;2019
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Omloop van het Hageland
The Omloop van het Hageland (Tielt-Winge) is an elite women's professional road bicycle race held since 2007 in Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europ ...
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Marta Bastianelli
Marta Bastianelli (born 30 April 1987) is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Bastianelli won the 2007 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, women's road race at ...
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Women's WorldTour Ronde van Drenthe,
Marta Bastianelli
Marta Bastianelli (born 30 April 1987) is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Bastianelli won the 2007 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, women's road race at ...
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Tour of Flanders
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Marta Bastianelli
Marta Bastianelli (born 30 April 1987) is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Bastianelli won the 2007 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, women's road race at ...
:Stage 2
Healthy Ageing Tour
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Mieke Kröger
Mieke Kröger (born 18 July 1993) is a German track and road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Career
After two years with the team, she rode for on the road in 2015. In November 2015, she was announced as part of the t ...
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Overall
Gracia–Orlová
Gracia–Orlová is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic and in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. It was created in 1987.
Since 2004, it starts in Dětmarovice. A mountain stag ...
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Marta Bastianelli
Marta Bastianelli (born 30 April 1987) is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Bastianelli won the 2007 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, women's road race at ...
::Stages 1 & 3,
Marta Bastianelli
Marta Bastianelli (born 30 April 1987) is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Bastianelli won the 2007 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, women's road race at ...
::Stages 2a (ITT) & 4
Gracia–Orlová
Gracia–Orlová is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic and in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. It was created in 1987.
Since 2004, it starts in Dětmarovice. A mountain stag ...
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Mieke Kröger
Mieke Kröger (born 18 July 1993) is a German track and road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Career
After two years with the team, she rode for on the road in 2015. In November 2015, she was announced as part of the t ...
::Stage 2b
Gracia–Orlová
Gracia–Orlová is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic and in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. It was created in 1987.
Since 2004, it starts in Dětmarovice. A mountain stag ...
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Rachel Neylan
Rachel Neylan (born 9 March 1982) is an Australian professional road cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Cofidis. She won a silver medal at the 2012 World Championships in the women's road race event. She won the inaugural w ...
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Sprints classification
Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million.
Erfurt is the capital and larg ...
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Barbara Guarischi
Barbara Guarischi (born 2 October 1990) is an Italian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She competed in the 2013 UCI women's team time trial in Florence. In November 2015 she was announced as part of the team's in ...
::Stage 1,
Barbara Guarischi
Barbara Guarischi (born 2 October 1990) is an Italian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She competed in the 2013 UCI women's team time trial in Florence. In November 2015 she was announced as part of the team's in ...
::Stage 2,
Marta Bastianelli
Marta Bastianelli (born 30 April 1987) is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Bastianelli won the 2007 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, women's road race at ...
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Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda WestSweden Road Race,
Marta Bastianelli
Marta Bastianelli (born 30 April 1987) is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Bastianelli won the 2007 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, women's road race at ...
:Stage 4
Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in the Ardèche region in southeastern France. The race was rated by the UCI as a 2.2 race, until 2018 when it was promoted to 2.1 status.
Fo ...
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Anouska Koster
Anouska Helena Koster (born 20 August 1993) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team .
Major results
;2011
: 3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
;2014
: 5th Road race, UEC Eu ...
:Stage 5
Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in the Ardèche region in southeastern France. The race was rated by the UCI as a 2.2 race, until 2018 when it was promoted to 2.1 status.
Fo ...
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Marta Bastianelli
Marta Bastianelli (born 30 April 1987) is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Bastianelli won the 2007 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, women's road race at ...
National and continental champions
;2016
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Denmark Time Trial,
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (born 23 August 1995) is a Danish professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Career
As a junior, she competed at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships and the 2013 UCI Road World Champions ...
:
Denmark Junior Time Trial,
Simone Eg
;2017
:
Israel Time Trial,
Shani Bloch-Davidov
Shani Bloch, also known as Shani Bloch-Davidov ( he, שני בלוך; born 6 March 1979) is an Israeli racing cyclist.
Bloch is the first Israeli road cyclist to compete in the Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale, Giro d'Italia Femminile, and ...
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USA Time Trial,
Amber Neben
Amber Leone Neben (born February 18, 1975) is an American racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Continental Team . Neben won the UCI world time trial championship in 2008 and 2016 as well as the U.S. national road race champions ...
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Denmark Road Race,
Camilla Møllebro
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Sweden Road Race,
Sara Penton
Sara Marie Penton (born 15 November 1988) is a Swedish former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2016 and 2021 for the , and teams.
Career
A former football player who retired from that sport at around 18 years old i ...
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European U23 Time Trial,
Pernille Mathiesen
Pernille Mathiesen (born 5 October 1997) is a Danish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team .
Major results
;2016
: 1st Stage 4 Gracia–Orlová
;2017
: UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
::1st ...
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European U23 Road Race,
Pernille Mathiesen
Pernille Mathiesen (born 5 October 1997) is a Danish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team .
Major results
;2016
: 1st Stage 4 Gracia–Orlová
;2017
: UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
::1st ...
;2019
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Denmark Time Trial,
Louise Norman Hansen
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Italy Road Race,
Marta Bastianelli
Marta Bastianelli (born 30 April 1987) is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Bastianelli won the 2007 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, women's road race at ...
References
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