Listed below are the UCI Women's Teams that competed in
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 ...
events organized by the International Cycling Union (
UCI), including the
UCI Women's Road World Cup
The UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup was a season-long road bicycle competition for women organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale between 1998–2015. This competition consisted of a series (which has varied from 6 to 12 events) of rac ...
in 2012.
Teams overview
The ranking in the table below is decided by the points accumulated by each team's best four riders in the previous season. The organisers of Women's World Cup events are obliged to invite the top 15 teams, and the organisers of Women's
UCI class 1 events must invite the top 10 teams.
The country designation of each team is determined by the country of registration of the largest number of its riders, and is not necessarily the country where the team is registered or based.
Riders
AA Drink–leontien.nl Cycling Team
The 2012 women's
road racing
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team included six riders who were formerly members of the disbanded
Garmin–Cervélo women's team: British cyclists
Emma Pooley,
Lizzie Armitstead
Elizabeth Mary Deignan (née Armitstead; born 18 December 1988) is an English professional world champion track and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She was the 2015 World road race champion.
Deignan is ...
,
Sharon Laws
Sharon Laws (7 July 1974 – 16 December 2017) was a British professional cyclist and environmental consultant.
Early life
Laws was born in Nairobi, Kenya, grew up in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire and lived in Uganda, South Africa ...
and
Lucy Martin
Lucy Martin (born 5 May 1990) is a British retired professional road and track cyclist.
Career
Martin was born in Whiston, Merseyside and grew up in Widnes, Cheshire where she attended Riverside College. She was spotted by British Cycling's Ol ...
, Belgian
Jessie Daams
Jessie Daams (born 28 May 1990) is a Belgian former racing cyclist. She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence. Her father is the Dutch cyclist Hans Daams.
Major results
;2008
: 3rd Road race, UEC European Junior Road Champio ...
and Australian
Carla Ryan
Carla Ryan (born 21 September 1985) is a former Australian professional racing cyclist. She was previously a distance runner before taking up cycling in 2005 as a result of a Queensland Academy of Sport talent ID programme. She has won multiple ...
.
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
ABUS–Nutrixxion
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Alriksson–Go:Green
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
ASPTT Dijon–Bourgogne
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Axman Team Taiwan
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Be Pink
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Bizkaia–Durango
Bizkaia–Durango () is a professional cycling team based in Spain, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour.
Team history
2014
Bizkaia–Durango was active during 2014 in women's road cycling. On ...
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
China Chongming–Giant Pro Cycling
China Liv Pro Cycling () is a professional women's road bicycle racing team based in Hong Kong.
Team roster
Major results
;2006
:1st Tour de Gastown, Gina Grain
:1st Asian Cycling Championships (Time Trial), Wang Li
:1st Asian Ga ...
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Debabarrena–Gipuzkoa
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Diadora–Pasta Zara
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Dolmans–Boels cyclingteam
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Exergy TWENTY12
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Faren Honda Team
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Fassa Bortolo–Servetto
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Forno d'Asolo Colavita
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;Italy
*Forno (Massa), a hamlet of Massa, in the Province of Massa and Carrara, Tuscany
*Forno (Moena), a hamlet of Moena, in the Province of Trento, Trentino ...
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
GreenEDGE–AIS
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Hitec Products–Mistral Home Cycling Team
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Kleo Ladies Team
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Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Lointek
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Lotto–Belisol Ladies
Lotto Dstny Ladies is a women's professional road bicycle racing, cycling cycling team, team based in Belgium, which competes in elite road bicycle racing and track cycling events, such as the UCI Women's World Tour. The team was established in 2 ...
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
MCipollini–Giambenini
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Rabobank Women Cycling Team
Liv Racing TeqFind (UCI code: LIV) is a women's professional cycling team, based in the Netherlands. The title sponsor is Liv, a sub-brand of Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer Giant Bicycles. The team's directeur sportif is Eric van den Boom. Riders ...
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
RusVelo
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
S.C. Michela Fanini Rox
S.C. Michela Fanini Rox () was a professional cycling team based in Italy, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's Road World Cup and elite road races.
Team history
2014
Riders in
On November 4, Eyerusalem ...
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Scappa Speed Queens
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Sengers Ladies Cycling Team
Sengers Ladies Cycling Team (UCI Code: SLT) was a women's professional cycling team based in Belgium. Riders for Sengers Ladies Cycling Team competed in the UCI Women's Road World Cup and other elite women's events throughout the world.
History ...
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Team Bizhub–FCF
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Team GSD Gestion
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As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to info ...
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Team Ibis Cycles
Team Ibis Cycles (UCI code: DPD) was an UCI elite women's cycling team based in the United Kingdom in 2012. The team was founded as a non UCI team in 2011 called Specialized-DPD Pakketservice. It competed in road bicycle racing events, including ...
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Team Skil–Argos
A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal.
As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson (academic), Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interde ...
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Team Specialized–lululemon
A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal.
As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson (academic), Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interde ...
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Source
TIBCO–To The Top
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Topsport Vlaanderen–Ridley
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Vaiano Tepso
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Verinlegno–Fabiani
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
Vienne Futuroscope
FDJ Suez Futuroscope is a professional Women's road bicycle racing team which is based in France. The team competes in various UCI Women's road races.
The team uses the same equipment as the men's team, along with coaches and shared training ca ...
Ages as of 1 January 2012.
References
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2012 UCI Women's Road World Cup