Velocio–SRAM Pro Cycling, formerly known as Specialized–lululemon, was a professional

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based in the United States that competes in elite

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and

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events. The final-season title sponsors were

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and Cervelo bicycles. Velocio Sports was the holding company for the team and the place-holder during a larger search for a title sponsor. Before 2012, the team was owned by

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's High Road Sports and was known in 2011 as HTC–Highroad Women. Following

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's withdrawal of sponsorship and the failure to find a replacement sponsor, a new company, Velocio Sports, directed by High Road's former Marketing and Communications officer Kristy Scrymgeour, was set up to own the team, but most of the riders and other staff remained the same. High Road also operated an elite men's professional team known most recently as , which disbanded. Prior to 2008, the team was named T-Mobile Women.

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were a title sponsor from July 2008 until the end of 2010. In August 2015, Scrymgeour announced that the team would be disbanded at the end of the 2015 season. Under Scrymgeour's management, and with the introduction of team time trials world championships for trade teams in 2012, the team has won every TTT world championships in the team's existence.

History

2009

The main new riders for the team were the European Time Travel Champion

Ellen van Dijk Eleonora Maria "Ellen" van Dijk (; born 11 February 1987) is a Dutch professional Road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Besides road cycling she was also a track cycling, tr ...

and the Canadian national champion

Alex Wrubleski Alexandra "Alex" Wrubleski (born 31 May 1984) is a Canadian retired professional road cyclist. She has awarded three Canadian championship titles in both road race and time trial, and later represented her nation Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympic ...

. Alexis Rhodes and

Madeleine Sandig Madeleine Sandig (born 12 August 1983 in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany) is a German road and track racing cyclist. Sandig won the under-23 individual time trial at the 2005 European Road Championships after finishing second in 2004. Palmarès ...

left the team and

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and

Oenone Wood Oenone Wood (born 24 September 1980 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia) is a retired professional cyclist, who commenced her cycling career in 2001 at the age of 21. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. She was a ...

both retired.

2010

2011

The main new riders for the team were the Americans

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 ...

and Amanda Miller and the German time trial champion

Charlotte Becker Charlotte Becker (born 19 May 1983 in Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's road race, but finish ...

. Sadly, in January,

Carla Swart Carla Swart (26 November 1987 – 19 January 2011) was a South African cyclist who won nineteen individual and team cycling titles. She was a professional cyclist, riding for HTC–Highroad Women in 2011. Swart moved to the United States in ...

died whilst training after being hit by a truck. After winning a stage,

won the

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which was the 400th victory for the team (men's and women's) since 2008.

Ina Teutenberg : Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (born 28 October 1974) is a German former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2000 and 2013 for the Red Bull Frankfurt, Saturn Cycling Team and teams. She took over 200 wins during her career, including ...

won the fifth round in the Women's World Cup and the team won the seventh round, the Open de Suède Vårgårda team time trial. The team finished second overall in the World Cup.

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finished fourth in the individual standings and Teutenberg fifth. At the end of the season Arndt took the third place in the

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, Teutenberg fourth and the team ended in second place in the team classification.

2012

After the men's team

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stopped, Kristy Scrymgeour convinced manufacturer Specialized and sports apparel company

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to perpetuate the women's team in this Olympic year. The team changed slightly:

Clara Hughes Clara Hughes (born September 27, 1972) is a Canadian cycle sport, cyclist and speed skating, speed skater who has won multiple Olympic Games, Olympic medals in both sports. Hughes won two bronze in the 1996 Summer Olympics and four medals (one g ...

and

Trixi Worrack Beatrix "Trixi" Worrack (born 28 September 1981) is a German former professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2021. The winner of the 2003 German National Road Race Championships, Worrack's ...

were the main new recruits, while

, team leader since 2006, joined GreenEdge–AIS. The team had a great year.

Ina-Yoko Teutenberg : Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (born 28 October 1974) is a German former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2000 and 2013 for the Red Bull Frankfurt, Saturn Cycling Team and teams. She took over 200 wins during her career, including ...

won numerous sprints and finished fourth in the road race of the Olympic Games. Evelyn Stevens had an excellent season by winning at the world cup race

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, she won a prestigious stage of the

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and finished on the podium in the end and she won the general classification of the

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. At the end of the season the team was in fourth place in the

won the general classification of the

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, the

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and several stage races. The team dominated especially in the team time trials.

together with Stevens, Hughes,

and

or Teutenberg were consistent and undefeated the whole year. At the end of the season the team won the first team time trial at the world championship which was a main goal for the team this year. The team finished second in the UCI World Ranking.

2013

Three riders joined the team in 2013, American cyclists

Carmen Small Carmen Small (born April 22, 1980) is an American former racing cyclist, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Outside of cycling, Small was a founding member of The Cyclists' Alliance and served as vice direc ...

and

Tayler Wiles Tayler Wiles (born July 20, 1989) is a former American pro cyclist, who used to ride for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. Wiles originally played soccer until she entered the University of Utah as a pre ...

, and the Canadian Gillian Carleton.

Emilia Fahlin Emilia Fahlin (born 24 October 1988) is a Swedish road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . Fahlin has won the Swedish National Road Race Championships four times (2008, 2013, 2018, 2023) and the Swedish Nati ...

Chloe Hosking Chloe Hosking (born 1 October 1990) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. She holds the record for the most professional wins for an Australian woman with 39 professional wins in her career. Hosking has represented Australia at junior an ...

and

left the team in the post-Olympic year. The year was marked with a crash of

at the Drenste 8 in March. She was unable to ride for the remainder of the season and ended her career afterwards.

became the leader of the team and had a great season. She won the general classification of a stage race four times as well as several one-day races and finished four times on the podium in

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races. Above all she won the World Time Trial Championships. Van Dijk finished 3rd in the final World Cup standings and also 3rd in the

. Evelyn Stevens had to miss the Tour of Flanders due to a fall. She finished fifth in the Giro Rosa, third in the Route de France, with the American Team and finished behind teammates

and

(3rd place), fourth in the time trial at the World Championships. She finished ultimately 7th in the UCI world Ranking. The team was, like last year, undefeated in the team time trials and won the World Team Time Trial Championships in September. The team finished 3rd in the UCI World Ranking.

2014

After being part of the team since 2005,

left the team for her retirement. Also

, the top UCI ranked and best rider of the 2013 season left the team, together with Gillian Carleton and

Katie Colclough Katie Amanda Colclough (born 20 January 1990 ) is a retired English road and track cyclist from Frieston near Grantham, Lincolnshire, and a former member of British Cycling's Olympic Development Squad. Early life She attended Caythorpe prim ...

. The team attracted

Chantal Blaak Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (née Blaak; born 22 October 1989) is a Dutch road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam . In 2017 she became world road race champion in Bergen, Norway. Van den Broek-Blaak also won several classi ...

Karol-Ann Canuel Karol-Ann Canuel (born 18 April 1988) is a Canadian former bicycle racing, racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2021 for the , and teams. Career In October 2015 it was announced that Canuel would join for 2016 after two s ...

Élise Delzenne Élise Delzenne (born 28 January 1989) is a French former professional road and track bicycle racing, racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2013 and 2017 for the Bourgogne–Pro Dialog, and teams. She was the winner of the 2013 Fr ...

and

Tiffany Cromwell Tiffany Jane Cromwell (born 6 July 1988) is an Australian road and gravel cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Career Road Junior career Starting in 2002, after being identified by the South Australian sports inst ...

, with the last becoming the leader of the team. After losing the backing of the two major sponsors (

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and Specialized) the team announced that Cervelo would return to the Women's peloton and become a partner of the new team with SRAM also entering the team as a title sponsor as the team becomes rebranded into Velocio–SRAM Pro Cycling.

2015

In preparation for the 2015 season the team signed

Barbara Guarischi Barbara Guarischi (born 2 October 1990) is an Italian racing cyclist, who 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 inaugural sq ...

and

Alena Amialiusik Alena Vasileŭna Amialiusik (; born 6 February 1989) is a Belarusian road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing 15th. She was announced as a member of ...

, as well as signing contract extensions with Loren Rowney,

and

Major wins

National, continental and world champions

;2003 :

United States Road Race Championships, Amber Neben : MaillotUSA

United States Time Trial Championships, Kimberly Bruckner Baldwin ;2004 : MaillotUSA

United States Road Race Championships, Kristin Armstrong ;2005 : MaillotUSA

United States Time Trial Championships, Kristin Armstrong : MaillotUSA

United States U23 Time Trial Championships, Rebecca Much ;2006 : MaillotCan

Canada Cyclo-cross Championships, Lyne Bessette ;2007 : Jersey rainbow

World Track Championship (Points Race), Kates Bates : UEC Champion Jersey

European U23 Time Trial Championship, Linda Villumsen ;2008 : MaillotAustralia

Australia Road Race Championship, Oenone Wood : MaillotDinamarca

Denmark Time Trial Championship, Linda Villumsen : MaillotDinamarca

Denmark Road Championship, Linda Villumsen : MaillotSuecia

Sweden Road Championship, Emilia Fahlin : MaillotAllemania

Germany Road Championship, Luise Keller ;2009 : MaillotSuecia

Sweden Time Trial Championship, Emilia Fahlin : MaillotDinamarca

Denmark Time Trial Championship, Linda Villumsen : MaillotDinamarca

Denmark Road Race Championship, Linda Villumsen : MaillotAllemania

Germany Road Race Championship, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg : UEC Champion Jersey

European U23 Time Trial Championships, Ellen van Dijk ;2010 : MaillotAustralia

Australia Criterium Championship, Chloe Hosking : MaillotSuecia

Sweden Road Race Championship, Emilia Fahlin : MaillotSuecia

Sweden Time Trial Championship, Emilia Fahlin : MaillotUSA

United States Time Trial Championship, Evelyn Stevens : MaillotAllemania

Germany Time Trial Championship, Judith Arndt : Netherlands Track Championship (Individual Pursuit), Ellen van Dijk ;2011 : Jersey rainbow chrono

World Time Trial Championship, Judith Arndt : MaillotSuecia

Sweden Time Trial Championship, Emilia Fahlin : MaillotUSA

United States Time Trial Championship, Evelyn Stevens : MaillotAllemania

Germany Time Trial Championship, Judith Arndt : MaillotAllemania

Germany Road Championship, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg : Netherlands Track Championship (Individual Pursuit), Ellen van Dijk : Netherlands Track Championship (Madison), Ellen van Dijk ;2012 : PanAmericanJersey

Pan American Time Trial Championship, Amber Neben : Dutch Time Trial Championship, Ellen van Dijk : MaillotCan

Canada Time Trial Championship, Clara Hughes : MaillotUSA

United States Time Trial Championship, Amber Neben : Jersey rainbow chrono

World Team Time Trial Championships, Ellen van Dijk, Charlotte Becker, Amber Neben, Evelyn Stevens, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, Trixi Worrack ;2013 : MaillotAllemania

German Cyclo-cross Championships, Trixi Worrack : MaillotUSA

United States Time Trial Championship, Carmen Small : Dutch Time Trial Championships, Ellen van Dijk : MaillotAllemania

German Time Trial Championships, Lisa Brennauer : MaillotAllemania

German Road Race Championships, Trixi Worrack : MaillotAllemania

German Track Championships (Individual Pursuit), Lisa Brennauer : Jersey rainbow chrono

World Team Time Trial Championships, Evelyn Stevens, Ellen van Dijk, Lisa Brennauer, Katie Colclough, Trixi Worrack and Carmen Small : Jersey rainbow chrono

World Individual Time Trial Championships, Ellen van Dijk ;2014 : PanAmericanJersey

Pan American Time Trial Championship, Evelyn Stevens : MaillotAllemania

German Time Trial Championships, Lisa Brennauer : MaillotAllemania

German Road Race Championships, Lisa Brennauer : MaillotFra

France National Track Championships (Points race), Élise Delzenne : MaillotFra

France National Track Championships (Scratch race), Élise Delzenne : MaillotAllemania

German Track Championships (Individual Pursuit), Mieke Kröger : Jersey rainbow chrono

World Individual Time Trial Championships, Lisa Brennauer : Jersey rainbow chrono

World Team Time Trial Championships, Chantal Blaak, Lisa Brennauer, Karol-Ann Canuel, Carmen Small, Evelyn Stevens, Trixi Worrack ;2015 : MaillotCan

Canada Time Trial, Karol-Ann Canuel : MaillotBielorrusia

Belarus Time Trial Championships, Alena Amialiusik : MaillotAllemania

German Road Race Championships, Trixi Worrack : MaillotAllemania

German Time Trial Championships, Mieke Kröger : MaillotBielorrusia

Belarus Road Race Championships, Alena Amialiusik : Jersey rainbow chrono

World Team Time Trial Championships, Alena Amialiusik, Lisa Brennauer, Karol-Ann Canuel, Barbara Guarishi, Mieke Kröger, Trixi Worrack

Team roster

References

External links

Official Velocio–SRAM Pro Cycling website
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