Bepink

Bepink
Team information
UCI code	BPK
Registered	Italy
Founded	2012
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Women's Team (2012–2019); UCI Women's Continental Team (2020–present);
Bicycles	Kemo
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Walter Zini
Team name history
2012–2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018–22; 2023; 2024	BePink; Astana BePink Women Team; BePink–La Classica; Bepink; Bepink–Cogeas; Bepink; BePink–GOLD; BePink–Bongioanni

Bepink (UCI team code: BPK) is a professional women's cycling team based in Italy, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour.

Team history

2014

In November, it was announced that Astana would be moving sponsorship and resources away from the team, creating a new Kazakhstan based Women's team, Astana–Acca Due O.^[1] As a result, BePink stated it would partner with Italian apparel brand, La Classica. For 2015 the team raced under the name BePink–La Classica.^[2]

Riders in

On June 1, Ksenyia Tuhai joined the team.^[3] On August 1, 2014, Alison Tetrick joined the team^[4] along with Aliya Kargaliyeva as a stagiaire. On November 7, Ksenia Tuhai, Michela Maltese, Ana Covrig and Silvia Valsecchi. On November 8 the team signed Ilaria Sanguineti. On November 13 the team signed Ilaira Bonomi, Georgia Fraiegari, Tereza Medveďová, Jaime Nielsen, with Georgia Williams signing a contract extension. On November 14 the team signed Ruby Livingstone. On 18 November the team signed Simona Bortolotti and Anastasia Chulkova. On December 11, 2015, it was announced that Canadian cyclist Lex Albrecht signed with the team for the 2016 season.

Riders out

On October 30, Alice Algisi, Simona Frapporti and Dalia Muccioli left the team to join Alé–Cipollini for the 2015 season. On November 19 Barbara Guarischi and Alena Amialiusik left the team to join Velocio–SRAM. As a result of the creation of the new Kazakh-based team a number of Kazakh riders left the team. On November 28, Marzhan Baitlevova, Makhabbat Umutzhanova and Aliya Kargaliyeva left the team to join Astana-Acca Due O.

Team roster

As of 13 May 2021.^[5]^[6]

	Rider	Date of birth
Camilla Alessio (ITA)		(2001-07-23) 23 July 2001 (age 23)
Vania Canvelli (ITA)		(1997-10-21) 21 October 1997 (age 27)
Giorgia Catarzi (ITA)		(2001-06-15) 15 June 2001 (age 23)
Lara Crestanello (ITA)		(2002-03-21) 21 March 2002 (age 22)
Michaela Drummond (NZL)		(1998-04-05) 5 April 1998 (age 26)
Markéta Hájková (CZE)		(2000-03-14) 14 March 2000 (age 24)
Nora Jenčušová (SVK)		(2002-04-14) 14 April 2002 (age 22)

	Rider	Date of birth
Chiara Perini (ITA)		(1997-12-09) 9 December 1997 (age 26)
Nadia Quagliotto (ITA)		(1997-03-22) 22 March 1997 (age 27)
Prisca Savi (ITA)		(2002-03-21) 21 March 2002 (age 22)
Silvia Valsecchi (ITA)		(1982-07-19) 19 July 1982 (age 42)
Matilde Vitillo (ITA)		(2001-03-08) 8 March 2001 (age 23)
Silvia Zanardi (ITA)		(2000-03-03) 3 March 2000 (age 24)

Major wins

2012

Grand Prix El Salvador, Noemi Cantele

Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista Femenina a el Salvador, Noemi Cantele

Stage 6 Vuelta Ciclista Femenina a el Salvador, Silvia Valsecchi

Grand Prix Grand Saint Bernard, Evelyn García

GP Liberazione — WE, Noemi Cantele

Stage 1 Tour of Adygeya WE, Yuliya Martisova

Stage 1 Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol, Noemi Cantele

Prologue Route de France Féminine, Alena Amialiusik

Stage 3 Route de France Féminine, Simona Frapporti

2013

Grand Prix San Miguel, Noemi Cantele

Overall Vuelta a El Salvador, Noemi Cantele

Stages 1 & 4, Noemi Cantele

Grand Prix El Salvador, Silvia Valsecchi

Youth classification Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin, Georgia Williams

Mountains classification Tour Languedoc Roussillon, Alena Amialiusik

Youth classification, Georgia Williams

Stage 1a (TTT) Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol

Stage 2 (ITT) Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Alena Amialiusik

2014

Mountains classification Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica, Alena Amialiusik

Youth classification, Susanna Zorzi

Stage 3, Alena Amialiusik

Grand Prix el Salvador, Alena Amialiusik

Points classification Vuelta a El Salvador, Alena Amialiusik

Sprints classification, Anna Stricker

Youth classification Dalia Muccioli

Teams classification

Stages 1 & 2, Alena Amialiusik

Stage 1 Tour de Bretagne Féminin, Doris Schweizer

Teams classification Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche

Stage 5, Alena Amialiusik

Combativity award Stage 4 Boels Rental Ladies Tour, Alison Tetrick

2015

Stage 3 Tour of Zhoushan Island, Anastasia Chulkova

Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin, Ilaria Sanguineti

Youth classification, Ilaria Sanguineti

Team classification

Stage 1, Ilaria Sanguineti

2016

Chrono de Gatineau, Amber Neben

Stage 2 (ITT) Tour de Bretagne Feminin, Silvia Valsecchi

Stage 4 Tour de Bretagne Feminin, Ilaria Sanguineti

Overall La Route de France, Amber Neben

Stages 4 (ITT) & 5, Amber Neben

2017

Youth classification Emakumeen Bira, Nikola Nosková

Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Sudtirol, Nikola Nosková

Youth classification Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Nikola Nosková

Stage 4, Silvia Valsecchi

Combativity award Stage 1, Silvia Valsecchi

2018: Stage 7 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Erica Magnaldi
2019: Mountains classification Vuelta a Burgos Feminas, Katia Ragusa
2020: Stage 4 Women's Tour Down Under, Simona Frapporti
2022: Youth classification Vuelta a Burgos Feminas, Silvia Zanardi; Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos Feminas, Matilde Vitillo; Visegrad 4 Ladies Series Hungary, Silvia Zanardi; Stage 4 Tour International des Pyrénées, Silvia Zanardi; Stage 6 Tour de l'Ardèche, Silvia Zanardi; Stages 2 & 4 Vuelta a Formosa, Valentina Basilico

National champions

2012: Belarus Time Trial, Alena Amialiusik
2013: Belarus Road Race, Alena Amialiusik; Switzerland Road Race, Doris Schweizer; Italy Road Race, Dalia Muccioli; Belarus Time Trial, Alena Amialiusik
2014: Belarus Time Trial, Alena Amialiusik; Belarus Road Race, Alena Amialiusik; Italy Track (500m Time Trial), Simona Frapporti; Italy Track (Omnium), Simona Frapporti; Italy Track (Individual pursuit), Silvia Valsecchi
2015: New Zealand Time Trial, Jaime Nielsen; New Zealand Track (Individual pursuit), Jaime Nielsen; Slovakia Time Trial, Tereza Medveďová; Italy Time Trial, Silvia Valsecchi; Romania Road Race, Ana Maria Covrig; Romania Time Trial, Ana Maria Covrig
2016: World Time Trial, Amber Neben; European Track (Team pursuit), Silvia Valsecchi; European Track (Team pursuit), Francesca Pattaro
2017: Russian Track (Points race), Olga Zabelinskaya; Czech Time Trial, Nikola Nosková; Czech Road Race, Nikola Nosková; European Track (Team Pursuit), Silvia Valsecchi
2018: Slovakia Road Race, Tereza Medveďová; Slovakia Track (500m Time Trial), Tereza Medveďová; Slovakia Track (Individual Pursuit), Tereza Medveďová; European Under-23 Road, Nikola Nosková
2019: Slovakia Track (500m Time Trial), Tereza Medveďová; Slovakia Track (Individual Pursuit), Tereza Medveďová
2020: European U23 Track (Points race), Silvia Zanardi
2021: Slovakia Track (Individual Pursuit), Nora Jenčušová; European U23 Track (Individual Pursuit), Silvia Zanardi; European U23 Track (Team Pursuit), Silvia Zanardi; European U23 Track (Points race), Silvia Zanardi; European U23 Road Race, Silvia Zanardi
2022: Slovakia Time Trial, Nora Jenčušová; Slovakia Road Race, Nora Jenčušová; European U23 (Team Pursuit), Matilde Vitillo; European U23 (Team Pursuit), Silvia Zanardi; European U23 (Madison), Matilde Vitillo; European U23 (Madison), Silvia Zanardi; European U23 (Points race), Silvia Zanardi

References

^ "Astana-Acca Due O women's team launched for 2015". Cyclingnews.com.
^ CyclingTips. "Rocacorba Daily". cyclingtips.com.au.
^ ProCyclingStats. "Astana BePink Womens Team 2014". procyclingstats.com.
^ ProCyclingStats. "Alison Tetrick". procyclingstats.com.
^ "Bepink". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
^ "Simona Frapporti volta pagina. "Ciclismo, ti dico soltanto grazie"" [Simona Frapporti turns the page. "Cycling, I only say thank you"]. TuttoBici (in Italian). Prima Pagina Edizioni s.r.l. 28 February 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

External links

Official website

[1] "Astana-Acca Due O women's team launched for 2015". Cyclingnews.com.

[2] CyclingTips. "Rocacorba Daily". cyclingtips.com.au.

[3] ProCyclingStats. "Astana BePink Womens Team 2014". procyclingstats.com.

[4] ProCyclingStats. "Alison Tetrick". procyclingstats.com.

[5] "Bepink". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

[6] "Simona Frapporti volta pagina. "Ciclismo, ti dico soltanto grazie"" [Simona Frapporti turns the page. "Cycling, I only say thank you"]. TuttoBici (in Italian). Prima Pagina Edizioni s.r.l. 28 February 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

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