Team Virtu Cycling Women
(Redirected from Team BMS BIRN)
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| Team information | |
|---|---|
| UCI code | BMS (2015–2016) TVW (2017) TVC (2017–2019) |
| Registered | Denmark |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Disbanded | 2019 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Status | National (2015) UCI Women (2016–2019) |
| Bicycles | Storck |
| Website | Team home page |
| Key personnel | |
| Team manager(s) | Bo Handberg Madsen Allan Porsmose Carmen Small Shani Bloch |
| Team name history | |
2015–2016 2017 2017–2019 | Team BMS BIRN Team VéloCONCEPT Women Team Virtu Cycling Women |
Team Virtu Cycling Women was a UCI Women's cycling team based in Denmark,[1][2] that competed between 2015 and 2019.[3]
Team history
[edit]In November 2016 it was announced that Bjarne Riis and Lars Seier (Riis-Seier Project) took over the women's team BMS BIRN and the men's team Team Virtu Pro–Véloconcept, with the latter being renamed Team VéloCONCEPT and the former becoming Team VéloCONCEPT Women for the 2017 season.[4] After the addition of a new investor into the team in September 2017, Brøndby IF football team chairman Jan Beck Andersen, the cycling team's name changed to Team Virtu Cycling.[5]
Final team roster
[edit]- As of 3 March 2019.[6]
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Major wins
[edit]- 2016
Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
Youth classification, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig- Stages 1 & 5, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
Mountains classification Ladies Tour of Norway, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
- 2017
Combativity classification, Stage 4 Holland Ladies Tour, Pernille Mathiesen
- 2018
- Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Christina Siggaard
Sprints classification Emakumeen Euskal Bira, Katarzyna Pawłowska
- 2019
- Omloop van het Hageland, Marta Bastianelli
- Women's WorldTour Ronde van Drenthe, Marta Bastianelli
- Tour of Flanders, Marta Bastianelli
- Stage 2 Healthy Ageing Tour, Mieke Kröger
- Overall Gracia–Orlová, Marta Bastianelli
- Stages 1 & 3, Marta Bastianelli
- Stages 2a (ITT) & 4 Gracia–Orlová, Mieke Kröger
- Stage 2b Gracia–Orlová, Rachel Neylan
- Sprints classification Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Barbara Guarischi
- Stage 1, Barbara Guarischi
- Stage 2, Marta Bastianelli
- Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda WestSweden Road Race, Marta Bastianelli
- Stage 4 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Anouska Koster
- Stage 5 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Marta Bastianelli
National and continental champions
[edit]- 2016
Denmark Time Trial, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig- Denmark Junior Time Trial, Simone Eg
- 2017
Israel Time Trial, Shani Bloch-Davidov
USA Time Trial, Amber Neben- Denmark Road Race, Camilla Møllebro
Sweden Road Race, Sara Penton
European U23 Time Trial, Pernille Mathiesen- European U23 Road Race, Pernille Mathiesen
- 2019
- Denmark Time Trial, Louise Norman Hansen
Italy Road Race, Marta Bastianelli
References
[edit]- ^ "Team BMS BIRN".
- ^ "BMS BIRN".
- ^ Ballinger, Alex (25 June 2019). "Team Virtu Cycling women's team will fold at the end of the season". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ Johannesen, Jesper (3 November 2016). "Riis-Seier Project overtager kontinentalhold og kvindehold" (in Danish). Feltet.dk. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ^ Kiersgaard Espersen, Morten (11 September 2017). "Brøndby-rigmand kaster millioner i Riis-hold". Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ "Team Virtu Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
