2008 Team Flexpoint season explained

Teamname:	2008 Team Flexpoint
Manager:	Jean-Paul van Poppel
Onedaywins:	2
Stageraceoverall:	1
Stageracestages:	5
Series:	UCI Team
Rank:	6th
Bestrider:	Susanne Ljungskog (12th)
Previous:	2007
Next:	2009

The 2008 women's road cycling season was the fourth season for the 2008 UCI Women's Cycling Team Team Flexpoint (UCI code: FLX), which began as Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team in 2005.

Roster

• Elisabeth Braam
• Saskia Elemans
• Loes Gunnewijk
• Britt Jochems
• Jacobien Kanis
• Bianca Knöpfle
• Susanne Ljungskog
• Loes Markerink
• Mirjam Melchers
• Amber Neben
• Trine Schmidt
• Iris Slappendel
• Adriene Snijder
• Anita Valen
• Suzanne van Veen
• Elise van Hage

Source:^[1]

Results

Season victories

See also: 2008 in women's road cycling.

Single day and stage races 2008

Date	Nation	Race	Cat.	Winner
27 April		GP Stad Roeselare	1.2	Loes Markerink
May		7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg	1.2	Loes Markerink
		Stage 6 Vuelta Ciclista Femenina a el Salvador	2.2	Anita Valen
18 June		Stage 2 Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale	2.2	Loes Markerink
5 July		Prologue Giro d'Italia Femminile	2.1	Mirjam Melchers
6 September		Stage 5 Holland Ladies Tour	2.2	Loes Markerink
September		Stage 6 Tour de l'Ardèche	2.2	Susanne Ljungskog
September		Overall Tour de l'Ardèche	2.2	Amber Neben

National, Continental and World champions 2009

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Winner
31 August			Mirjam Melchers
24 September			Amber Neben

Results in major races

Results in other major single day races

Date	Race	Rider	Place
28 March	Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit	Elise van Hage (with Ellen van Dijk and Marlijn Binnendijk)	6th
5 July	European Road Championships – Women's under-23 road race	Mirjam Melchers	30th
23 September	Road World Championships – Women's time trial^[2]	Amber Neben
24 September	Road World Championships – Women's road race^[3]	Amber Neben	22nd

Other achievements

Dutch national records, team pursuit

See main article: Women's 3000 m track cycling team pursuit Dutch record progression. The women's 3000 m team pursuit track cycling discipline was introduced at the 2007–08 track cycling season. Elise van Hage was once part of the team when they broke the Dutch national record. This is not the current record anymore.

UCI World Ranking

See main article: 2008 UCI Women's Road World Rankings.

The team finished 19th in the UCI ranking for teams.^[5]

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Rider	Points
12		397
13	Amber Neben	393
43		157.5
44		142.66
65		89.5
90		61.5

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2008 Team Flexpoint. procyclingstats.com. 14 November 2014.
2. Web site: 2008 World Championships WE - ITT (CM). procyclingstats.com. 29 July 2014.
3. Web site: 2008 75th World Championships WE - Road Race (CM). procyclingstats.com. 29 July 2014.
4. Web site: UCI 2008 Track Cycling World Championships Women's Team Pursuit Qualification Official Results . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120227093813/http://www.tissottiming.com/sports/cycling/track/cmt2008/Womens_Team_Pursuit_Qualifying_Results.pdf . 2012-02-27 .
5. Web site: 2008 UCI Road Rankings Women Elite . 2014-11-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141105113647/http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?page=Rankings&discipline=ROA&ridercategory=WE&year=2008&l=ENG . 2014-11-05 . dead .