| Teamname: | 2009 Team Columbia–High Road Women |
| Manager: | Bob Stapleton |
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| Series: | UCI Team |
| Rank: | 2nd |
| Bestrider: | Judith Arndt (5th) |
| Previous: | 2008 |
| Next: | 2010 |
The 2009 season was the eighth for the Team Columbia–High Road Women cycling team, which began as the T-Mobile team in 2003. The main new riders for the team were the European Time Trial Champion Ellen van Dijk and the Canadian national champion Alex Wrubleski. Alexis Rhodes and Madeleine Sandig left the team and Anke Wichmann and Oenone Wood both retired.
The team was presented together with the males team on 11 January 2009 in Mallorca.[1]
The main new rider for the team was Ellen van Dijk, 21 years old, a time trial specialist and the European Time Trial Champion (under-23). The Canadian Alex Wrubleski, national champion and the winner of the Redlands Bicycle Classic also joined the team.[2]
The contract of Alexis Rhodes ended and she moved to Webcor on the recommendation of Scrymgeour.[3] Madeleine Sandig moved to Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung and Anke Wichmann and Oenone Wood retired.
Ages as of 1 January 2009. Source[4]
| Rider | 2008 team | |
|---|---|---|
| Vrienden van het Platteland | ||
| Webcor Builders Cycling Team |
| Rider | 2009 team | |
|---|---|---|
| Webcor | ||
| Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | ||
| Retired | ||
| Retired |
The season started for the team with the Ladies Tour of Qatar in February. Ellen van Dijk secured the Best Young Rider prize, with consistency after taking the jersey on the first day when she made it into the front group of 21 riders and finished third. The last hour of the last stage was a tense affair for the Dutchwoman, when she was caught on the wrong side of a split. She had to get past seven groups and finally crossed the line in sixth place, in the same time as stage winner, and won the overall Best Young Rider's classification.[5]
See also: 2009 in women's road cycling.
| Date | Discipline | Jersey | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 June | Linda Villumsen | |||
| 27 June | Linda Villumsen | |||
| 25 June | Emilia Fahlin | |||
| 25 June | Ina-Yoko Teutenberg | |||
| 1 July | Ellen van Dijk |
See main article: 2009 UCI Women's Road World Cup. Judith Arndt finished 4th in the individual and the team finished 5th in the teams overall standing.
| Date | Race | Best rider | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 March | 1 | Linda Villumsen | 14 | ||
| 5 April | 2 | Tour of Flanders for Women | Ina-Yoko Teutenberg | 1 | |
| 13 April | 3 | Ronde van Drenthe | Ina-Yoko Teutenberg | 7 | |
| 22 April | 4 | La Flèche Wallonne Féminine |  Mara Abbott | 7 | |
| 10 May | 5 | Tour de Berne | Linda Villumsen | 8 | |
| 30 May | 6 | Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal | Mara Abbott | 11 | |
| 31 July | 7 | Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT | Team Columbia–HTC Women | 2 | |
| 2 August | 8 | Open de Suède Vårgårda | Linda Villumsen | 12 | |
| 22 August | 9 | Grand Prix de Plouay | - | - | |
| 13 September | 10 | Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt | Ina-Yoko Teutenberg | 3 |
| Grand tour | Giro d'Italia Femminile | |
|---|---|---|
| Rider (classification) | Mara Abbott (2nd) | |
| Victories | 3 stage wins |
See main article: 2009 UCI Women's Road World Rankings.
The team finished second in the UCI ranking for teams, behind Cervélo TestTeam (women).[7]
| Rider | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 582.45 | ||
| 10 | Judith Arndt | 431.25 | |
| 15 | 365.2 | ||
| 29 | 202 | ||
| 38 | 152.5 | ||
| 52 | Ellen van Dijk | 96.75 | |
| 81 | 54.25 | ||
| 82 | 53.2 | ||
| 288 |  Alexandra Wrubleski | 6 | |
| 381 | Luise Keller | 1.7 |