Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24 explained

Virginia's Blue Ridge TWENTY24
Code:T24
Registered:United States
Bicycles:Felt
Teammanager:Nicola Cranmer
Kristin Armstrong
(High Performance Director)
Discipline:Road
Status:National Team (2005–2011)
UCI Women's Team (2012–2013)
National Team (2014)
UCI Women's Team (2015–2019)
UCI Team (2020-)
Season:2005–2009
2010–2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019–2020
2021–2022
2023–
Oldname:ProMan Hit Squad
Peanut Butter & Co Twenty12
Exergy Twenty12
Exergy Twenty16
Twenty16
Twenty16 presented by Sho-Air
TWENTY16–Ridebiker
Sho-Air TWENTY20
TWENTY20 p/b Sho-Air
Sho-Air TWENTY20
Twenty24 Pro Cycling
Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24
Kitimage:2024 Virginia's Blue Ridge jersey.jpg

Virginia's Blue Ridge TWENTY24 is a professional Women's road bicycle racing team based in the United States.[1] The team's most notable riders are 3-time Olympic time trial champion Kristin Armstrong, 2013 Giro d'Italia Femminile overall winner Mara Abbott, and 3-time Olympic medalist Jennifer Valente.

Team history

The team was founded in 2005 as ProMan Hit Squad, but in 2009 the team was renamed Twenty12 to reflect the team's focus on developing riders for the 2012 Olympic Games. This subsequently brought Exergy on board as a sponsor of the team as well as receiving UCI status. For the 2013 season (and after the 2012 Olympics) the team was renamed Exergy Twenty16 to reflect the new focus on the 2016 Olympic Games, however in late 2013 Exergy's sponsorship of the team ended.

For the 2014 season the team dropped back down to a Nationally ranked elite women's team and primarily raced the US domestic circuit. For the 2015 season the team was known as Twenty16 presented by Sho-Air as the team secured title sponsorship by Sho-Air (an international asset management and transportation company) as well as becoming a UCI team again, increasing the number of US based UCI Women's teams to five;,, and newly promoted being the other four. In preparation for the 2015 season the team signed double World Team Time Trial champion Carmen Small as well as 2014 Gent–Wevelgem champion Lauren Hall.[2] The team also signed; Jess Cerra, Lauren Komanski, Allie Dragoo, Kaitie Antonneau, Andrea Dvorak, Alison Jackson, Allison Arensman, Amber Gaffney, Maddy Boutet and Summer Moak.[3]

In October 2020, the team announced they would be changing their name to Twenty24 Pro Cycling and would focus on developing riders for the 2024 Olympics.

Major wins

2012
  • Stage 1 Women's Tour of New Zealand, Kristin Armstrong
  • Stage 1 The Exergy Tour, Theresa Cliff-Ryan
  • Stage 8 La Route de France, Andrea Dvorak
    2013
  • Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile, Mara Abbott
  • Stages 5 & 6, Mara Abbott
    2015
  • Stage 1 Redlands Bicycle Classic, Alison Jackson
  • Chrono Gatineau, Carmen Small
  • Stage 3 Holland Ladies Tour, Lauren Hall
    2016
  • Stage 2 Tour of California, Team time trial
  • Youth classification Tour of California, Chloé Dygert
  • Team classification Tour of California
  • Overall Valley of the Sun, Allie Dragoo
  • Stage 1 (ITT), Allie Dragoo
  • Stages 2 & 3, Alison Jackson
  • Overall San Dimas Stage Race, Kristin Armstrong
  • Stage 1 (ITT)
    2017
  • Stage 3 (ITT) Tour of the Gila, Leah Thomas
  • Teams classification Cascade Cycling Classic
  • Combination classification Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Leah Thomas
    2018
  • Overall Chico Stage Race, Allie Dragoo
  • Stage 3 (ITT), Allie Dragoo
  • Overall San Dimas Stage Race, Jasmin Glaesser
  • Stages 1 (ITT) & 2, Jasmin Glaesser
  • Stage 3, Erica Clevenger Youth classification Joe Martin Stage Race, Chloé Dygert
  • Stage 4, Chloé Dygert
  • Stages 2 & 3 (ITT) Tour of the Gila, Chloé Dygert
  • Stage 3 Redlands Bicycle Classic, Jasmin Glaesser
  • Central American and Caribbean Sports Games Track Championships
  • Scratch Race, Marlies Mejías
  • Team Pursuit, Marlies Mejías
  • Individual Pursuit, Marlies Mejías
    2019
  • Overall Joe Martin Stage Race, Chloé Dygert
  • Stages 1 & 4, Chloé Dygert
  • Overall Tour of the Gila, Chloé Dygert
  • Stages 3 (ITT) & 4
  • Chrono Kristin Armstrong, Chloé Dygert
  • Overall Colorado Classic, Chloé Dygert
  • Points classification, Chloé Dygert
  • Mountains classification, Chloé Dygert
  • Young rider classification, Chloé Dygert
  • Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4, Chloé Dygert
  • Chrono Kristin Armstrong, Chloé Dygert
  • 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Minsk
  • Omnium, Jennifer Valente
  • Team Pursuit, Jennifer Valente
  • Team Pursuit, Chloé Dygert
  • Points Race, Jennifer Valente
  • Omnium, 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Brisbane, Jennifer Valente

    National, continental, world and Olympic champions

    2012
  • Olympic Time Trial, Kristin Armstrong
  • USA Track (Team Pursuit), Jacquelyn Crowell
  • USA Track (Points race), Jacquelyn Crowell
    2013
  • USA U23 Time Trial, Kaitlin Antonneau
  • USA U23 Road Race, Kaitlin Antonneau
  • USA Track (Scratch race), Jennifer Valente
    2015
  • Panamerican Time Trial, Carmen Small
  • USA Time Trial, Kristin Armstrong
    2016
  • Olympic Time Trial, Kristin Armstrong
    2017
  • Word Track (Team pursuit), Chloé Dygert
  • Panamerican Time Trial, Chloé Dygert
  • Panamerican Track (Madison), Stephanie Roorda
  • Canada Track (Team Pursuit), Annie Foreman-Mackey
    2018
  • Word Track (Team pursuit), Chloé Dygert
  • Cuba Time Trial, Marlies Mejías
  • USA Track (Omnium), Jennifer Valente
  • Panamerican Track (Team Pursuit), Jennifer Valente
  • Panamerican Track (Scratch Race), Jennifer Valente
  • Panamerican Track (Points Race), Jennifer Valente
    2019
  • USA Track (Omnium), Jennifer Valente
  • USA Track (Scratch Race), Jennifer Valente
  • USA Track (Madison), Jennifer Valente
  • USA Track (Points Race), Jennifer Valente
  • Panamerican Track (Team Pursuit), Chloé Dygert
  • Panamerican Track (Team Pursuit), Georgia Simmerling
  • Panamerican Track (Omnium), Jennifer Valente
  • Panamerican Track (Scratch Race), Jennifer Valente
  • Panamerican Track (Individual Pursuit), Georgia Simmerling
  • Panamerican Track (Madison), Jennifer Valente
  • Panamerican Track (Points Race), Jennifer Valente
  • Panamerican Time Trial, Chloé Dygert
  • World Time Trial, Chloé Dygert
  • Canada Track (Individual Pursuit), Georgia Simmerling
  • Canada Track (Omnium), Stephanie Roorda

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: ProCyclingStats.
    2. Web site: Twenty16 gains Sho-Air as sponsor, returns to the UCI ranks. Cyclingnews.com.
    3. Web site: Women's news shorts: Boels-Dolmans look ahead to European season after Qatar victory. Cyclingnews.com.

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