Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Explained

Ina-Yoko Teutenberg
Fullname:Ina-Yoko Teutenberg
Birth Date:1974 10, df=yes
Discipline:Road
Ridertype:Sprinter[1]
Proyears1:2000
Proteam1:Red Bull Frankfurt
Proyears2:2001–2003
Proteam2:Saturn Cycling Team
Proyears3:2005–2013
Manageyears1:2014–2015
Manageteam1:USA Cycling
Manageyears2:2016–2018
Manageyears3:2019–
Manageyears4:2019–
Manageteam4:USA Cycling

Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (born 28 October 1974) is a German former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2000 and 2013 for the Red Bull Frankfurt, Saturn Cycling Team and teams. She took over 200 wins during her career, including 11 stages of the Giro Rosa, the 2009 Tour of Flanders, and being part of the team that won the World Team Time Trial Championship in 2012. She now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Women's Team .[1]

Career

Born in Düsseldorf, West Germany, Teutenberg began racing bicycles at age 6, alongside her two brothers Sven Teutenberg and Lars Teutenberg. She competed for Germany at the 2000 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Teutenberg retired from competition in 2013, after suffering concussion in a serious accident that year.

After her retirement, she worked with USA Cycling on a temporary basis, directing their junior men's and women's programmes in Europe, before co-directing 's women's team. In August 2018, Trek Bicycle Corporation announced that Teutenberg would be appointed as head director of their new women's team,, for its debut in 2019. On 30 May 2019 it was announced that Teutenberg would become the Women's Road Sports Director for the World Championships and Olympic Games, starting her role at the World Championships that year.[2]

Personal life

She was one of 23 openly LGBT Olympians at the London Games.[3]

Major results

1993
  • 1st Points race, National Track Championships
    1996
  • 1st Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
    1997
  • 1st Points race, National Track Championships
    1998
  • 1st Stage 4 RaboSter Zeeuwsche Eilanden
  • 1st Stage 4 Women's Challenge
  • Holland Ladies Tour
  • 1st Stages 4 & 5
    1999
  • Women's Challenge
  • 1st Stages 7 & 12
    2000
  • Women's Challenge
  • 1st Stages 8 & 9
  • 2nd Overall Holland Ladies Tour
  • 1st Stage 5a
  • 2nd Primavera Rosa (ITA) (World Cup)
    2001
  • 1st Stage 3 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
  • Women's Challenge
  • 1st Stages 10 & 13
  • 1st Stage 4 Tour of the Gila
  • 1st Clarendon Cup
    2002
  • 1st Stage 3 Holland Ladies Tour
  • 1st Stage 5 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
  • Tour de l'Aude
  • 1st Stages 1, 3, 4 & 5b
  • 1st Clarendon Cup
    2003
  • Tour de l'Aude
  • 1st Stages 4b & 9
  • 1st Stage 4 Solano Bicycle Classic
  • Redlands Bicycle Classic
  • 1st Stages 1 & 4
  • 1st Stage 4 Tour of the Gila
  • Tour de Toona
  • 1st Stages 2 & 7
  • 1st Stage 5 Holland Ladies Tour
    2005
  • Valley of the Sun Stage Race
  • 1st Stages 2 & 3
  • Redlands Bicycle Classic
  • 1st Stages 2 & 3
  • 1st Stage 3 Tour of the Gila
  • 1st Richmond Cycling Classic
  • 1st Liberty Classic
  • Tour de Toona
  • 1st Stages 2 & 5
  • 1st Stage 4a Holland Ladies Tour
    2006
  • 2nd Overall UCI Women's Road World Cup
  • 1st Geelong World Cup
  • 1st Stage 4 Geelong Women's Tour
  • Tour of New Zealand
  • 1st Stages 2 & 3
  • 1st Stage 1 Damesronde van Drenthe
  • Tour de l'Aude
  • 1st Stages 5 & 10
  • 1st Stage 4 Krasna Lipa Tour Feminine
  • 1st Lowland International Rotterdam Tour
  • Holland Ladies Tour
  • 1st Stages 2 & 3
  • 1st Stage 4b Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
  • 1st Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling
  • 1st Reading Classic
    2007
  • Geelong Women's Tour
  • 1st Stages 2 & 3
  • Tour of New Zealand
  • 1st Stages 1 & 6
  • 1st Stage 2 Redlands Bicycle Classic
  • 1st Stage 9 Tour de l'Aude
  • Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling
  • 1st Commerce Bank Lancaster Classic
  • 1st Commerce Bank Reading Classic
  • 1st Commerce Bank Liberty Classic Philadelphia
  • 1st Stage 3 RaboSter Zeeuwsche Eilanden
  • Giro d'Italia Femminile
  • 1st Stages 4 & 7
  • Trophée d'Or Féminin
  • 1st Stages 4 & 5
  • 3rd 2007 Novilon Internationale Damesronde van Drenthe
    2008
  • 1st Stage 6 Tour of New Zealand
  • 1st Central Valley Classic
  • 1st Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo
  • 1st Stage 4 Gracia–Orlová
  • Tour de l'Aude
  • 1st Stages 5 & 8
  • 1st Commerce Bank Allentown Classic
  • 1st Commerce Bank Reading Classic
  • 1st Commerce Bank Liberty Classic Philadelphia
  • 1st Overall RaboSter Zeeuwsche Eilanden
  • 1st Stages 2 & 3
  • Giro d'Italia Femminile
  • 1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 8
  • La Route de France
  • 1st Prologue & Stage 1
  • 2nd Overall Holland Ladies Tour
  • 1st Stages 1, 4 & 6
  • Giro della Toscana
  • 1st Stages 1, 2b & 4
  • 1st Central Valley Classic 2008
  • 1st Visalia 2008
    2009
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • 1st Merced Criterium, California
  • 1st Merced Road Race, California
  • 1st Overall San Dimas Stage Race
  • 1st Stages 2 & 3
  • 1st Overall Redlands Classic
  • 1st Stages 1 & 2
  • 1st Ronde Van Vlaanderen World Cup
  • 1st Drenthe 8 Van Dwingeloo
  • 1st Ronde van Gelderland
  • 1st Stage 4 Gracia–Orlová
  • Tour de l'Aude
  • 1st Stages 1, 3 & 9
  • 1st Commerce Bank Liberty Classic Philadelphia
  • 1st Overall RaboSter Zeeuwsche Eilanden
  • 1st Stage 4 Giro d'Italia Femminile
  • La Route de France
  • 1st Stages 1 & 3
  • 1st Stage 5 Holland Ladies Tour
  • 1st Stage 5 Giro della Toscana
    2010
  • 1st Overall San Dimas Stage Race
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 1st Overall Redlands Classic
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 1st Drenthe 8 Van Dwingeloo
  • 1st Overall Tour of Chongming Island
  • 1st Stages 1 & 3
  • 1st Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
  • Tour de l'Aude
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Stages 3, 6 & 9
  • 1st Commerce Bank Liberty Classic Philadelphia
  • Giro d'Italia Femminile
  • 1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4
  • 1st Stage 1 La Route de France
  • 1st Stage 1 Holland Ladies Tour
  • 1st Stage 1 Giro della Toscana
    2011
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • 1st Stage 3 Tour of New Zealand
  • 1st Stage 2 Energiewacht Tour
  • 1st Ronde van Gelderland
  • 1st Overall Tour of Chongming Island
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 1st Tour of Chongming Island World Cup
  • 1st Stage 1 Giro del Trentino
  • Giro d'Italia Femminile
  • 1st Stages 4 & 10
  • Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
  • 1st Stages 1 & 2
  • Trophée d'Or Féminin
  • 1st Stages 1 & 2 (TTT)
  • Giro della Toscana
  • 1st Stages 1 (TTT), 2 & 4a
    2012
  • 1st Overall Energiewacht Tour
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Stages 2, 3 & 4b (TTT)
  • 1st Commerce Bank Liberty Classic Philadelphia
  • 1st Stage 1 Emakumeen Euskal Bira
  • Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
  • 1st Stages 1 & 2
  • 1st Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
  • Holland Ladies Tour
  • 1st Stages 1, 2 & 5
  • UCI Road World Championships
  • 1st Team time trial (with Ellen van Dijk, Charlotte Becker, Amber Neben, Evelyn Stevens and Trixi Worrack)
  • 6th Time trial
  • 4th Road race, Olympic Games

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: German sprinter Ina Teutenberg to direct Trek Factory Racing women's team . 2 August 2018 . . 31 May 2019.
    2. Web site: Teutenberg to direct women's US National Team at Worlds and Olympics . 30 May 2019 . . 31 May 2019.
    3. Web site: 23 openly gay and lesbian athletes at 2012 London Summer Olympics . outsports.com. 18 July 2012 .