Blue Water Cycling Explained

Blue Water Cycling AKA BWC
Code:BWC
Registered:Denmark
Bicycles:Specialized
Teammanager:Brian Buchanan
Discipline:Road
Status:UCI Continental

Blue Water Cycling is a Danish road cycling team that was formed in 2009 as a merger between Herning CK and Team Løgstør-Cycling for Health. It is currently a UCI Continental Team, competing on the UCI Europe Tour. For the 2012 season, the team's riders are exclusively Danish.

The two most successful members of the team are Rasmus Quaade, who has won Danish national road titles five times (though only once with Blue Water), and Lasse Norman Hansen, who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in the men's omnium and placing fifth in the team pursuit.[1]

Major wins

2012
  • Stage 4 Rás Tailteann: Mark Sehested
  • Stage 7 Rás Tailteann: Lasse Norman Hansen
  • Men's Omnium Olympic Games, Lasse Norman Hansen
    2013
  • GP Herning, Lasse Norman Hansen
  • Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt U23, Lasse Norman Hansen
  • Overall Tour de Berlin, Mathias Møller
  • Stage 2 (ITT), Lasse Norman Hansen
  • Danish National Under-23 Time Trial Championships, Lasse Norman Hansen
  • Danish National Under-23 Road Race Championships, Lasse Norman Hansen
  • Stage 1a (ITT) Tour de Slovaquie, Mathias Møller

    Team roster

    As of 29 January 2013.[2]

    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. News: Associated Press . Lasse Norman Hansen of Denmark wins inaugural omnium title at London Olympics . The Washington Post . 2012-08-05. 2012-08-05.
    2. Web site: Blue Water Cycling (BWC) – DEN. UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. 29 January 2013. https://archive.today/20130219095543/http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?page=UCITeamsdetail&discipline=ROA&continent=ALL&teamscategory=CTM&teamstype=CTM&year=2013&teamnameid=3958&npage=2&search=&l=ENG. 19 February 2013. dead.