Visma–Lease a Bike (women's team) explained
Visma–Lease a Bike is a women's professional road bicycle racing team based in the Netherlands.[2] As with the, the team is sponsored by Norwegian software and IT company Visma and German company Lease a Bike.
History
In October 2020, announced the launch of a Women's team, aimed at "completing" the team and developing women's cycling within and outside the Netherlands using the team's pre-existing experience and facilities. The team's goal is to build the best women's team in the world.[3]
Major wins
- 2021
Gent–Wevelgem, Marianne Vos
Amstel Gold Race, Marianne Vos
Stages 3 & 7 Giro Rosa, Marianne Vos
Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites Dames, Anna Henderson
Stages 1 & 2, Anna Henderson
Stage 2 Ladies Tour of Norway, Riejanne Markus
Prologue, Stages 4 & 5 Simac Ladies Tour, Marianne Vos
National Time Trial Championships, Anna Henderson
- 2022
UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Marianne Vos
Prologue Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs, Anna Henderson
National Under-23 Time trial Championships, Noemi Rüegg
National Road race Championships, Riejanne Markus
National Under-23 Road race Championships, Noemi Rüegg
Stages 2 & 5 Giro Donne, Marianne Vos
Stages 2 & 6 Tour de France, Marianne Vos
Stages 1, 2, 3 & 6 Tour of Scandinavia, Marianne Vos
Stage 4 Simac Ladies Tour, Riejanne Markus
- 2023
UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Fem Van Empel
Stage 1 (TTT) La Vuelta Femenina[4]
Stages 3 & 4 La Vuelta Femenina, Marianne Vos
Navarra Women's Elite Classic, Riejanne Markus
National Time trial Championships, Riejanne Markus
La Périgord Ladies, Amber Kraak
Overall Tour de la Semois, Karlijn Swinkels
Stages 1 & 2, Karlijn Swinkels
National Under-23 Time trial Championships, Noemi Rüegg
- 2024
UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Fem Van Empel
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, Rosita Reijnhout
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Marianne Vos
Dwars door Vlaanderen, Marianne VosNational, continental and world champions
- 2021
British Time Trial, Anna Henderson
- 2022
World Cyclo-cross, Marianne Vos
Swiss U23 Time Trial, Noemi Rüegg
Netherlands Road Race, Riejanne Markus
Swiss U23 Road Race, Noemi Rüegg
- 2023
Netherlands Time Trial, Riejanne Markus
Swiss U23 Time Trial, Noemi RüeggNotes and References
- Web site: Team Jumbo-Visma Women raises the bar again in 2022 . 26 January 2022 . official Team Jumbo–Visma website . 6 October 2022.
- Web site: Team Jumbo-Visma starts women's team in 2021 . 19 October 2020 . official Team Jumbo–Visma website . 19 October 2020.
- News: Marianne Vos to spearhead Jumbo-Visma women's team in 2021. CyclingNews.com . 19 October 2020. 19 October 2020.
- The riders on the squad were Anna Henderson, Amber Kraak, Riejanne Markus, Marianne Vos, Noemi Rüegg, Eva van Agt and Coryn Labecki