2009 Lotto–Belisol Ladiesteam season

The 2009 season was the fourth for the Lotto–Belisol Ladiesteam cycling team.

2009 Lotto–Belisol Ladiesteam
UCI Team ranking	5th
Season victories
One-day races	2
Stage race overall	1
Stage race stages	4
Best ranked rider	Rochelle Gilmore (8th)
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Roster

• Lizzie Armitstead
• Evelyn Arys
• Sofie De Vuyst
• Catherine Delfosse
• Elise Depoorter
• Rochelle Gilmore
• Vera Koedooder
• Lien Lanssens
• Emma Mac Kie
• Kim Schoonbaert
• Emma Silversides
• Linn Torp
• Annelies van Doorslaer
• Grace Verbeke

Season victories

See also: 2009 in women's road cycling

Single day and stage races 2009^[1]

Date	Nation	Race	Cat.	Winner
25 February	New Zealand	Stage 1 Women's Tour of New Zealand	2.2	Rochelle Gilmore
26 February	New Zealand	Stage 2 Women's Tour of New Zealand	2.2	Rochelle Gilmore
9 May	Netherlands	Omloop Door Middag-Humsterland	1.2	Rochelle Gilmore
23 July	France	Stage 1 Tour Féminin en Limousin	2.2	Grace Verbeke
27 July	France	Tour Féminin en Limousin	2.2	Grace Verbeke
2 August	Belgium	Sparkassen Giro Bochum	1.1	Rochelle Gilmore
12 September	France	Stage 6 Tour Cycliste Féminin International Ardèche	2.2	Lizzie Armitstead

National, Continental and World champions 2009^[1]

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Winner
	British National Track Championships – Points race		Lizzie Armitstead
	British National Track Championships – Scratch		Lizzie Armitstead
	Norwegian National Road Race Championships		Linn Torp

Other achievements

Dutch national record, team pursuit

Main article: Women's 3000 m track cycling team pursuit Dutch record progression

Vera Koedooder, as part of the national team, broke together with Ellen van Dijk and Amy Pieters the Dutch team pursuit record three times in 2009

Time	Speed (km/h)	Cyclists	Event	Location of race	Date	Ref
3:31.045	51.250	Vera Koedooder[N 1] (with Ellen van Dijk and Amy Pieters)	2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 5 (qualification)	Copenhagen	15 February 2009	[2]
3:29.730	51.494	Vera Koedooder[N 2] (with Ellen van Dijk and Amy Pieters)	2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 5 (gold-medal race)	Copenhagen	15 February 2009	[3]
3:29.379	51.581	Vera Koedooder[N 3] (with Ellen van Dijk and Amy Pieters)	2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (bronze-medal race)	Pruszków	26 March 2009	[4]

1. As part of the national selection
2. As part of the national selection
3. As part of the national selection

Results in major races

Women's World Cup 2009

Main article: 2009 UCI Women's Road World Cup

Grace Verbeke finished 9th in the individual and the team finished 7th in the teams overall standing.^[5]

Results at the World Cup races^[6][7]

Date	#	Race	Best rider	Place
29 March	1	Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
5 April	2	Tour of Flanders for Women
13 April	3	Ronde van Drenthe
22 April	4	La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
10 May	5	Tour de Berne
30 May	6	Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal
31 July	7	Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
2 August	8	Open de Suède Vårgårda
22 August	9	Grand Prix de Plouay
13 September	10	Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
Final individual classification			Grace Verbeke	9th
Final team classification			Lotto–Belisol Ladiesteam	7th

Other major single day races

Date	Race	Rider	Place
26 March	UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit[M 1]	Vera Koedooder (with Ellen van Dijk and Amy Pieters)	4th
23 September	UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial[M 2]	-	-
24 September	UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race[M 3]	Grace Verbeke (BEL)	9th

1. Riders are part of the national team
2. Riders are part of the national team^[8]
3. Riders are part of the national team^[9]

UCI World Ranking

Main article: 2009 UCI Women's Road World Rankings

The team finished 4th in the UCI ranking for teams.^[5]

Individual UCI World Ranking^[5]

Rank	Rider	Points
8	Rochelle Gilmore	485
13	Grace Verbeke	386
58	Elizabeth Armitstead	90
125	Vera Koedooder	29
214	Linn Torp	10
272	Catherine Delfosse	7
372	Emma Silversides	2