Team Virtu Cycling Women

Team Virtu Cycling Women was a UCI Women's cycling team based in Denmark,^[1][2] that competed between 2015 and 2019.^[3]

Team Virtu Cycling Women

Team information
UCI code	BMS (2015–2016) TVW (2017) TVC (2017–2019)
Registered	Denmark
Founded	2015
Disbanded	2019
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	National (2015) UCI Women (2016–2019)
Bicycles	Storck
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
Team manager(s)	Bo Handberg Madsen Allan Porsmose Carmen Small Shani Bloch
Team name history
2015–2016 2017 2017–2019	Team BMS BIRN Team VéloCONCEPT Women Team Virtu Cycling Women

Team history

In November 2016 it was announced that Bjarne Riis and Lars Seier (Riis-Seier Project) took over the women's team BMS BIRN and the men's team Team Virtu Pro–Véloconcept, with the latter being renamed Team VéloCONCEPT and the former becoming Team VéloCONCEPT Women for the 2017 season.^[4] After the addition of a new investor into the team in September 2017, Brøndby IF football team chairman Jan Beck Andersen, the cycling team's name changed to Team Virtu Cycling.^[5]

Final team roster

As of 3 March 2019.^[6]

Rider Date of birth  Katrine Aalerud (NOR) (1994-12-04)4 December 1994 (aged 25)  Marta Bastianelli (ITA) (1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 32)  Sofia Bertizzolo (ITA) (1997-08-21)21 August 1997 (aged 22)  Barbara Guarischi (ITA) (1990-10-02)2 October 1990 (aged 29)  Anouska Koster (NED) (1993-08-20)20 August 1993 (aged 26)  Mieke Kröger (GER) (1993-07-18)18 July 1993 (aged 26)  Birgitte Krogsgaard (DNK) (1991-10-27)27 October 1991 (aged 28)

Rider Date of birth  Emilie Moberg (NOR) (1991-07-12)12 July 1991 (aged 28)  Rachel Neylan (AUS) (1982-03-09)9 March 1982 (aged 37)  Louise Norman Hansen (DNK) (1995-02-12)12 February 1995 (aged 24)  Katarzyna Pawłowska (POL) (1989-08-16)16 August 1989 (aged 30)  Sara Penton (SWE) (1988-11-15)15 November 1988 (aged 31)  Trine Schmidt (DNK) (1988-06-03)3 June 1988 (aged 31)  Christina Siggaard (DNK) (1994-03-24)24 March 1994 (aged 25)

Major wins

2016

Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig

Youth classification, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig

Stages 1 & 5, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig

Mountains classification Ladies Tour of Norway, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig

2017

Combativity classification, Stage 4 Holland Ladies Tour, Pernille Mathiesen

2018

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Christina Siggaard

Sprints classification Emakumeen Euskal Bira, Katarzyna Pawłowska

2019

Omloop van het Hageland, Marta Bastianelli

Women's WorldTour Ronde van Drenthe, Marta Bastianelli

Tour of Flanders, Marta Bastianelli

Stage 2 Healthy Ageing Tour, Mieke Kröger

Overall Gracia–Orlová, Marta Bastianelli

Stages 1 & 3, Marta Bastianelli

Stages 2a (ITT) & 4 Gracia–Orlová, Mieke Kröger

Stage 2b Gracia–Orlová, Rachel Neylan

Sprints classification Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Barbara Guarischi

Stage 1, Barbara Guarischi

Stage 2, Marta Bastianelli

Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda WestSweden Road Race, Marta Bastianelli

Stage 4 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Anouska Koster

Stage 5 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Marta Bastianelli

National and continental champions

2016

Denmark Time Trial, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig

Denmark Junior Time Trial, Simone Eg

2017

Israel Time Trial, Shani Bloch-Davidov

USA Time Trial, Amber Neben

Denmark Road Race, Camilla Møllebro

Sweden Road Race, Sara Penton

European U23 Time Trial, Pernille Mathiesen

European U23 Road Race, Pernille Mathiesen

2019

Denmark Time Trial, Louise Norman Hansen

Italy Road Race, Marta Bastianelli