Boels-Dolmans Pro Cycling (UCI team code: DLT) is a professional cycling team based in the Netherlands, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's Road World Cup. The title sponsors are Dolmans Landscaping and the Dutch plant hire company Boels Rental.
At a special press conference in October 2013 it was announced that the Dutch time trial World Champion Ellen van Dijk would join the team after signing a three years contract.
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History
2013
2014
The main new rider for the team was the Time Trial World Champion Ellen van Dijk, after have ridden 5 years for Specialized-lululemon. On March 1 Sanne van Paassen (WaowDeals Pro Cycling) joined the team. After winning the Omloop van het Hageland in early March, Lizzie Armitstead won also the first World Cup race, the Ronde van Drenthe. She would finish later three times in second place in the later World Cup races and keeping the lead in the overall World Cup classification. In begin April, after a solo of 30 km Ellen van Dijk won the Tour of Flanders World Cup race.
2015
The team started the season with the Ladies Tour of Qatar. Ellen van Dijk won the second stage and took the lead in the general classification.
2016
In preparation for the 2017 season, the team signed Anna van der Breggen from WaowDeals Pro Cycling. The team also extended the contracts of Megan Guarnier, Chantal Blaak, Christine Majerus, Amalie Dideriksen, Nikki Harris-Brammeier, Lizzie Armitstead and Karol-Ann Canuel. Ellen Van Dijk left the team to join Team Liv-Plantur. On 11 August, Evelyn Stevens announced she would retire at the end of the season.
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Team roster
Major wins
National, continental and world champions
References
External links
- Official website
Source of article : Wikipedia
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