A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team

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A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team is a professional women's cycling team registered in Italy, which first competed in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's Road World Cup in 2015.[1][2]

A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team
Team information
UCI code
  • ASA (2015–2020)
  • MNX (2021–)
Registered
  • Kazakhstan (2015–2017, 2019–2020)
  • Italy (2018, 2021–)
Founded2015 (2015)
Discipline(s)Road
Status
BicyclesKuota
Key personnel
General managerZulfia Zabirova
Maurizio Fabretto
Team name history
2015
2016–2020
2021–
Astana–Acca Due O
Astana Women's Team
A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team
Current season

Team history edit

On 28 November 2014, Marzhan Baitlevova, Yekaterina Yuraitis, Makhabbat Umutzhanova, Natalya Sokovnina, and Aliya Kargaliyena signed with the team. On 30 November, Natalya Saitfutdinova and Faina Potapova signed with the team. On 2 December, the team signed Jessenia Meneses and Íngrid Drexel. On 6 December, the team signed Aizhan Zhaparova, Larisa Pankova, and Kseniya Dobrynina. On 12 December, Marika Campagnaro joined the team. On 18 December, Milda Jankauskaitė, Olena Demidova, and Carolina Rodriguez joined the team.[3] On 24 December, Hanna Solovey signed for the team.[4]

In June 2015, Astana-Acca Due O fired Hanna Solovey citing "unprofessional behaviour". This was disputed, with the Ukrainian Cycling Federation, claiming she was fired for refusing to take up Kazakhstani citizenship ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympics.[5]

For the 2021 season, the team merged with the A.R. Efideporte mountain bike team.

Team roster edit

As of 10 March 2021.[6]
Rider Date of birth
  Gaia Benzi (ITA) (1999-12-20) 20 December 1999 (age 24)
  Maria Pia Chiatto (ITA) (2002-05-13) 13 May 2002 (age 21)
  Emma Faoro (ITA) (2002-03-21) 21 March 2002 (age 22)
  Ariadna Gutiérrez (MEX) (1991-08-22) 22 August 1991 (age 32)
  Julieta Lledias (MEX) (2001-04-16) 16 April 2001 (age 22)
  Eider Merino Cortazar (ESP) (1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 (age 29)
  Mariia Miliaeva (RUS) (2001-07-16) 16 July 2001 (age 22)
  Maria Novolodskaya (RUS) (1999-07-28) 28 July 1999 (age 24)
Rider Date of birth
  Katia Ragusa (ITA) (1997-05-19) 19 May 1997 (age 26)
  Andrea Ramírez (MEX) (1999-09-25) 25 September 1999 (age 24)
  Lizbeth Salazar (MEX) (1996-12-08) 8 December 1996 (age 27)
  Arlenis Sierra (CUB) (1992-12-07) 7 December 1992 (age 31)
  Maria Vittoria Sperotto (ITA) (1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 (age 27)
  Jade Teolis (FRA) (2002-01-12) 12 January 2002 (age 22)
  María José Vargas (CRC) (1996-02-15) 15 February 1996 (age 28)

Major wins edit

2015
Copa Cuba de Pista – Points race, Íngrid Drexel
2016
Stage 1 Tour of Zhoushan Island I, Arianna Fidanza
2017
  Points classification Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, Arlenis Sierra
Stage 3, Arlenis Sierra
Mishmar Ha'Emeq Mountainbike (XCO), Tatyana Geneleva
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio, Arlenis Sierra
Rosh Ha'Ayin Mountainbike (XCO), Tatyana Geneleva
Orsago Chrono, Olena Pavlukhina
  Points classification Tour of California, Arlenis Sierra
  Youth classification, Arlenis Sierra
  Overall Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica, Arlenis Sierra
  Points classification, Arlenis Sierra
  Mountains classification, Arlenis Sierra
Teams classification
Prologue, Stages 1 & 3, Arlenis Sierra
2018
  Overall Giro della Campania in Rosa, Elena Pirrone
Stage 2, Elena Pirrone
Stage 3, Martina Alzini
GP della Liberazione PINK, Letizia Paternoster
  Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs, Letizia Paternoster
  Points classification, Letizia Paternoster
  Mountains classification, Sofia Bertizzolo
  Youth classification, Letizia Paternoster
Stage 2, Letizia Paternoster
  Road Race, Pan American Cycling Championships, Arlenis Sierra
Stage 3 Tour of California, Arlenis Sierra
  Youth classification Giro Rosa, Sofia Bertizzolo
  Mountains classification Giro Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini, Sofia Bertizzolo
Central American and Caribbean Sports Games
Time Trial, Arlenis Sierra
Team Pursuit, Arlenis Sierra
Madison, Arlenis Sierra
Stage 2 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Arlenis Sierra
  Overall Giro delle Marche, Sofia Bertizzolo
Mountains classification Vuelta a Colombia Femenina, Blanca Liliana Moreno
  Overall Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica, Blanca Liliana Moreno
Stage 2 (ITT), Blanca Liliana Moreno
2019
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, Arlenis Sierra
  Mountains classification Tour of California, Blanca Liliana Moreno
Chabany Race, Olga Shekel
  Overall Vuelta Femenina a Guatemala, Liliana Moreno
Stages 1, 2, 4 & 5, Arlenis Sierra
Stage 3, Carolina Rodriguez
  Overall Giro Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini, Arlenis Sierra
  Points classification, Arlenis Sierra
Prologue, Arlenis Sierra
2020
Stage 1 Women's Herald Sun Tour, Arlenis Sierra
2021
Clasica Femenina Navarra, Arlenis Sierra
  Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini, Arlenis Sierra
  Points classification, Arlenis Sierra
Stages 1 & 2, Arlenis Sierra
Tre Valli Varesine Women's Race, Arlenis Sierra

National champions edit

2015
  Kazakhstan Road Race, Natalya Saifutdinova
  Kazakhstan Time Trial, Yekaterina Yuraitis
  Mexico Time Trial, Íngrid Drexel
2016
  Kazakhstan Road Race, Natalya Saifutdinova
  Kazakhstan Time Trial, Yekaterina Yuraitis
  Russia Time Trial, Tatiana Antoshina
  Kazakhstan Track (Scratch Race), Nadezhda Geneleva
  Kazakhstan Track (Points Race), Makhabbat Umutzhanova
2017
  Cuba Road Race, Arlenis Sierra
  Cuba Time Trial, Arlenis Sierra
  Kazakhstan Road Race, Tatyana Geneleva
  Azerbaijan Road Race, Olena Pavlukhina
  Azerbaijan Time Trial, Olena Pavlukhina
  Kazakhstan Track (Points race), Zhanerke Sanakbayeva
  Kazakhstan Track (Scratch race), Zhanerke Sanakbayeva
  Kazakhstan Track (Individual pursuit), Amiliya Iskakova
2018
Pan American Road Race, Arlenis Sierra
  Kazakhstan Road Race, Natalya Saifutdinova
  Kazakhstan Time Trial, Natalya Saifutdinova
  European Track (Elimination race), Letizia Paternoster
  European U23 Track (Team pursuit), Martina Alzini
  European U23 Track (Team pursuit), Letizia Paternoster
  European U23 Track (Omnium), Letizia Paternoster
2019
  Kazakhstan Time Trial, Makhabbat Umutzhanova
  Kazakhstan Road Race, Svetlana Pachshenko
  Cuba Road Race, Arlenis Sierra
  Cuba Time Trial, Arlenis Sierra
2020
  Ukraine Time Trial, Olga Shekel
  Mexico Track (Elimination race), Lizbeth Salazar
  Mexico Track (Omnium), Lizbeth Salazar
  Mexico Track (Points race), Lizbeth Salazar
2021
  Mexico Road Race, Lizbeth Salazar
  Russia Track (Team Pursuit), Mariia Miliaeva
  Russia Track (Team Pursuit), Maria Novolodskaya
  Russia Track (Madison), Maria Novolodskaya

References edit

  1. ^ "Astana-Acca Due O women's team launched for 2015". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  2. ^ "#KUOTACYCLE E ASTANA ACCA DUE O". Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Cycling Transfers 2015 - - Team Information - By: CyclingFever.com". Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  4. ^ News 2014-12-24T13:52:00Z, Cycling. "News shorts: Solovey signs for Astana-Acca Due O, Roompot secure Classics invitations". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ News 2015-06-18T11:05:00Z, Cycling. "Solovey sacked by Astana-Acca Due O for refusing to switch nationality, claims Ukrainian federation". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

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