Cylance Pro Cycling (women's team)

Cylance Pro Cycling was a professional women's cycling team based in the United States of America that started competing in elite women's road bicycle racing events, such as the UCI Women's World Tour, in 2016. The team's major sponsor, Cylance, was a high-tech computer security firm, and the team was owned by Inspire Sports whose founder, Omer Kem, previously managed BMW p/b Happy Tooth Dental and Bissell Pro Cycling.[1] The team disbanded at the end of the 2018 season.

Cylance Pro Cycling
Team information
UCI codeCPC
RegisteredUnited States
Founded2016 (2016)
Disbanded2018
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI Women's Team
Key personnel
General managerManel Lacambra
Team name history
2016–2018
Cylance Pro Cycling
Cylance Pro Cycling (women's team) jersey
Cylance Pro Cycling (women's team) jersey
Jersey

Team history edit

 
The Cylance team at the 2016 Emakumeen Euskal Bira

In preparation for their first season, the team signed Shelley Olds, Rossella Ratto, and Valentina Scandolara as headline riders. The team also signed Krista Doebel-Hickok, Alison Tetrick, Erica Zaveta, Sheyla Gutiérrez, Doris Schweizer, and Kathryn Bertine.

Team roster edit

Rider Date of birth[2]
  Holly Breck (USA) (1992-05-27) May 27, 1992 (age 31)
  Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) (1983-08-03) August 3, 1983 (age 40)
  Kristabel Doebel-Hickok (USA) (1989-04-28) April 28, 1989 (age 34)
  Jelena Erić (SER) (1996-01-15) 15 January 1996 (age 28)
  Sheyla Gutiérrez (ESP) (1994-01-01) January 1, 1994 (age 30)
  Kaitie Keough (USA) (1992-01-01) January 1, 1992 (age 32)
Rider Date of birth
  Rossella Ratto (ITA) (1993-10-20) October 20, 1993 (age 30)
  Omer Shapira (ISR) (1994-09-09) September 9, 1994 (age 29)
  Lauren Stephens (USA) (1986-12-28) 28 December 1986 (age 37)
  Marta Tagliaferro (ITA) (1989-11-04) November 4, 1989 (age 34)
  Marcella Toldi (BRA) (1984-05-03) May 3, 1984 (age 39)

Major wins edit

2016
Winston Salem Cycling Classic, Rossella Ratto
2017
Stages 2 & 4 Santos Women's Tour, Kirsten Wild
Stage 7 Giro d'Italia Femminile, Sheyla Gutiérrez
Stage 2 Holland Ladies Tour Kirsten Wild
Rochester Cyclo-cross, Kaitlin Antonneau
Iowa City Cyclo-cross, Kaitlin Antonneau
Thompson Cyclo-cross, Kaitlin Antonneau
Baltimore I Cyclo-cross, Kaitlin Antonneau
Baltimore II Cyclo-cross, Kaitlin Antonneau
Covington Cyclo-cross, Kaitlin Antonneau
2018
  Points classification Tour of Chongming Island, Giorgia Bronzini
Stage 1, Giorgia Bronzini
  Overall Tour of Zhoushan Island, Sheyla Gutiérrez
  Points classification, Sheyla Gutiérrez
  Overall Panorama Guizhou International Women's Road Cycling Race, Sheyla Gutiérrez
Stage 1, Sheyla Gutiérrez
Stage 2 Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta, Giorgia Bronzini

National, continental and world champions edit

2016
  Switzerland Time Trial, Doris Schweizer
  Switzerland Road Race, Doris Schweizer
  European U23 Track (Scratch race), Rachele Barbieri
2017
  World Track Championships (Scratch race), Rachele Barbieri
  Spain Road Race, Sheyla Gutiérrez
  European Track (Elimination race), Kirsten Wild
  Netherlands Track Championships (Madison), Kirsten Wild
  Netherlands Track Championships (Omnium), Kirsten Wild
  Netherlands Track Championships (Scratch race), Kirsten Wild
2018
  Serbia Time Trial, Jelena Erić
  Serbia Road Race, Jelena Erić
  Israel Road Race, Omer Shapira

References edit

  1. ^ "New women's team Cylance taking aim at inaugural WorldTour – Cyclingnews.com".
  2. ^ "Cylance Pro Cycling". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 29 May 2018.