A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team

For the cycling team known as Astana in 2014, see Bepink.
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

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]

Team history

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

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 22)
 Emma Faoro (ITA) (2002-03-21) 21 March 2002 (age 22)
 Ariadna Gutiérrez (MEX) (1991-08-22) 22 August 1991 (age 33)
 Julieta Lledias (MEX) (2001-04-16) 16 April 2001 (age 23)
 Eider Merino Cortazar (ESP) (1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 (age 30)
 Mariia Miliaeva (RUS) (2001-07-16) 16 July 2001 (age 23)
 Maria Novolodskaya (RUS) (1999-07-28) 28 July 1999 (age 25)
Rider Date of birth
 Katia Ragusa (ITA) (1997-05-19) 19 May 1997 (age 27)
 Andrea Ramírez (MEX) (1999-09-25) 25 September 1999 (age 25)
 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 28)
 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

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

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

  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.