Team Ibis Cycles

Team Ibis Cycles
Team information
UCI codeDPD
RegisteredUnited Kingdom
Founded2011 (2011)
Discipline(s)Road (some riders active on the track)
StatusUCI Women's Team
Bicycles2011: Specialized
2012: Ibis
Key personnel
General managerToon van der Putten
Team name history
2011
2012
Specialized-DPD Pakketservice (non UCI)
Team Ibis Cycles

Team Ibis Cycles (UCI code: DPD) was an UCI elite women's cycling team based in the United Kingdom in 2012. The team was founded as a non UCI team in 2011 called Specialized-DPD Pakketservice.[1] It competed in road bicycle racing events, including UCI Women's Road World Cup events. The title sponsor is an American bicycle brand. The team announced at the end of 2012 that they would stop due to financial problems.[2]

Team roster

2012

Ages as of 1 January 2012.[3]

Rider Date of birth
 Hannah Barnes (GBR) (1993-05-04)4 May 1993 (aged 18)
 Jane Barr (GBR) (1981-11-24)24 November 1981 (aged 30)
 Kayleigh Brogan[N 1] (GBR) (1992-01-16)16 January 1992 (aged 19)
 Aafke Eshuis (NED) (1987-11-24)24 November 1987 (aged 24)
 Anne Ewing (GBR) (1987-07-21)21 July 1987 (aged 24)
 Pippa Handley[N 2] (GBR) (1978-08-25)25 August 1978 (aged 33)
 Britt Jansen (NED) (1991-12-05)5 December 1991 (aged 20)
Rider Date of birth
 Julie Leth (DEN) (1992-07-13)13 July 1992 (aged 19)
 Esther Olthuis (NED) (1978-11-16)16 November 1978 (aged 33)
 Eileen Roe (GBR) (1989-09-24)24 September 1989 (aged 22)
 Martina Thomasson (SWE) (1985-02-02)2 February 1985 (aged 26)
 Laura Trott (GBR) (1992-04-24)24 April 1992 (aged 19)
 Natalie van Gogh (NED) (1974-09-14)14 September 1974 (aged 37)
 Berdienke Paus[N 3] (NED) (1988-02-13)13 February 1988 (aged 23)
  1. ^ Brogan joined the team on 9 July.
  2. ^ Handley left the team on 15 July.
  3. ^ Paus was not UCI registered.

2012 season

Laura Trott became (as part of the British national team) two times Olympic Champion at the 2012 Summer Olympics (omnium, team pursuit), 2012 Omnium's World Champion and won the 2011–2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup (team pursuit) and became 3rd in the omnium

Results in major races

Results at the 2012 UCI Women's Road World Cup races[4]
Date # Race Best rider Place
10 March 1 Ronde van Drenthe Sweden Martina Thomasson 55th
25 March 2 Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio - -
1 April 3 Tour of Flanders - -
18 April 4 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine - -
13 May 5 Tour of Chongming Island - -
17 August 6 Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT Team Ibis Cycles 8th
19 August 7 Open de Suède Vårgårda Denmark Julie Leth 25th
25 August 8 GP de Plouay - -
Final individual classification Netherlands Esther Olthuis
Denmark Julie Leth
Netherlands Natalie van Gogh
United Kingdom Eileen Roe 		64th
Final team classification Team Ibis Cycles 13th

UCI World Ranking

Main article: 2012 UCI Women's Road World Rankings

The team finished 32nd in the 2012 UCI ranking for teams.[4]

2012 Individual UCI World Ranking[4]
Rank Rider Points
289  Julie Leth (DEN) 7.5
337  Esther Olthuis (NED) 5.5
425  Natalie van Gogh (NED) 2.5
425  Eileen Roe (GBR) 2.5

References

  1. ^ "Specialized-DPD werd Team Ibis Cyles". WielerFlits. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Schotse vrouwenploeg Team Ibis cycles stopt". Wieler Revue. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Team Ibis Cycles (DPD) - UCI2012". CQranking.com. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  4. ^ a b c "World Cup - Results - Cycling - Road 2012". UCI. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.


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