Virginia's Blue Ridge TWENTY24 is a professional Women's road bicycle racing team based in the United States.[1] The team's most notable riders are 3-time Olympic time trial champion Kristin Armstrong, 2013 Giro d'Italia Femminile overall winner Mara Abbott, and 3-time Olympic medalist Jennifer Valente.
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| Team information | ||
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| UCI code | T24 | |
| Registered | United States | |
| Founded | 2005 | |
| Discipline(s) | Road | |
| Status | National Team (2005–2011) UCI Women's Team (2012–2013) National Team (2014) UCI Women's Team (2015–2019) UCI Team (2020-) | |
| Bicycles | Felt | |
| Key personnel | ||
| General manager | Nicola Cranmer | |
| Team manager(s) | Nicola Cranmer Kristin Armstrong (High Performance Director) | |
| Team name history | ||
2005–2009 2010–2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019–2020 2021–2022 2023– | ProMan Hit Squad Peanut Butter & Co Twenty12 Exergy Twenty12 Exergy Twenty16 Twenty16 Twenty16 presented by Sho-Air TWENTY16–Ridebiker Sho-Air TWENTY20 TWENTY20 p/b Sho-Air Sho-Air TWENTY20 Twenty24 Pro Cycling Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24 | |
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Team history
editThe team was founded in 2005 as ProMan Hit Squad, but in 2009 the team was renamed Twenty12 to reflect the team's focus on developing riders for the 2012 Olympic Games. This subsequently brought Exergy on board as a sponsor of the team as well as receiving UCI status. For the 2013 season (and after the 2012 Olympics) the team was renamed Exergy Twenty16 to reflect the new focus on the 2016 Olympic Games, however in late 2013 Exergy's sponsorship of the team ended.
For the 2014 season the team dropped back down to a Nationally ranked elite women's team and primarily raced the US domestic circuit. For the 2015 season the team was known as Twenty16 presented by Sho-Air as the team secured title sponsorship by Sho-Air (an international asset management and transportation company) as well as becoming a UCI team again, increasing the number of US based UCI Women's teams to five; Optum–KBS, Team TIBCO–SVB, UnitedHealthcare and newly promoted Pepper Palace p/b The Happy Tooth being the other four. In preparation for the 2015 season the team signed double World Team Time Trial champion Carmen Small as well as 2014 Gent–Wevelgem champion Lauren Hall.[2] The team also signed; Jess Cerra, Lauren Komanski, Allie Dragoo, Kaitie Antonneau, Andrea Dvorak, Alison Jackson, Allison Arensman, Amber Gaffney, Maddy Boutet and Summer Moak.[3]
In October 2020, the team announced they would be changing their name to Twenty24 Pro Cycling and would focus on developing riders for the 2024 Olympics.
Team roster
edit- As of July 7, 2019.[4]
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Major wins
edit- 2012
- Stage 1 Women's Tour of New Zealand, Kristin Armstrong
- Stage 1 The Exergy Tour, Theresa Cliff-Ryan
- Stage 8 La Route de France, Andrea Dvorak
- 2013
Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile, Mara Abbott
- Stages 5 & 6, Mara Abbott
- 2015
- Stage 1 Redlands Bicycle Classic, Alison Jackson
- Chrono Gatineau, Carmen Small
- Stage 3 Holland Ladies Tour, Lauren Hall
- 2016
- Stage 2 Tour of California, Team time trial
Youth classification Tour of California, Chloé Dygert- Team classification Tour of California
- Overall Valley of the Sun, Allie Dragoo
- Stage 1 (ITT), Allie Dragoo
- Stages 2 & 3, Alison Jackson
- Overall San Dimas Stage Race, Kristin Armstrong
- Stage 1 (ITT)
- 2017
- Stage 3 (ITT) Tour of the Gila, Leah Thomas
- Teams classification Cascade Cycling Classic
Combination classification Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Leah Thomas- 2018
- Overall Chico Stage Race, Allie Dragoo
- Stage 3 (ITT), Allie Dragoo
- Overall San Dimas Stage Race, Jasmin Glaesser
- Stages 1 (ITT) & 2, Jasmin Glaesser
- Stage 3, Erica Clevenger
- Youth classification Joe Martin Stage Race, Chloé Dygert
- Stage 4, Chloé Dygert
- Stages 2 & 3 (ITT) Tour of the Gila, Chloé Dygert
- Stage 3 Redlands Bicycle Classic, Jasmin Glaesser
- Central American and Caribbean Sports Games Track Championships
- Scratch Race, Marlies Mejías
- Team Pursuit, Marlies Mejías
- Individual Pursuit, Marlies Mejías
- 2019
- Overall Joe Martin Stage Race, Chloé Dygert
- Stages 1 & 4, Chloé Dygert
Overall Tour of the Gila, Chloé Dygert
- Stages 3 (ITT) & 4
- Chrono Kristin Armstrong, Chloé Dygert
Overall Colorado Classic, Chloé Dygert
Points classification, Chloé Dygert- Mountains classification, Chloé Dygert
Young rider classification, Chloé Dygert- Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4, Chloé Dygert
- Chrono Kristin Armstrong, Chloé Dygert
- 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Minsk
- Omnium, Jennifer Valente
- Team Pursuit, Jennifer Valente
- Team Pursuit, Chloé Dygert
- Points Race, Jennifer Valente
- Omnium, 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Brisbane, Jennifer Valente
National, continental, world and Olympic champions
edit- 2012
Olympic Time Trial, Kristin Armstrong
USA Track (Team Pursuit), Jacquelyn Crowell- USA Track (Points race), Jacquelyn Crowell
- 2013
- USA U23 Time Trial, Kaitlin Antonneau
- USA U23 Road Race, Kaitlin Antonneau
- USA Track (Scratch race), Jennifer Valente
- 2015
Panamerican Time Trial, Carmen Small- USA Time Trial, Kristin Armstrong
- 2016
- Olympic Time Trial, Kristin Armstrong
- 2017
Word Track (Team pursuit), Chloé Dygert- Panamerican Time Trial, Chloé Dygert
- Panamerican Track (Madison), Stephanie Roorda
Canada Track (Team Pursuit), Annie Foreman-Mackey- 2018
- Word Track (Team pursuit), Chloé Dygert
Cuba Time Trial, Marlies Mejías- USA Track (Omnium), Jennifer Valente
- Panamerican Track (Team Pursuit), Jennifer Valente
- Panamerican Track (Scratch Race), Jennifer Valente
- Panamerican Track (Points Race), Jennifer Valente
- 2019
- USA Track (Omnium), Jennifer Valente
- USA Track (Scratch Race), Jennifer Valente
- USA Track (Madison), Jennifer Valente
- USA Track (Points Race), Jennifer Valente
- Panamerican Track (Team Pursuit), Chloé Dygert
- Panamerican Track (Team Pursuit), Georgia Simmerling
- Panamerican Track (Omnium), Jennifer Valente
- Panamerican Track (Scratch Race), Jennifer Valente
- Panamerican Track (Individual Pursuit), Georgia Simmerling
- Panamerican Track (Madison), Jennifer Valente
- Panamerican Track (Points Race), Jennifer Valente
- Panamerican Time Trial, Chloé Dygert
World Time Trial, Chloé Dygert- Canada Track (Individual Pursuit), Georgia Simmerling
- Canada Track (Omnium), Stephanie Roorda
References
edit- ^ "ProCyclingStats".
- ^ "Twenty16 gains Sho-Air as sponsor, returns to the UCI ranks". Cyclingnews.com.
- ^ "Women's news shorts: Boels-Dolmans look ahead to European season after Qatar victory". Cyclingnews.com.
- ^ "Sho-Air TWENTY20 Announces 2019 Roster with 4 Canadians". CanadianCyclist.com. Canadian Cyclist. January 16, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
