Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam
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Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam (also known as Lotto-Belisol Ladies Team) (UCI Team Code: LBL) is a women's professional cycling
team
based in Belgium
, which competes in elite road bicycle racing and track cycling events, such as the UCI Women's Road World Cup. The team was established in 2006, and its colours are white, blue, and red. As of 2007, the team manager and representative is Dany Schoonbaert, and the assistant team manager, Filip Duprez.. Sponsor, Lotto (associated with the Belgian
lottery
), also sponsors an elite men's professional team known as the Predictor-Lotto team.
2009
2007
2006
Road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...
team
Cycling team
A cycling team is a group of cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle races whether recreational or professional - and the supporting personnel...
based in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, which competes in elite road bicycle racing and track cycling events, such as the UCI Women's Road World Cup. The team was established in 2006, and its colours are white, blue, and red. As of 2007, the team manager and representative is Dany Schoonbaert, and the assistant team manager, Filip Duprez.. Sponsor, Lotto (associated with the Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
lottery
Lottery
A lottery is a form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize.Lottery is outlawed by some governments, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments...
), also sponsors an elite men's professional team known as the Predictor-Lotto team.
2007
- Kim Schoonbaert (BEL)
- Elise Depoorter (BEL)
- Liesbet De Vocht (BEL)
- Catherine Delfosse (BEL) (in from Team Massi Abarth (MTB))
- Lieselot Decroix (BEL) (in from Velo Bella)
- Martine Bras (NED) (in from Moving Ladies)
- Corine Hierckens (BEL) (in from AA Drink)
- Grace Verbeken (BEL)
- Sara CarriganSara CarriganSara Carrigan OAM is a professional cyclist from Australia, who commenced her cycling career in 1996 at the age of fifteen and is currently a member of the Belgian Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam....
(AUS) - Siobhan DervanSiobhan DervanSiobhan Dervan-Horgan is an Irish racing cyclist. She is the current Irish National Road Race Champion, a title she holds for the fourth consecutive year. Dervan finished 24th in the 2008 UCI Women's Road Race World Championships, an improvement on her 67th position the previous year. She did not...
(IRL) - Tamara Boyd (NZL) (in from Les Pruneaux d'Agen)
- Yolandi Du Toit (RSA) (in from Team FBUK)
- Kathy WattKathy WattKathryn Ann Watt is an Australian racing cyclist who won two medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain ....
(AUS) - Sofie De Vuyst (BEL)
- Jurrina Duprez (BEL)
- Annelies Van Doorslaer (BEL)
- Laura Van Geyt (BEL)
- Nana Steenssens (NED)
- Ine Beyen (BEL)
- Lien Beyen (BEL)
- Denise D'Hamecourt (BEL)
- Jenifer De Merlier (BEL)
- Kelly Druyts (BEL)
- Evi Verstraete (BEL)
- Lien Lanssens (BEL)
- Arien Torsius (RSA)
- Natalia Llaca (MEX)
2006
- Marielle Aunave (FRA)
- Claire BaxterClaire BaxterClaire Baxter was a professional racing cyclist, competing in both road and mountain bike racing events. She retired in late 2006 after competing in the 2006 Commonwealth Games.-2006 Commonwealth Games:...
(AUS) - Liesbeth De Vocht (BEL)
- Sofia De Vuyst (BEL)
- Elise Depoorter (BEL)
- Siobhan DervanSiobhan DervanSiobhan Dervan-Horgan is an Irish racing cyclist. She is the current Irish National Road Race Champion, a title she holds for the fourth consecutive year. Dervan finished 24th in the 2008 UCI Women's Road Race World Championships, an improvement on her 67th position the previous year. She did not...
(IRL) - Ludivine Henrion (BEL)
- Lyriam Jacotey (BEL)
- Christa Pirard (NED)
- Kim Schoonbaert (BEL)
- Veronique Staes (BEL)
- Inge Van Den Broeck (BEL)
- Annelies Van Doorslaer (BEL)
- An Van RieAn Van RieAn Van Rie is a racing cyclist who was born in Menen, Belgium.-Palmarés:2005200620072008-External links:*...
(BEL) - Christine Vardaros (USA)
- Grace Verbeke (BEL)
- Kathy WattKathy WattKathryn Ann Watt is an Australian racing cyclist who won two medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain ....
(AUS)
Palmarès
2010- Grace Verbeke, Tour of FlandersTour of FlandersThe Tour of Flanders is a Flanders Classics road cycling race held in Belgium every spring, a week before the Paris–Roubaix road race. It is part of the UCI World Tour and one of the so-called monuments of the European professional calendar. It is the most important cycling race in Flanders...
(BelgiumBelgiumBelgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
), Winner
2009
- Grace Verbeke, Grand Prix Elsy JacobsGrand Prix Elsy JacobsThe Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs is an international women's road bicycle race held in Garnich, Luxembourg. Since 2008 this event is on the UCI women's elite cycle racing calendar and since 2009 UCI 1.1 rated....
(GarnichGarnichGarnich is a commune and small town in southwestern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Capellen, which is part of the district of Luxembourg....
, LuxembourgLuxembourgLuxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
, 100 km), 2nd place
2007
- Liesbet De Vocht, Omloop "Het Volk" (BelgiumBelgiumBelgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
), 5th place - Martine Bras, 42nd Ronde van Gelderland (ApeldoornApeldoornApeldoorn is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland, about 60 miles south east of Amsterdam, in the centre of the Netherlands. It is a regional centre and has 155,000 . The municipality of Apeldoorn, including villages like Beekbergen, Loenen and Hoenderloo, has over 155,000...
, NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
), 4th place - Liesbet De Vocht, 42nd Ronde van Gelderland (ApeldoornApeldoornApeldoorn is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland, about 60 miles south east of Amsterdam, in the centre of the Netherlands. It is a regional centre and has 155,000 . The municipality of Apeldoorn, including villages like Beekbergen, Loenen and Hoenderloo, has over 155,000...
, NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
), 7th place - Sara CarriganSara CarriganSara Carrigan OAM is a professional cyclist from Australia, who commenced her cycling career in 1996 at the age of fifteen and is currently a member of the Belgian Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam....
, 4th Souvenir Magali Pache LausanneLausanneLausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
- 1.1, LausanneLausanneLausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
, SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, 11th place - Lieselot Decroix, La Flèche Wallonne FéminineLa Flèche Wallonne FéminineLa Flèche Wallonne Féminine began in 1998 as a women's road race was held in conjunction with the men's race. From the following year onwards, the women's La Flèche Wallonne was a UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup event. The women raced the same course, but did one less circuit.-Past...
(HuyHuyHuy is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. Huy lies along the river Meuse, at the mouth of the small river Hoyoux. It is in the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia, home to about two-thirds of the Walloon population...
- HuyHuyHuy is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. Huy lies along the river Meuse, at the mouth of the small river Hoyoux. It is in the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia, home to about two-thirds of the Walloon population...
, 104 km), 13th place
2006
- An Van RieAn Van RieAn Van Rie is a racing cyclist who was born in Menen, Belgium.-Palmarés:2005200620072008-External links:*...
, La Flèche Wallonne FéminineLa Flèche Wallonne FéminineLa Flèche Wallonne Féminine began in 1998 as a women's road race was held in conjunction with the men's race. From the following year onwards, the women's La Flèche Wallonne was a UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup event. The women raced the same course, but did one less circuit.-Past...
(HuyHuyHuy is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. Huy lies along the river Meuse, at the mouth of the small river Hoyoux. It is in the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia, home to about two-thirds of the Walloon population...
- HuyHuyHuy is a municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Province of Liege. Huy lies along the river Meuse, at the mouth of the small river Hoyoux. It is in the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia, home to about two-thirds of the Walloon population...
, 106 km), 10th place - Kathy WattKathy WattKathryn Ann Watt is an Australian racing cyclist who won two medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain ....
, 22nd Tour de l'Aude, stage 3 (Port La Nouvelle – Port La Nouvelle, ITTIndividual time trialAn individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...
, 5.5 km), 9th place - An Van RieAn Van RieAn Van Rie is a racing cyclist who was born in Menen, Belgium.-Palmarés:2005200620072008-External links:*...
, 22nd Tour de l'Aude, stage 4 (Lezignan Corbières – Lezignan Corbières, 120 km), 13th place - Ludivine Henrion, 22nd Tour de l'Aude, stage 7a (VilleglyVilleglyVillegly is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.Its inhabitants are called Villeglygeois and Villeglygeoises.-Geography:Villegly is a village at the edge of the Minervois area at the confluence of two streams, the Clamoux and the Seize . It is about 14 km north-east of...
– Villarzel Cabardès, 56.5 km), 13th place - An Van RieAn Van RieAn Van Rie is a racing cyclist who was born in Menen, Belgium.-Palmarés:2005200620072008-External links:*...
, 22nd Tour de l'Aude, stage 7b (VilleglyVilleglyVillegly is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.Its inhabitants are called Villeglygeois and Villeglygeoises.-Geography:Villegly is a village at the edge of the Minervois area at the confluence of two streams, the Clamoux and the Seize . It is about 14 km north-east of...
– Grotte De Limousis, 69 km), 10th place - An Van RieAn Van RieAn Van Rie is a racing cyclist who was born in Menen, Belgium.-Palmarés:2005200620072008-External links:*...
, 22nd Tour de l'Aude, stage 9 (AxatAxatAxat is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.Axat is a pretty tourist town dituated on the D118 in the high valley of Aude. Surrounded by mountains and gorges, the narrowest Gorges St Georges is only 3 km away. The River Aude runs through Axat making a picturesque setting and a...
– Station De Ski Mijanes/Donezan, 98 km), 15th place
External links
- http://www.lottoladiescycling.be/ Team Web Site
- http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=3773 Christine Vardaros comments on her cycling career between December 2006 and February 2007
- http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=/photos/2007/apr07/gelderland07/CJ1_2253 Photo of rider Sara Carrigan in Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam gear
- http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/photos/2006/may06/aude06/?id=aude063/IMG_4208 Photo of rider Kathy Watt coming 9th in 3rd stage of the Tour de l'Aude, 1966
- http://autobus.cyclingnews.com.au/photos/2006/may06/aude06/?id=aude066/IMG_5197 Photo of rider Ludivine Henrion