Greg Van Avermaet is a retired Belgian professional cyclist. Considered one of the most versatile riders of modern cycling, Van Avermaet was a specialist of the classic cycle races, but has also won stages and the general classification in stage races, particularly when run on a hilly terrain, such as the 2016 Tirreno–Adriatico, and the 2018 Tour de Yorkshire. His strong sprint finish enabled him to win sprints of small lead groups, but he has also won races after solo breakaways.
Marta Bastianelli is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam UAE Team ADQ. Bastianelli won the women's road race at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships ahead of Marianne Vos and Giorgia Bronzini, and also won the equivalent race at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships, again beating Vos.
Elizabeth Mary Deignan is an English professional world champion track and road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek. She was the 2015 World road race champion.
Elisa Longo Borghini is an Italian professional road cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.
The Omloop van het Hageland is an elite women's professional road bicycle race held since 2007 in the Hageland area of Belgium. Originally a 1.2 rated race by the UCI, it is now a 1.1 category race. Before 2011 the race was a criterium of category 1.NE and was called Tielt-Winge.
The 2013 Omloop van het Hageland was the ninth running of the women's Omloop van het Hageland, a women's bicycle race in Belgium. It was held on 3 March 2013 over a distance of 122.3 kilometres around Tielt-Winge. The race ran in one line of 55.3 kilometres, followed by 5 local laps of 13.4 kilometres each. It was rated by the UCI as a 1.2 category race. The race was part of the 2013 Lotto Cycling Cup.
SD Worx is a professional cycling team based in the Netherlands, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour. They have topped the UCI Women's World Tour team ranking in 2016–2019, 2021 and 2022.
Anna van der Breggen is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2021 for Team Flexpoint, Sengers Ladies Cycling Team, Rabo–Liv and SD Worx. She won the gold medal in the women's road race at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and has won the Giro d'Italia Femminile on four occasions. In 2018 and 2020, she won the women's road race at the UCI Road World Championships.
Elena Cecchini is an Italian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam SD Worx. She competed in the 2013 UCI women's team time trial in Florence.
Chantal van den Broek-Blaak is a Dutch road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam SD Worx. In 2017 she became world road race champion in Bergen, Norway.
The 2014 Omloop van het Hageland was the tenth running of the women's Omloop van het Hageland, a women's bicycle race in Belgium. It was held on 9 March 2014, over a distance of 122.3 kilometres around Tielt-Winge. It was rated by the UCI as a 1.2 category race. The race was won by British rider Lizzie Armitstead of the Boels–Dolmans.
Floortje Mackaij is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team.
The 2012 women's road cycling season was the eighth year for AA Drink–leontien.nl, which began as Van Bemmelen–AA Drink in 2005.
Lotte Kopecky is a Belgian road and track racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam SD Worx, and the 2023 UCI Elite Women's World Road Race Champion. She is a multiple world champion on the track, having won six gold medals across four UCI Track Cycling World Championships; she won the madison in 2017 and 2022, the points race in 2021 and 2023, and the elimination race in 2022 and 2023.
Tiesj Benoot is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.
The 2015 Strade Bianche was the ninth edition of the Strade Bianche road cycling race. Held on 7 March 2015, it started in San Gimignano and ended 200 kilometres away in Siena. It was a 1.HC-ranked race that was part of the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.
The 2016 Omloop van het Hageland was the 12th running of the women's Omloop van het Hageland, a women's bicycle race in Belgium. It was held on 28 February 2016, over a distance of 129.1 kilometres around Tielt-Winge. It was rated by the UCI as a 1.1 category race.
Pfeiffer Zara Georgi is an English professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team dsm-firmenich PostNL. She won the 2021 British National Road Race Championships.
