IBCT (cycling team)

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IBCT
Team information
UCI codeILB (2019–2020)
RUP (2021)
IBC (2022–)
RegisteredIreland
Founded2018 (2018)
Discipline(s) Road
StatusNational (2019–2020)
UCI Women's Continental Team (2021–)
Team name history
2019–2020
2021
2022
Illi-Bikes Cycling Team
Team Rupelcleaning–Champion Lubricants [1]
IBCT

IBCT is a Belgian-based, Irish-registered women's road cycling team that was founded in 2018. In its first season in 2019, the team won the Belgian Cup. [2] Following the 2020 season, [3] that was extensively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the team announced their intention to become a UCI Women's Continental Team for the 2021 season. [4]

Contents

Team roster

As of 30 January 2021. [5]
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Isabelle Beckers  (BEL) (1983-03-04) 4 March 1983 (age 42)
Flag of Germany.svg  Svenja Betz  (GER) (1995-09-15) 15 September 1995 (age 29)
Flag of Austria.svg  Verena Eberhardt  (AUT) (1994-12-06) 6 December 1994 (age 30)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Lara Gillespie  (IRL) (2001-04-21) 21 April 2001 (age 23)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Mia Griffin  (IRL) (1998-12-30) 30 December 1998 (age 26)
Flag of Finland.svg  Antonia Gröndahl  (FIN) (1995-05-25) 25 May 1995 (age 29)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Gabriella Homer  (IRL) (2000-09-10) 10 September 2000 (age 24)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Amber Lacompte  (BEL) (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 25)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Ditte Lenseclaes  (BEL) (1999-06-22) 22 June 1999 (age 25)
Flag of Germany.svg  Lucy Mayrhofer  (GER) (2002-09-20) 20 September 2002 (age 22)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Kelly Murphy  (IRL) (1989-11-03) 3 November 1989 (age 35)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Maja Perinović  (CRO) (1999-09-24) 24 September 1999 (age 25)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Trine Schmidt  (DEN) (1988-06-03) 3 June 1988 (age 36)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Aline Seitz  (SUI) (1997-02-17) 17 February 1997 (age 28)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Alice Sharpe  (IRL) (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 30)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Sara Van de Vel  (BEL) (1994-08-06) 6 August 1994 (age 30)

Major results

2021
Binche–Chimay–Binche pour Dames, Sara Van de Vel

National champions

2021
MaillotFin.PNG Finland Road Race, Antonia Gröndahl
MaillotCroacia.PNG Croatia Road Race, Maja Perinović
MaillotAustria.PNG Austria Track (Omnium), Verena Eberhardt
MaillotAustria.PNG Austria Track (Scratch), Verena Eberhardt
MaillotAustria.PNG Austria Track (Elimination), Verena Eberhardt
MaillotAustria.PNG Austria Track (Points race), Verena Eberhardt
MaillotIrlanda.PNG Ireland Track, (Individual pursuit), Kelly Murphy
MaillotSuiza.svg Switzerland Track (Omnium), Aline Seitz
MaillotSuiza.svg Switzerland Track (Madison), Aline Seitz
MaillotSuiza.svg Switzerland Track (Points race), Aline Seitz
2022
MaillotIrlanda.PNG Ireland Road Race, Alice Sharpe

References

  1. Fruyt, Hans (16 December 2020). "Illi-Bikes CT wordt Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants en wil het Vlaamse voorjaar rijden" [Illi-Bikes CT becomes Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants and wants to ride in the Flemish spring]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). DPG Media . Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. Ilegems, Ken (18 October 2020). "Big news!". Illi-Bikes. WordPress . Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  3. "CQ Ranking - Illi-Bikes Cycling Team - 2020".
  4. Gachet, Nicolas (18 October 2020). "Illi-Bikes va monter en Continentale" [Illi-Bikes will go up to Continental]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  5. "Team Rupelcleaning - Champion Lubricants". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.