Team information | |
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UCI code | LTK (2009–2017) SWT (2018–) |
Registered | Spain |
Founded | 2009 |
Discipline(s) | Road and track |
Status | UCI Women's Team (2009–2019) UCI Women's Continental Team (2020–present) |
Bicycles | MMR |
Website | Team home page |
Team name history | |
2009–2017 2018– | Lointek Sopela Women's Team |
Sopela Women's Team ( UCI team code:SWT) is a professional cycling team based in Spain, which competes in elite road bicycle racing and track cycling events such as the UCI Women's World Tour and elite women's races. [1]
On 7 October 2014, Fanny Riberot signed a contract extension. On 13 November, Evelyn García signed for the team. On 20 November the team signed a number of contract extensions with; Aurore Verhoeven, Mélodie Lesueur Sheyla Gutiérrez, Lucía González, Belen Lopez and Alicia González. On 24 November Soline Lamboley signed with the team. On 23 December Cristina Martínez signed for the team. [2]
In February 2023, the team's rider, Estela Dominguez, was killed in a collision with a lorry at Villares de la Reina at the age of 19, while training at the beginning of her first year as a professional. [3]
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