Team Lipton

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Team Lipton
Team information
UCI codeLIP
RegisteredUnited States
Founded2006 (2006)
Disbanded2007
Discipline(s) Road
Status UCI Women's Team
Team name history
2006–2007
Team Lipton

Team Lipton (UCI Code: LIP) was a women's professional road bicycle racing team and triathlon team based in the United States and races in elite events on the UCI Women's Road World Cup and USA Cycling National Racing Calendar. The cycling team's title sponsor was Lipton .

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2007 team roster

Ages as of 1 January 2007. [1]

RiderDate of birth
Flag of the United States.svg  Kristin Armstrong  (USA) (1973-08-11)August 11, 1973 (aged 33)
Flag of the United States.svg  Nicole Suzanne Evans  (USA) (1978-05-15)May 15, 1978 (aged 28)
Flag of the United States.svg  Grace Fleury  (USA) (1978-08-31)August 31, 1978 (aged 28)
Flag of the United States.svg  Kimberly Geist  (USA) (1987-04-29)April 29, 1987 (aged 19)
Flag of the United States.svg  Lauren Tamayo  (USA) (1983-10-25)October 25, 1983 (aged 23)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of the United States.svg  Lara Kroepsch  (USA) (1978-11-27)November 27, 1978 (aged 28)
Flag of the United States.svg  Kristen LaSasso  (USA) (1975-08-19)August 19, 1975 (aged 31)
Flag of the United States.svg  Meredith Miller  (USA) (1973-12-26)December 26, 1973 (aged 33)
Flag of the United States.svg  Brenda Lyons  (USA) (1969-07-17)July 17, 1969 (aged 37)
Flag of the United States.svg  Kori Kelley Seehafer  (USA) (1975-04-30)April 30, 1975 (aged 31)

    Major wins

    2006
    1st Overall San Dimas Stage Race, Kristin Armstrong
    1st Stage 1 San Dimas Stage Race, Kristin Armstrong
    1st Stage 2 San Dimas Stage Race, Grace Fleury
    1st Overall Tour of the Gila, Kristin Armstrong
    1st Stages 2 & 5 Tour of the Gila, Kristin Armstrong
    1st Stage 4 Joe Martin Stage Race, Kori Seehafer
    1st Stage 8 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin, Grace Fleury
    1st Overall Nature Valley Grand Prix, Kristin Armstrong
    1st Stages 1 & 4 Nature Valley Grand Prix, Kristin Armstrong
    1st Stage 3 Nature Valley Grand Prix, Laura Van Gilder
    1st Overall Tour de Toona, Kristin Armstrong
    1st Stage 3 Tour de Toona, Kristin Armstrong
    1st Stage 6 Tour de Toona, Laura Van Gilder
    1st Chris Thater Memorial Criterium, Laura Van Gilder
    1st Overall Euregio Ladies Tour, Kristin Armstrong
    1st Stage 1, Kristin Armstrong
    1st Prologue & Stage 4 Vuelta Ciclista Femenina a el Salvador, Grace Fleury
    2007
    1st Overall San Dimas Stage Race, Meredith Miller
    1st Stage 2, Meredith Miller
    1st Stage 3, Lauren Franges
    1st Lausanne, Kristin Armstrong
    1st Overall Nature Valley Grand Prix, Kristin Armstrong
    1st Stages 3, 5 & 6, Kristin Armstrong
    1st Overall Tour de Toona, Kristin Armstrong
    1st Stage 3, Kori Seehafer
    1st Stage 5, Lauren Franges
    1st Stage 6, Kristin Armstrong
    1st Prologue Route de France Féminine, Kori Seehafer
    1st Overall Green Mountain Stagerace, Kristen LaSasso
    1st Overall Holland Ladies Tour, Kristin Armstrong
    1st Stage 7, Kristin Armstrong

    World and national champions

    2006
    MaillotUSA.PNG USA National Time Trial Championship, Kristin Armstrong
    MaillotUSA.PNG USA National Time Trial Championship, Kristin Armstrong
    Jersey rainbow chrono.svg World Time Trial Championship, Kristin Armstrong
    2007
    MaillotUSA.PNG USA National Time Trial Championship, Kristin Armstrong
    1. "UCI Team Members; 2007 season". UCI. Retrieved 23 March 2015.

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