Team Specialized Designs for Women

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Team Specialized Designs for Women
Team information
UCI codeTSW
RegisteredSwitzerland
Founded2007 (2007)
Disbanded2008 (2008)
Discipline(s) Road
Status UCI Women's Team
Key personnel
General managerRoger Rueegg
Team manager(s)Roger Rueegg
Team name history
2007
2008
Team Specialized Designs for Women
Specialized Designs for Women

Team Specialized Designs for Women (UCI Code: TSW) was an elite women's professional road bicycle racing team licensed in Switzerland that competed in national events (NE), UCI-rated events (2.HC, 2.1, 2.2, 1.HC, 1.1 and 1.2) and UCI Women's Road World Cup (WC) events. After operating under various names for seven years, it disbanded at the end of the 2008 season. [1]

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Major wins

2007
Schönaich, Emma Pooley
Merdingen, Sarah Grab
Stage 6 U6 Cycle Tour Tidaholm, Catrine Josefsson
Stage 3 Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen, Emma Pooley
Wädenswil Cyclo-cross, Katrin Leumann
Steinmaur Cyclo-cross, Katrin Leumann
Sion Cyclo-cross, Katrin Leumann
Dagmersellen Cyclo-cross, Katrin Leumann
2008
Rounds 1, 2 & 3 Perth Criterium Series, Emma Pooley
Ahrweiler, Tanja Schmidt-Hennes
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio, Emma Pooley
Köln – Schuld – Frechen, Mirjam Hauser-Senn
Refrath, Tanja Schmidt-Hennes
Diessenhofen, Mirjam Hauser-Senn
Overall Tour de Bretagne, Emma Pooley
Stages 3 & 4a Tour de Bretagne
Hameln – Stadthagen, Tanja Schmidt-Hennes
Rhede, Tanja Schmidt-Hennes
Witten, Tanja Schmidt-Hennes
Nettetal, Tanja Schmidt-Hennes
Stage 4 Tour de l'Ardèche, Emma Pooley
Schaan, Sarah Grab
Kärlich, Tanja Schmidt-Hennes

National champions

2007
MaillotSuiza.PNG Swiss National Cyclo-cross Championship, Katrin Leumann

2008 team roster

Ages as of 1 January 2008. [2]

RiderDate of birth
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Daniela Della Torre  (SUI) (1986-03-03)March 3, 1986 (aged 21)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Monika Furrer  (SUI) (1985-08-06)August 6, 1985 (aged 22)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Sarah Grab  (SUI) (1979-07-13)July 13, 1979 (aged 28)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Mirjam Hauser-Senn  (SUI) (1980-09-09)September 9, 1980 (aged 27)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Karina Hegelund  (DEN) (1989-06-01)June 1, 1989 (aged 18)
Flag of Germany.svg  Tanja Hennes  (GER) (1971-06-30)June 30, 1971 (aged 36)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Andrea Knecht  (SUI) (1983-10-20)October 20, 1983 (aged 24)
Flag of the United States.svg  Kristen LaSasso  (USA) (1975-08-19)August 19, 1975 (aged 32)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Min-Hye  (KOR) (1985-10-11)October 11, 1985 (aged 22)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Emma Pooley  (GBR) (1982-10-03)October 3, 1982 (aged 25)
Flag of the United States.svg  Larssyn Rueegg  (USA) (1985-05-08)May 8, 1985 (aged 22)

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    1. Salmerón, Antonio J. (7 October 2008). "Team Specialized Designs for Women stops". Cycling News.
    2. "UCI Team Members; 2008 season". UCI. Retrieved 23 March 2015.