Sho-Air TWENTY20
Sho-Air TWENTY20 is a professional Women's road bicycle racing team based in the United States.[1] The team's most notable riders were the Olympic time trial champion Kristin Armstrong and 2013 Giro d'Italia Femminile overall winner Mara Abbott.
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| Team information | ||
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| UCI code | T20 | |
| Registered | United States | |
| Founded | 2005 | |
| Discipline(s) | Road | |
| Status | National Team (2005–2011) UCI Women's Team (2012–2013) National Team (2014) UCI Women's Team (2015– ) | |
| Bicycles | Felt | |
| Key personnel | ||
| Team manager(s) | Michael Engleman Kristin Armstrong (High Performance Director) | |
| Team name history | ||
2005–2009 2010–2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019– | ProMan Hit Squad Twenty12 Exergy Twenty12 Exergy Twenty16 Twenty16 Twenty16 presented by Sho-Air TWENTY16–Ridebiker Sho-Air TWENTY20 TWENTY20 p/b Sho-Air Sho-Air TWENTY20 | |
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Team history
The team was founded in 2005 as ProMan Hit Squad, but in 2009 the team was renamed Twenty12 to reflect the team's focus on developing riders for the 2012 Olympic Games. This subsequently brought Exergy on board as a sponsor of the team as well as receiving UCI status. For the 2013 season (and after the 2012 Olympics) the team was renamed Exergy Twenty16 to reflect the new focus on the 2016 Olympic Games, however in late 2013 Exergy's sponsorship of the team ended.
For the 2014 season the team dropped back down to a Nationally ranked elite women's team and primarily raced the US domestic circuit. For the 2015 season the team was known as Twenty16 presented by Sho-Air as the team secured title sponsorship by Sho-Air (an international asset management and transportation company) as well as becoming a UCI team again, increasing the number of US based UCI Women's teams to five; Optum–KBS, Team TIBCO–SVB, UnitedHealthcare and newly promoted Pepper Palace p/b The Happy Tooth being the other four. In preparation for the 2015 season the team signed double World Team Time Trial champion Carmen Small as well as 2014 Gent–Wevelgem champion Lauren Hall.[2] The team also signed; Jess Cerra, Lauren Komanski, Allie Dragoo, Kaitie Antonneau, Andrea Dvorak, Alison Jackson, Allison Arensman, Amber Gaffney, Maddy Boutet and Summer Moak.[3]
Team roster
- As of July 7, 2019.[4]
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Major wins
- 2012
- Stage 1 Tour of New Zealand, Kristin Armstrong
- Stage 1 Energiewacht Tour, Kristin Armstrong
- Stage 1 The Exergy Tour, Theresa Cliff-Ryan
- Stage 8 Route de France Féminine, Andrea Dvorak
- 2013
- Stages 5 & 6, Mara Abbott
- 2015
- Chrono de Gatineau, Carmen Small
- Stage 2 & 5 Women's Tour of New Zealand, Lauren Hall
- Stage 3 Boels Rental Ladies Tour, Lauren Hall
- 2016
- Stage 2 (TTT) Tour of California
- Team classification Tour of California
- Overall Valley of the Sun, Allie Dragoo
- Stage 1 (ITT), Allie Dragoo
- Stages 2 & 3, Alison Jackson
- Overall San Dimas Stage Race, Kristin Armstrong
- Stage 1 (ITT)
- 2017
- Stage 3 (ITT) Tour of the Gila, Leah Thomas
- Teams classification Cascade Cycling Classic
- 2018
- Overall Chico Stage Race, Allie Dragoo
- Stage 3 (ITT), Allie Dragoo
- Overall San Dimas Stage Race, Jasmin Glaesser
- Stages 1 (ITT) & 2, Jasmin Glaesser
- Stage 3, Erica Clevenger
- Stage 4, Chloe Dygert
- Stage 2 & 3 (ITT) Tour of the Gila, Chloe Dygert
- Stage 3 Redlands Bicycle Classic, Jasmin Glaesser
- Central American and Caribbean Sports Games Track Championships
- Scratch Race, Marlies Mejías
- Team Pursuit, Marlies Mejías
- Individual Pursuit, Marlies Mejías
- 2019
- Stages 1 & 4, Chloe Dygert
- Stages 3 (ITT) & 4 Tour of the Gila, Chloe Dygert
- Chrono Kristin Armstrong, Chloe Dygert
- Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4, Chloe Dygert
National, continental, world and Olympic champions
- 2012
- 2013
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
References
- "ProCyclingStats".
- "Twenty16 gains Sho-Air as sponsor, returns to the UCI ranks". Cyclingnews.com.
- "Women's news shorts: Boels-Dolmans look ahead to European season after Qatar victory". Cyclingnews.com.
- "Sho-Air TWENTY20 Announces 2019 Roster with 4 Canadians". CanadianCyclist.com. Canadian Cyclist. January 16, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
