Drops Cycling Team

Drops Cycling Team is a UCI women's cycling team based in the United Kingdom, founded in 2016. The team rides Cannondale bikes,[1] and kits are provided by Le Col, tyres by Continental, OTE provide nutrition.[2][3][4] The team's bicycle supplier Trek stepped up its commitment to the team, becoming a co-naming sponsor in 2018.[5]

Drops
Team information
UCI codeDRP
Registered United Kingdom
Founded2015
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUK National (2015)
UCI Women (2016–)
Bicycles
WebsiteTeam home page
Key personnel
General managerBob Varney
Team manager(s)
Team name history
2015
2016–2017
2018
2019–
Corley Cycles–Drops RT
Drops Cycling Team
Trek–Drops
Drops Cycling Team
Drops Cycling Team jersey
Jersey

Team roster
Main article: List of Drops Cycling Team rosters
As of 26 January 2020.[6]
Rider Date of birth
 Lizzy Bennett (GBR) (1999-08-18) 18 August 1999
 Anna Christian (GBR) (1995-08-06) 6 August 1995
 Joscelin Lowden (GBR) (1987-10-03) 3 October 1987
 Maria Martins (POR) (1999-07-09) 9 July 1999
 Emily Meakin (GBR) (1988-12-18) 18 December 1988
 Emilie Moberg (NOR) (1991-07-12) 12 July 1991
Rider Date of birth
 Elise Marie Olsen (NOR) (2001-02-13) 13 February 2001
 Sara Penton (SWE) (1988-11-15) 15 November 1988
 Finja Smekal (GER) (2001-02-28) 28 February 2001
 April Tacey (GBR) (2000-10-12) 12 October 2000
 Marjolein van't Geloof (NED) (1996-03-27) 27 March 1996

Major wins
2016
UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Glasgow (Team Pursuit), Eleanor Dickinson
Revolution Series – Manchester (Scratch race), Eleanor Dickinson
2017
Mountains classification Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, Ann-Sophie Duyck
Stage 2, Ann-Sophie Duyck
Provincial Time Trial Championship West-Vlaanderen, Ann-Sophie Duyck
Stage 4 Gracia Orlova, Martina Ritter
Ljubljana–Domzale–Ljubljana TT, Ann-Sophie Duyck
Stage 3 (ITT) Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska, Ann-Sophie Duyck
Youth classification 2017 BeNe Ladies Tour, Alice Barnes
Stage 1, Alice Barnes
Stage 2 Tour of the Reservoir, Laura Massey
2018
Youth classification Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, Eva Buurman
Youth classification Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, Abby-Mae Parkinson
Mountains classification Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen Kathrin Hammes
2019
Youth classification Giro Toscana Int. Femminile - Memorial Michela Fanini, Elizabeth Holden

World & national champions
2016
British U23 Road Race, Alice Barnes
British Junior Road Race, Eleanor Dickinson
Antigua & Barbuda Time Trial, Tamiko Butler
Antigua & Barbuda Road Race, Tamiko Butler
2017
Belgium Time Trial, Ann-Sophie Duyck
British U23 Road Race, Alice Barnes
Austria Time Trial, Martina Ritter
Austria Road Race, Martina Ritter
2019
World Track (Scratch race), Elinor Barker
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References
  1. O'Shea, Sadhbh (18 January 2019). "Down but not out: Drops team remain ambitious after difficult winter". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. http://www.procyclingstats.com/team/Drops_Cycling_Team_2016
  3. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uk-womens-team-drops-joins-uci-ranks-in-2016/
  4. http://www.uci.ch/road/teams/
  5. "The Next Chapter: Trek-Drops". 7 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  6. "Drops". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
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