Liv Racing TeqFind (UCI code: LIV) was a women's professional cycling team, based in the Netherlands. The title sponsor is Liv, a sub-brand of Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer Giant Bicycles. The team's directeur sportif is Eric van den Boom. Riders for Liv Racing compete in the UCI Women's World Tour and other Elite Women's Cycling events throughout the world.
 Team presentation before the start of the first stage of the 2019 Boels Ladies Tour | |
| Team information | |
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| Registered |
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| Founded | 2005 |
| Disbanded | 2023 (merged with Team Jayco–AlUla) |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
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| Bicycles | Colnago (2005–2008) Giant (2009–2016) Ridley (2017–2018) Liv (2019–2023) |
| Website | Team home page |
| Key personnel | |
| General manager | Eric van den Boom |
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2005 2006 2007–2008 2009 2010–2011 2012 2012 2013 2014–2016 2017 2017 2018 2019–2020 2021 2022 2023 | |
History of the team
edit2009
edit2012
editThe team's first win of the season came in the Ronde van Drenthe where Marianne Vos claimed victory. The team's first overall General classification win came at the Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs, again being won by Vos, along with a stage; Annemiek van Vleuten also won the prologue and a stage. Vos went on to win five stages of the 2012 Giro d'Italia Femminile, as well as the General classification. Vos followed this by winning the General classification of the Tour Féminin en Limousin. Vos continued her strong run of wins claiming the 2012 Olympic Games road race in London. The final wins for the team came at the Holland Ladies Tour where Vos won the General classification and took two stage wins. Vos later won the 2012 UCI World Championship road race.
2013
editMarianne Vos opened the team's account securing victory in the 2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championship. The team's first road win of the season came at the Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo, with Vos claiming victory. Vos went on to win the Ronde van Drenthe and Tour of Flanders. Like the previous season the first overall General classification win came at the Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs, with Vos winning the General classification, Points classification and taking a stage win. Like the previous year, Annemiek van Vleuten won the opening prologue. Vos continued her winning streak in one day races taking out wins in the Rabobank 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg and Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria. Vos failed to retain her 2013 Giro title, losing to Mara Abbott, but did claim the Points classification and three stages. Vos also claimed overall victory in Trophée d'Or Féminin
2014
editThe 2014 season marked a different start to the season for the team. Marianne Vos started her road season late, leaving the team to support other riders in the opening races of the year. Lucinda Brand won the team's first General classification of the year at the Energiewacht Tour. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot won the La Flèche Wallonne Féminine with Anna van der Breggen claiming victory at the Dwars door de Westhoek. Van der Breggen then claimed overall victory at the Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs with Vos winning the Points classification and Ferrand-Prévot taking both the Mountains and Young rider classifications. Vos then claimed overall victory at the inaugural Women's Tour in Great Britain. The team won further races at the Emakumeen Euskal Bira for Ferrand-Prevot and the 2014 Giro d'Italia Femminile for Vos. Vos followed this up by winning the inaugural La Course by Le Tour de France.
2015
editIn January the team scored first and third in the UCI World Cyclo-cross championships, with Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Marianne Vos respectively. This was the year that saw Vos in recovery mode taking most of the year off due to injury.[2][3] In the first European road race of the season, the Omloop het Nieuwsblad, the team rode very strongly. With 30 kilometres (19 miles) to go, Anna van der Breggen escaped together with Ellen van Dijk (Boels–Dolmans) from a front group of 15 riders on the Molenberg. The duo extended their advantage over the cobbled sections that followed, holding off the chase group to the line, where van der Breggen won the two-up sprint.[4]
In December 2015 Rabobank announced that it would end its sponsorship of professional sport at the end of 2016, forcing the team to find a new sponsor.[5]
2016
editIn November 2016 the team announced that it would be known as WM3 Pro Cycling in 2017, signing a five-year sponsorship deal with WM3 Energie, a company based in the Netherlands. The team replaced Rabo–Liv, whose sponsorship ceased at the end of 2016.[6]
Marianne Vos led the roster that included Anouska Koster, Katarzyna Niewiadoma, Valentina Scandolara, Yara Kastelijn, Jeanne Korevaar, Moniek Tenniglo, Rotem Gafinovitz, Anna Plichta, Lauren Kitchen, and Riejanne Markus.
2017
editMarianne Vos started the year riding in Cyclo-Cross competitions winning eight of the twelve races she entered. She won the 2017 Dutch National Cyclo-cross Championships for the sixth time.[7][8] She placed second at the 2017 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Bieles, Luxembourg on January 28.[9]
In October, the team announced that WaowDeals would join the team as naming-sponsor, with WM3 remaining with the team as a secondary sponsor after agreeing a five-year deal with the team in the winter of 2016.[10]
Team roster
edit- As of 14 August 2023.[11]
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Major wins
editNational, continental, world and Olympic champions
edit- 2006
World Road Race, Marianne Vos- World Cyclo-cross, Marianne Vos
Dutch Road Race, Marianne Vos
European U23 Road Race, Marianne Vos- 2007
- Dutch Track (Points race), Marianne Vos
- Dutch Track (Scratch race), Marianne Vos
Belgian Road Race, Ludivine Henrion- 2008
Olympic Track (Points race), Marianne Vos- World Track (Points race), Marianne Vos
- Dutch Road Race, Marianne Vos
- Belgian Time Trial, Liesbet De Vocht
- 2009
- World Cyclo-cross, Marianne Vos
- Dutch Road Race, Marianne Vos
- 2010
- World Cyclo-cross, Marianne Vos
- Dutch Time Trial, Marianne Vos
- Belgian Road Race, Liesbet De Vocht
- Dutch Road Race, Loes Gunnewijk
- 2011
- World Cyclo-cross, Marianne Vos
- Track Cycling World (Scratch race), Marianne Vos
- Dutch Cyclo-cross, Marianne Vos
- Dutch Time Trial, Marianne Vos
- Dutch Road Race, Marianne Vos
- 2012
- Olympic Road Race, Marianne Vos
- World Road Race, Marianne Vos
- Belgian Time Trial, Liesbet De Vocht
- Dutch Track (Madison), Marianne Vos
- Dutch Track (Madison), Roxane Knetemann
- 2013
- World Cyclo-cross, Marianne Vos
- Dutch Cyclo-cross, Marianne Vos
French Time Trial, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot- Dutch Road Race, Lucinda Brand
- Belgian Road, Liesbet De Vocht
Swiss U23 XC, Jolanda Neff- French U23 XC, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
- Belgian Time Trial, Liesbet De Vocht
- World U23 XC, Jolanda Neff
- World Road Race, Marianne Vos
- 2014
- French Cyclo-cross, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
- Dutch Cyclo-cross, Marianne Vos
- World Cyclo-cross, Marianne Vos
- European U23 XC, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
- Dutch Time Trial, Annemiek van Vleuten
- French Time Trial, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
- French Road Race, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
- Dutch Road Race, Iris Slappendel
- European U23 Road Race, Sabrina Stultiens
- French MTB, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
- World Road Race, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
- European U23 Cyclo-cross, Sabrina Stultiens
German Track (Omnium), Anna Knauer- 2015
Australian Time Trial, Shara Gillow- French Cyclo-cross, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
- Dutch Cyclo-cross, Marianne Vos
- World Cyclo-cross, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
- German Track (Points race), Anna Knauer
- Dutch Time Trial, Anna Van der Breggen
- Dutch Road Race, Lucinda Brand
- French Road Race, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
- European U23 Road Race, Katarzyna Niewiadoma
- French MTB, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
- World MTB (XCO), Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
- World MTB (Team relay XC), Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
- German Track (Omnium), Anna Knauer
- 2016
- Dutch Cyclo-cross, Thalita de Jong
- World Cyclo-cross, Thalita de Jong
- Dutch Road Race, Anouska Koster
Poland Time Trial, Katarzyna Niewiadoma- Poland Road Race, Katarzyna Niewiadoma
European Road Race, Anna Van der Breggen- Olympic Road Race, Anna Van der Breggen
- 2017
- Dutch Cyclo-cross, Marianne Vos
- European Road Race, Marianne Vos
- 2019
South Africa Road Race, Ashleigh Moolman
Africa Continental Time Trial, Ashleigh Moolman- 2020
- South Africa Time Trial, Ashleigh Moolman
- 2021
- Belgian Time Trial, Lotte Kopecky
- Belgian Road Race, Lotte Kopecky
Canadian Time Trial, Alison Jackson- Canadian Road Race, Alison Jackson
- World Track (Points race), Lotte Kopecky
- European Mountainbike (Beachrace), Pauliena Rooijakkers
- 2022
Czech Road Race, Tereza Neumanova
Team Ranking
edit| Season | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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| Women's World Cup | – | – | – | 2nd (394 P) | 3rd (488 P) | 1st (686 P) | 1st (606 P) | 1st (682 P) | 1st (1515 P) | 1st (1204 P) |
| UCI Women's Ranking | – | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd (1,528.35 P) | 2nd (2,099.5 P) | 1st (2,594 P) | 2nd (1,948.75 P) | 1st (2,879 P) | 1st (3,422.75 P) | 1st (3,120.5 P) |
Notes
edit- ^ The team was known as Fortitude Pro Cycling, prior to bringing WM3 Energy on board as main sponsor
References
edit- ^ "Fortitude adds title sponsor to become WM3 Pro Cycling". Cyclingnews. 4 November 2016.
- ^ "Marianne Vos writes off 2015 goals". Cycling News. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ Kirsten Frattini (3 February 2015). "Women's news shorts: Hosking and Kirchmann ready for Qatar, Matrix signs Trott". Cyclingnews.com.
- ^ "Anna van der Breggen bests Ellen van Dijk in European opener". cyclingtips.com.au. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (29 September 2016). "Vos heads new Fortitude Pro Cycling women's team in 2017". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ Arthurs-Brennan, Michelle. "Vos' Fortitude Cycling Becomes WM3 Pro Cycling & Hires Director". Total Women's Cycling. Factory Media. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ Cycling, News (8 January 2017). "Marianne Vos wins sixth Dutch cyclo-cross title". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company Limited. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
{{cite web}}:|first1=has generic name (help) - ^ Anne-Marije, Rook (20 January 2017). "The comeback star: Marianne Vos on her stellar cross season and the pure joy of being back". Ella CyclingTips. Cycling Tips. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ Zachary, Schuster (29 January 2017). "A Dream No More: Sanne Cant Outsprints Marianne Vos to Earn First World Title – 2017 Cyclocross World Championships – Bieles, Luxembourg". Cyclocross Magazine. Cyclocross Magazine. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "Vos' WM3 team to become WaowDeals Pro Cycling in 2018". 11 October 2017.
- ^ "Liv Racing Teqfind". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 14 August 2023.