Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24

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TWENTY20 p/b Sho-Air
Team information
UCI codeT20
RegisteredUnited States
Founded2005 (2005)
Discipline(s)Road
StatusNational Team (2005–2011)
UCI Women's Team (2012–2013)
National Team (2014)
UCI Women's Team (2015– )
BicyclesFelt
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–
ProMan Hit Squad
Twenty12
Exergy Twenty12
Exergy Twenty16
Twenty16
Twenty16 presented by Sho-Air
TWENTY16–Ridebiker
Sho-Air TWENTY20
TWENTY20 p/b Sho-Air
Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24 jersey
Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24 jersey
Jersey

TWENTY20 p/b Sho-Air is a professional Women's road bicycle racing team based in the United States.[1] The teams most notable riders were the Olympic time trial champion Kristin Armstrong and 2013 Giro Rosa overall winner Mara Abbott.

Team history

The team was founded in 2005 as ProMan Hit Squad, but in 2009 the team was renamed Twenty12 to reflect the teams 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 (Twenty16 p/b 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

Rider Date of birth
 Sofía Arreola (MEX) (1991-04-22) April 22, 1991 (age 33)
 Rachel Beck (USA) Un­known
 Erica Clevenger (USA) (1994-05-01) 1 May 1994 (age 30)
 Margo Clyne (USA) Un­known
 Larissa Connors (USA) (1986-01-22) January 22, 1986 (age 38)
 Allie Dragoo (USA) (1989-12-17) 17 December 1989 (age 34)
 Jasmin Duehring (CAN) (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 31)
 Chloe Dygert (USA) (1997-01-01) January 1, 1997 (age 27)
 Scotti Lechuga (USA) (1983-01-07) January 7, 1983 (age 41)
Rider Date of birth
 Marlies Mejias (CUB) (1992-12-29) December 29, 1992 (age 31)
 Danielle Morshead (USA) (1996-09-26) September 26, 1996 (age 27)
 Shayna Powless (USA) (1994-01-08) January 8, 1994 (age 30)
 Stephanie Roorda (CAN) (1986-12-03) December 3, 1986 (age 37)
 Georgia Simmerling (USA) Un­known
 Jennifer Valente (USA) (1994-12-24) December 24, 1994 (age 29)
 Jamie Whitmore (USA) Un­known

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
Overall Giro d'Italia Donne, Mara Abbott
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
Youth classification Tour of California, Chloe Dygert
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
Combination classification Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Leah Thomas
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
Youth classification Joe Martin Stage Race, Chloe Dygert
Stage 4, Chloe Dygert
Stage 2 & 3 (ITT) Tour of the Gila, Chloe Dygert

National, continental, world and Olympic champions

2012
Olympic Time Trial, Kristin Armstrong
USA Track (Team Pursuit), Jacquelyn Crowell
USA Track (Points race), Jacquelyn Crowell
2013
USA U23 Time Trial, Kaitlin Antonneau
USA U23 Road Race, Kaitlin Antonneau
USA Track (Scratch race), Jennifer Valente
2015
Panamerican Time Trial, Carmen Small
USA Time Trial, Kristin Armstrong
2016
Olympic Time Trial, Kristin Armstrong
2017
Word Track (Team pursuit), Chloe Dygert
Panamerican Time Trial, Chloe Dygert
Panamerican Track (Madison), Stephanie Roorda
Canada Track (Team Pursuit), Annie Foreman-Mackey

References

  1. ^ "ProCyclingStats".
  2. ^ "Twenty16 gains Sho-Air as sponsor, returns to the UCI ranks". Cyclingnews.com.
  3. ^ "Women's news shorts: Boels-Dolmans look ahead to European season after Qatar victory". Cyclingnews.com.
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