RusVelo (women's team)
RusVelo | |
Team data | |
UCI code | RVL |
nationality | Russia |
License | UCI Women's Team |
operator | PROvelo AG |
First season | 2012 |
Last season | 2014 |
discipline | Street |
Wheel manufacturer | Colnago |
staff | |
Team manager | Renat Khamidulin |
Sportl. ladder | Mikhail Rostovisev |
shirt | |
Website | |
http://www.rusveloteam.com/ |
RusVelo was a Russian cycling team in women's cycling based in Switzerland . The team received a license from the UCI for the years 2012 to 2014 as a UCI Women's Team .
Team manager was initially Heiko Salzwedel , who was supported by the sporting directors Jochen Dornbusch , Sulfija Sabirowa and Marat Ganejew . On October 1, 2012, Salzwedel was replaced in this role by the former Russian professional Renat Khamidulin .
Hanka Kupfernagel and Olga Sabelinskaja were introduced as prominent drivers for this team .
The RusVelo project also includes a men's team of the same name with the status of Professional Continental Team and a track team with the status of UCI Track Team .
Achievements and placements in UCI rankings
- 2012
- 3rd stage Tour of Adygeya : Irina Molitschewa
- Prologue International Thuringia Tour of Women : Hanka Kupfernagel
- Russian championship time trial : Olga Sabelinskaja
- UCI Cycling World Cup : 6th
- UCI world ranking : 8.
- 2013
- 1st stage Tour of Adygeya : Alexandra Burchenkova
- 1st stage Tour de Bretagne Féminin : Oxana Kozonchuk
- 1st stage Tour Féminin en Limousin : Oxana Kozonchuk
- UCI Cycling World Cup : 11
- UCI world ranking : 14th
- 2014
- 2nd stage (EZF) Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica : Olga Sabelinskaja
- Overall ranking Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica : Olga Sabelinskaja
- Grand Prix GSB : Olga Sabelinskaja
- 2nd stage Tour of Zhoushan Island : Olga Sabelinskaja
- UCI Cycling World Cup : 9.
- UCI world ranking : 13th
Individual evidence
- ↑ radsport-news.com of October 12, 2012: Salzwedel no longer a team manager at RusVelo
- ↑ Kupfernagel rides for Russian team RusVelo in 2012 on radsport-news.com November 25, 2012
- ↑ radsport-news.com from November 25, 2011: Kupfernagel rides 2012 for Russian team RusVelo
Web links
- Official website
- RusVelo in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- UCI ranking archive