UnitedHealthcare Women's Team

UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women’s Team
Team information

UCI code	UHC
Registered	United States
Founded	2014 (2014)
Discipline	Road
Status	UCI Women's Team
Bicycles	Wilier
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
Team manager(s)	Rachel Heal
Team name history
2014–	UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women’s Team

UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Women’s Team is a professional Women's road bicycle racing team, run by Momentum Sports Group and based in the United States. The team is sponsored principally by UnitedHealth Group. The team's most notable signing is the 2013 Giro Rosa overall winner Mara Abbott.^[1] The team made its debut at the inaugural Tour Femenino de San Luis.

Team History

2014

Riders in

On September 9, 2014, it was reported that Linda Villumsen will join the team for the 2015 season.^[2] On October 27 the team signed Laura Brown and Abigail Mickey. Ruth Winder, Scotti Wilborne, Lauren Tamayo, Alexis Ryan, Coryn Rivera, Cari Higgins, Katie Hall, Rushlee Buchanan and Hannah Barnes signed contract extensions.^[3]

Riders out

On October 23, 2014, Alison Powers announced her retirement from the sport.^[4]

Team roster

2017

Rider	Date of birth	Previous team
Rushlee Buchanan	January 20, 1988	Tibco-To the Top (2013)
Janelle Cole	October 19, 1996	Twenty16-Ridebiker (2016)
Katie Hall	January 06, 1987
Lauren Hall	February 02, 1979	Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank (2016)
Lauretta Hanson	October 29, 1994	Colavita/Bianchi (2016)
Shawn Morelli	March 29, 1976
Diana Peñuela	September 08, 1986
Kate Sherwin	June 09, 1979
Tayler Wiles	July 20, 1989	Orica-AIS (2016)
Ruth Winder	July 09, 1993

2016

As of 1 January 2016. Ages as of 1 January 2016.^[5]

	Rider	Date of birth
Laura Brown (CAN)		(1986-11-27)November 27, 1986 (aged 29)
Rushlee Buchanan (NZL)		(1988-01-20)January 20, 1988 (aged 27)
Annie Ewart (CAN)		(1993-09-29)September 29, 1993 (aged 22)
Katharine Hall (USA)		(1987-01-06)January 06, 1987 (aged 28)
Cari Higgins (USA)		(1976-10-05)October 05, 1976 (aged 39)
Abigail Mickey (USA)		(1990-07-03)July 03, 1990 (aged 25)

	Rider	Date of birth
Diana Peñuela (COL)		(1986-09-08)September 08, 1986 (aged 29)
Laurel Rathbun (USA)		(1996-05-10)May 10, 1996 (aged 19)
Coryn Rivera (USA)		(1992-08-26)August 26, 1992 (aged 23)
Iris Slappendel (NED)		(1985-02-18)February 18, 1985 (aged 30)
Lauren Tamayo (USA)		(1983-10-25)October 25, 1983 (aged 32)
Linda Villumsen (NZL)		(1985-04-09)April 09, 1985 (aged 30)

Rider	Date of birth	Previous team
Laura Brown	November 27, 1986
Rushlee Buchanan	January 20, 1988	Tibco-To the Top (2013)
Annie Ewart	September 29, 1993	Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies (2015)
Katie Hall	January 06, 1987
Cari Higgins	October 05, 1976
Abigail Mickey	July 03, 1990	Twenty16 (2014)
Diana Peñuela	September 08, 1986
Laurel Rathbun (Jun 03–Dec 31)	May 10, 1996
Coryn Rivera	August 26, 1992	Exergy Twenty12 (2012)
Iris Slappendel	February 18, 1985	Bigla (2015)
Lauren Tamayo	October 26, 1983	Exergy Twenty16 (2013)
Linda Villumsen	April 09, 1985	Wiggle Honda (2014)

As of 10 March 2015. Ages as of 1 January 2015.^[6]^[7]

	Rider	Date of birth
Hannah Barnes (GBR)		(1993-05-04) May 4, 1993
Laura Brown (CAN)		(1986-11-27) November 27, 1986
Rushlee Buchanan (NZL)		(1988-01-20) January 20, 1988
Katie Hall (USA)		(1987-01-06) January 6, 1987
Cari Higgins (USA)		(1976-10-05) October 5, 1976
Abigail Mickey (USA)		(1994-07-03) July 3, 1994
Coryn Rivera (USA)		(1992-08-26) August 26, 1992

	Rider	Date of birth
Alexis Ryan (USA)		(1994-08-18) August 18, 1994
Lauren Tamayo (USA)		(1983-10-25) October 25, 1983
Linda Villumsen (NZL)		(1985-04-09) April 9, 1985
Scotti Wilborne (USA)		(1983-01-07) January 7, 1983
Ruth Winder (USA)		(1993-07-09) July 9, 1993

2014 roster

As of January 5, 2014.^[8]

	Rider	Date of birth
Mara Abbott (USA)		(1985-11-14) November 14, 1985
Hannah Barnes (GBR)		(1993-05-04) May 4, 1993
Rushlee Buchanan (NZL)		(1988-01-20) January 20, 1988
Jacquelyn Crowell (USA)		(1988-02-16) February 16, 1988
Katie Hall (USA)		(1987-01-06) January 6, 1987
Cari Higgins (USA)		(1976-10-05) October 5, 1976

	Rider	Date of birth
Sharon Laws (GBR)		(1974-07-07) July 7, 1974
Alison Powers (USA)		(1979-12-14) December 14, 1979
Coryn Rivera (USA)		(1992-08-26) August 26, 1992
Alexis Ryan (USA)		(1994-08-18) August 18, 1994
Lauren Tamayo (USA)		(1983-10-25) October 25, 1983
Ruth Winder (USA)		(1993-07-09) July 9, 1993

Results

2014

1st

Overall Tour Femenino de San Luis, Alison Powers

1st

Combination classification, Alison Powers

1st Teams classification

1st Stage 1, Hannah Barnes

1st Stage 3, Alison Powers

1st Grand Prix de Oriente, Mara Abbott

1st

Overall Vuelta a El Salvador, Mara Abbott

1st Stage 4, Mara Abbott

1st

Overall Tour of the Gila, Mara Abbott

1st Teams classification

1st Stages 1 & 5, Mara Abbott

1st Stage 4, Alison Powers

1st

Mountains classification The Women's Tour, Sharon Laws

1st Women's Tour of California time trial, Alison Powers

1st Blue Dome Criterium (NCC), Hannah Barnes

1st Brady Arts District Criterium (NCC), Hannah Barnes

1st River Parks Criterium (NCC), Coryn Rivera

1st River Parks Omnium (NCC), Coryn Rivera

1st Stage 1 (ITT) North Star Grand Prix (NCC), Alison Powers

1st Sprints classification North Star Grand Prix (NCC), Coryn Rivera

1st Stages 2 & 4, Coryn Rivera

1st Utah Cedar City Grand Prix, Alison Powers

1st Tour of Utah Women's edition, Coryn Rivera

1st Tour de Lafayette, Coryn Rivera

1st Tour de Francis Park, Coryn Rivera

1st Giro della Montagna, Coryn Rivera

1st Gateway Cup, Hannah Barnes

1st TD Bank Mayor's Cup, Coryn Rivera

2015

1st Milton Track Championships (Team Pursuit), Laura Brown

1st Gran Prix San Luis Femenino, Hannah Barnes

1st

Mountains classification Tour Femenino de San Luis, Katie Hall

1st

Young rider classification, Hannah Barnes

1st Stages 1 & 2, Hannah Barnes

1st Stage 5, Katie Hall

1st Sunny King Criterium, Hannah Barnes

1st Novant Health Invitational Criterium, Hannah Barnes

1st Stage 3 Joe Martin Stage Race p/b Nature Valley, Coryn Rivera

1st Stage 1 Tour of California, Katie Hall

1st Stage 5 Women's Tour, Hannah Barnes

1st Stage 5 Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Coryn Rivera

1st Stage 6 Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Katie Hall

2016

1st

Overall Tour Femenino de San Luis, Katie Hall

1st

Mountains Classification, Katie Hall

1st Stage 5, Katie Hall

1st Stage 1 (ITT) Joe Martin Stage Race, Linda Villumsen

1st Stage 2 Joe Martin Stage Race, Coryn Rivera

World & National Champions

2014: New Zealand Road Race, Rushlee Buchanan; USA Time Trial, Alison Powers; USA Road Race, Alison Powers; USA Criterium, Coryn Rivera; New Zealand Criterium, Rushlee Buchanan
2015: Canada Track (Team Pursuit), Laura Brown; New Zealand Road Race, Linda Villumsen; World Time Trial, Linda Villumsen
2016: New Zealand Time Trial, Rushlee Buchanann; New Zealand Road Race, Rushlee Buchanan; USA Criterium, Lauren Tamayo; British Time Trial, Hayley Simmonds

References

↑ "UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team Completes Women's Team Roster | Cyclingnews.com". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
↑ Cycling News. "Villumsen signs with Unitedhealthcare". Cyclingnews.com.
↑ "Cycling Transfers 2017 - - Team Information - By: CyclingFever.com".
↑ Cycling News. "Alison Powers announces retirement". Cyclingnews.com.
↑ "UCI Women's teams". UCI.ch. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
↑ "UCI Team Members; 2015 season". UCI. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
↑ http://www.procyclingstats.com/team/Unitedhealthcare_Pro_Cycling_Women_s_Team
↑ http://www.procyclingstats.com/team/2346-UnitedHealthcare-Pro-Cycling-Women-s-Team-2014

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