2015 Boels–Dolmans season

2015 Boels Dolmans Cycling Team
2015 Boels Dolmans Cycling Team
UCI code	DLT
Manager	Erwin Janssen
Main sponsor(s)	Boels Rental and Dolmans Landscaping
Based	Netherlands
Bicycles	Specialized
Season victories
One-day races	4
Stage race overall	2
Stage race stages	10
World Championships	1
National Championships	5
	← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 women's road cycling season is the sixth for the Boels Dolmans Cycling Team, which began as the Dolmans Landscaping Team in 2010.

Sponsoring

For the 2015 season, both Specialized Bicycle Components and lululemon Athletica announced that they were ending their sponsorship of the already existing Specialized-lululemon team and switching their support to Boels-Dolmans for 2015.^[1]

Roster

In September 2014 it was announced that Chantal Blaak and Evelyn Stevens, both of You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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As of 1 January 2015. Ages as of 1 January 2015.^[5]

	Rider	Date of birth
Lizzie Deignan (GBR)		(1988-12-18)December 18, 1988 (aged 26)
Chantal Blaak (NED)		(1989-10-22)October 22, 1989 (aged 25)
Amalie Dideriksen (DEN)		(1996-05-24)May 24, 1996 (aged 18)
Ellen van Dijk (NED)		(1987-02-11)February 11, 1987 (aged 27)
Megan Guarnier (USA)		(1985-05-04)May 4, 1985 (aged 29)
Demi de Jong (NED)		(1995-02-11)February 11, 1995 (aged 19)

	Rider	Date of birth
Sanne van Paassen (NED)		(1988-10-27)October 27, 1988 (aged 26)
Romy Kasper (GER)		(1988-05-05)May 5, 1988 (aged 26)
Christine Majerus (LUX)		(1987-02-25)February 25, 1987 (aged 27)
Katarzyna Pawłowska (POL)		(1989-08-16)August 16, 1989 (aged 25)
Evelyn Stevens (USA)		(1983-05-09)May 9, 1983 (aged 31)

Riders who joined the team for the 2015 season

Rider	2014 team
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Amalie Dideriksen (DEN)^[6]	Former junior rider

Riders who left the team during or after the 2014 season

Rider	2015 team
Marieke van Wanroij (NED)^[5]	Retired
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Jessie Daams (BEL)^[5]	Lotto Soudal Ladies
Nina Kessler (NED)^[5]	Lensworld-Zannata
Emma Trott (GBR)	Retired

Season

The team started the road cycling season with the Ladies Tour of Qatar. Ellen van Dijk won the second stage by sprinting away in the last kilometre from a group of six. With her victory she also took the lead in the general classification. The day afterwards Lizzie Armitstead won the stage and took over the leading jersey from Van Dijk. In the first European race of the season, the Omloop het Nieuwsblad, the team was again very strong and dominated the race. With 30 km to go van Dijk escaped together with Anna van der Breggen 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 Dijk lost the two-up sprint. Behind them Armitstead sprinted to the third place.^[7] At the 2015 Le Samyn des Dames Megan Guarnier was in a front group of six riders, but she expected not to win. In the final 4 kilometers after the last cobbled section Ellen van Dijk started chasing the front group at the head of the peloton and was able to close the gap. She also was a good lead-out for Chantal Blaak who won the peloton sprint. In the first World Cup of the season, the Ronde van Drenthe the team was eager to win. Van Dijk was in the final the lead-out for Armitstead. However, Armitstead lost Van Dijk in the last kilometre. Van Dijk continued sprinting and rode to the third place. Van Dijk said afterwards that she was happy with her result, but found it a shame that the team did not win. In the second World Cup, the Trofeo Alfredo Binda was in the final Armitstead was part of the front group of six riders. Armitstead won the sprint, winning the first World Cup race for the team of the season.

Ellen van Dijk was selected to represent the Netherlands at the first 2015 European Games in the time trial and the road race in Baku, Azerbaijan in June. The time trial was her big goal and she was the favorite to win it. With a good race over the straight circuit she was 36 seconds faster than the Ukrainian Hanna Solovey and won the first gold medal for the Netherlands. In the road race she was part of front group of four riders, together with countrywomen Anna van der Breggen. During the last lap it appeared that Van der Breggen rode for her Polish You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Season victories

Single day and stage races 2015^[8]
Date	Country	Race	Cat.	Winner
4 February	Qatar	Stage 2 Ladies Tour of Qatar	2.1	Ellen van Dijk
5 February	Qatar	Stage 3 Ladies Tour of Qatar	2.1	Lizzie Armitstead
6 February	Qatar	Stage 4 Ladies Tour of Qatar	2.1	Lizzie Armitstead
6 February	Qatar	Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar	2.1	Lizzie Armitstead
6 February	Qatar	Points classification Ladies Tour of Qatar	2.1	Lizzie Armitstead
4 March	Belgium	Le Samyn des Dames	1.2	Chantal Blaak
7 March	Italy	Strade Bianche	1.1	Megan Guarnier
29 March	Italy	Trofeo Alfredo Binda	CDM	Lizzie Armitstead
15 May	United States	Amgen Tour of California	1.1	Evelyn Stevens
29 May	Netherlands	Boels Rental Hills Classic	1.1	Lizzie Armitstead
7 June	United States	Philadelphia Cycling Classic	CDM	Lizzie Armitstead
11 June	Spain	Stage 1 Emakumeen Euskal Bira	2.1	Megan Guarnier
13 June	Spain	Stage 3 Emakumeen Euskal Bira	2.1	Chantal Blaak
17 June	United Kingdom	Stage 1 Aviva Women's Tour	2.1	Lizzie Armitstead
19 June	United Kingdom	Stage 3 Aviva Women's Tour	2.1	Christine Majerus
5 July	Italy	Stage 2 Giro d'Italia Femminile	2.1	Megan Guarnier
14 August	Norway	Stage 1 Ladies Tour of Norway	2.2	Megan Guarnier
15 August	Norway	General classification Ladies Tour of Norway	2.2	Megan Guarnier
29 August	France	GP de Plouay	CDM	Lizzie Armitstead
9 September	Belgium	Stage 2 Lotto Belgium Tour	2.2	Amalie Dideriksen

UCI World Ranking

The 2015 UCI Women's Road Rankings are rankings based upon the results in all UCI-sanctioned races of the 2015 women's road cycling season.

Boels Dolmans Cycling Team finished second in the 2015 ranking for UCI teams.

Individual world ranking^[9]
Rank	Rider	Points
2	Elizabeth Armitstead	1024.5
8	Megan Guarnier	719.67
13	Ellen van Dijk	542.25
16	Christine Majerus	473.5
23	Evelyn Stevens	358.92
37	Chantal Blaak	225.5
102	Amalie Dideriksen	71
158	Demi De Jong	37
226	Romy Kasper	19.25
227	Katarzyna Pawlowska	19

References

^ Nagel, Maxwell (22 September 2014). "Specialized, Evelyn Stevens move to Boels-Dolmans women's cycling team in 2015". VeloNews. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
^ http://women.cyclingfever.com/transfers.html
^ ^a ^b ^c "Stevens signs two-year deal with Boels-Dolmans". cyclingnews.com. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
^ http://women.cyclingfever.com/transfers.html?xs=3
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Boels-Dolmans heeft wegploeg compleet". cyclingonline.nl. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
^ "Wereldkampioene Dideriksen naar Boels-Dolmans". Wierrevue.nl. 27 October 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
^ "Anna van der Breggen bests Ellen van Dijk in European opener". cyclingtips.com.au. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^ "2015 Boels - Dolmans Cycling Team UCI". procyclingstats. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
^ "Ranking – Cycling – Road 2015 Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual Final result". UCI. Retrieved 7 January 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

2015 Boels–Dolmans season at ProCyclingStats

[1] Nagel, Maxwell (22 September 2014). "Specialized, Evelyn Stevens move to Boels-Dolmans women's cycling team in 2015". VeloNews. Retrieved 24 September 2014.

[2] ttp://women.cyclingfever.com/transfers.html

[Boels-3] "Stevens signs two-year deal with Boels-Dolmans". cyclingnews.com. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.

[4] ttp://women.cyclingfever.com/transfers.html?xs=3

[roster-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Boels-Dolmans heeft wegploeg compleet". cyclingonline.nl. Retrieved 12 December 2014.

[Dideriksen-6] "Wereldkampioene Dideriksen naar Boels-Dolmans". Wierrevue.nl. 27 October 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.

[7] "Anna van der Breggen bests Ellen van Dijk in European opener". cyclingtips.com.au. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

[pcs2015-8] "2015 Boels - Dolmans Cycling Team UCI". procyclingstats. Retrieved 4 February 2015.

[9] "Ranking – Cycling – Road 2015 Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual Final result". UCI. Retrieved 7 January 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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