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Linda Villumsen
Villumsen wearing the Danish national team's jersey at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships (left) and riding for New Zealand in the 2012 Olympics time trial (right)
Personal information
Full nameLinda Melanie Villumsen Serup
Born (1985-04-09) 9 April 1985 (age 39)
Herning, Denmark
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type
Amateur team
2017F A S T Cycling Team[2]
Professional teams
2005–2006Buitenpoort – Flexpoint Team
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Major wins
One Day races
· National Time Trial championships (2006, 2008, 2009, 2013)
· National Road Race championships (2008–2009, 2015)
· Commonwealth Games Time Trial championships (2014)
· World Time Trial Championships (2015)
Stage races
· Route de France Féminine (2006, 2013)
· Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen (2009)
· Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol (2012)
· Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche (2014)
Medal record
Women's road cycling
World Championships
Representing  Denmark
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Mendrisio Time trial
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Silver medal – second place 2012 Valkenburg Team time trial
Representing  New Zealand
Gold medal – first place 2015 Richmond Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2011 Copenhagen Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2013 Tuscany Time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Melbourne Time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Valkenburg Time trial
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Time trial
Villumsen (left) finished second in time trial at the 2013 World Championships. (Ellen van Dijk (center), Carmen Small (right))

Linda Melanie Villumsen Serup (born 9 April 1985) is a Danish-born road racing cyclist,[5] who last rode for UCI Women's Team You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Career

Born in Herning, Villumsen won the European under 23 time trial championship in 2006 and 2007.

She was Danish national champion in both road racing and time trialing in 2006, 2008 and 2009. In 2006, Cycling World named her their Cyclist of the Year.[7]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing she finished 5th in the women's road race and 13th in the time trial.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London she finished 18th in the road race and fourth in the time trial, missing out on a medal by less than two seconds.[8]

Villumsen won the Route de France Féminine in 2006 and 2013.

From 2008 to 2014 she placed 10th, 3rd, 3rd, 2nd, 3rd, 2nd and 9th in world championships time trials.

From 2012 to 2014 she placed 7th, 6th and 8th in world championships road races.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games she won the gold medal in the road time trial and placed 5th in the road race.[9][10]

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In September 2015 Villumsen won the individual time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Richmond, Virginia.[11] Afterwards, her trade team, You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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  • {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia., almost dropped her for riding her team issue New Zealand frame instead of her normal Wilier Cento Time Trial bike.[12] The NZ team's bike, with its altered geometry, meant she could get much lower.

Villumsen is the only New Zealand senior cyclist to win an individual medal at the UCI Road World Championships.

Major results

2005
1st Alblasserdam
Danish National Road Championships
2nd Road Race
3rd Time Trial
2nd New Zealand World Cup
2nd Damesronde van Drenthe
2006
1st Time Trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
Danish National Road Championships
1st Time Trial
1st Road Race
1st Overall Route de France Féminine
1st Omloop der Kempen
2nd Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
1st Stage 1
2nd L'Heure D'Or Féminine
3rd Individual pursuit, Danish National Track Championships
2007
1st Time Trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
1st Stage 6 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
3rd Holland Ladies Tour
2008
Danish National Road Championships
1st Time Trial
1st Road Race
1st (TTT) Giro della Toscana
2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda
5th Road race, Olympic Games
10th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2009
Danish National Road Championships
1st Time Trial
1st Road Race
1st Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
1st Stage 3
1st Trofeo Costa Etrusca – GP Comuni Santa Luce — Castellina Marittima
3rd Time Trial, UCI Road World Championships
2010
2nd Time trial, Commonwealth Games
2nd Chrono Gatineau
3rd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2011
2nd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2012
1st Overall, Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
1st Stage 3 (ITT) Emakumeen Bira
UCI Road World Championships
2nd Team time trial
3rd Time trial
7th Road race
3rd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
3rd GP Stad Roeselare
4th Time Trial, Olympic Games
2013
1st Time trial, New Zealand National Road Championships
1st Overall La Route de France
1st Stage 7
1st Combativity award Stage 1 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
UCI Road World Championships
2nd Time trial[13]
6th Road race
8th Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
1st Mountains classification
1st Combination classification
1st Prologue
2014
1st Time trial, Commonwealth Games
1st Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
1st Stage 2 (ITT)
New Zealand National Road Championships
2nd Time Trial
2nd Road Race
8th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
UCI Road World Championships
8th Road race
9th Time trial
2015
1st Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
1st Road race, New Zealand National Road Championships
2016
1st Prologue Joe Martin Stage Race
1st Le Race
2nd Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
5th Overall Tour of the Gila
6th Time Trial, Olympic Games
2017
UCI Road World Championships
5th Time trial
6th Team time trial
5th Overall Boels Rental Ladies Tour
6th Crescent Vårgårda TTT
2018
2nd Time Trial, Commonwealth Games
10th Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour

References

  1. ^ a b "Villumsen signs with Unitedhealthcare". cyclingnews.com. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  2. ^ Wright, Ed (9 February 2017). "Vllumsen headlines F A S T Cycling Team". Roadcycling.co.nz.
  3. ^ "Villumsen signs with Team VeloConcept". Cyclingnews.com. 8 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Team VIRTU Cycling Women and Linda Villumsen part ways". Team Virtu Cycling. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Athlete Biography – SERUP Linda Melanie Villumsen". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008.
  6. ^ "Villumsen cleared to ride for New Zealand". cyclingnews.com. 30 December 2009.
  7. ^ "Glasgow 2014 – Linda Villumsen Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  8. ^ Cleaver, Dylan (2 August 2012). "Olympics: Villumsen just seconds from bronze". The New Zealand Herald.
  9. ^ "Glasgow 2014 – Women's Individual Time Trial". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  10. ^ "Glasgow 2014 – Women's Road Race". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Linda Villumsen claims time trial world title". The New Zealand Herald. Associated Press. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Villumsen at the heart of a storm after riding non-trade team bike to Worlds success | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  13. ^ "Kiwi cyclist wins medal at world champs". TVNZ. 25 September 2013.
Sporting positions
Preceded by European Under-23 Time Trial
Champion

2006–2007
Succeeded by
Preceded by UCI World Time Trial
Champion

2015
Succeeded by
 Amber Neben (USA)