2008 Team Flexpoint season

The 2008 women's road cycling season was the fourth season for the 2008 UCI Women's Cycling Team Team Flexpoint (UCI code: FLX), which began as Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team in 2005.

2008 Team Flexpoint
UCI Team ranking6th
ManagerJean-Paul van Poppel
Season victories
One-day races2
Stage race overall1
Stage race stages5
Best ranked riderSusanne Ljungskog (12th)
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Roster

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Source:[1]

Results

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Season victories

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Single day and stage races 2008[1]
Date Nation Race Cat. Winner
27 April   Belgium GP Stad Roeselare 1.2   Loes Markerink
May   Netherlands 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg 1.2   Loes Markerink
  El Salvador Stage 6 Vuelta Ciclista Femenina a el Salvador 2.2   Anita Valen
18 June   France Stage 2 Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale 2.2   Loes Markerink
5 July   Italy Prologue Giro d'Italia Femminile 2.1   Mirjam Melchers
6 September   Netherlands Stage 5 Holland Ladies Tour 2.2   Loes Markerink
September   France Stage 6 Tour de l'Ardèche 2.2   Susanne Ljungskog
September   France Overall Tour de l'Ardèche 2.2   Amber Neben
National, Continental and World champions 2009[1]
Date Discipline Jersey Winner
31 August Dutch National Time Trial Champion   Mirjam Melchers
24 September Time Trial World Champion     Amber Neben

Results in major races

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Results in other major single day races
Date Race[M 1] Rider Place
28 March Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit   Elise van Hage
(with Ellen van Dijk and Marlijn Binnendijk)
6th
5 July European Road Championships – Women's under-23 road race   Mirjam Melchers 30th
23 September Road World Championships – Women's time trial[2]   Amber Neben  
24 September Road World Championships – Women's road race[3]   Amber Neben 22nd
  1. ^ Riders are in these championships part of the national team

Other achievements

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Dutch national records, team pursuit

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The women's 3000 m team pursuit track cycling discipline was introduced at the 2007–08 track cycling season. Elise van Hage was once part of the team when they broke the Dutch national record. This is not the current record anymore.

Time Speed
(km/h)
Cyclists Event Location of race Date Ref
3:31.596 51.040 Elise van Hage
(with Ellen van Dijk and Marlijn Binnendijk)
2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Qualifying)   Manchester 28 March 2008 [4]

UCI World Ranking

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The team finished 19th in the UCI ranking for teams.[5]

Individual UCI World Ranking[5]
Rank Rider Points
12   Susanne Ljungskog 397
13   Amber Neben 393
43   Loes Markerink 157.5
44   Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel 142.66
65   Loes Gunnewijk 89.5
90   Trine Schmidt 61.5

References

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  1. ^ a b c "2008 Team Flexpoint". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. ^ "2008 World Championships WE - ITT (CM)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  3. ^ "2008 75th World Championships WE - Road Race (CM)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  4. ^ "UCI 2008 Track Cycling World Championships Women's Team Pursuit Qualification Official Results" (PDF). Tissot. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-27.
  5. ^ a b "2008 UCI Road Rankings Women Elite". Archived from the original on 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2014-11-14.