IBCT is a Belgian-based, Irish-registered women's road cycling team that was founded in 2018. In its first season in 2019, the team won the Belgian Cup.[2] Following the 2020 season,[3] that was extensively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the team announced their intention to become a UCI Women's Continental Team for the 2021 season.[4]

IBCT
Team information
UCI codeILB (2019–2020)
RUP (2021)
IBC (2022–)
RegisteredIreland
Founded2018 (2018)
Discipline(s)Road
StatusNational (2019–2020)
UCI Women's Continental Team (2021–)
Team name history
2019–2020
2021
2022
Illi-Bikes Cycling Team
Team Rupelcleaning–Champion Lubricants[1]
IBCT

Team roster

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As of 30 January 2021.[5]
Rider Date of birth
  Isabelle Beckers (BEL) (1983-03-04) 4 March 1983 (age 41)
  Svenja Betz (GER) (1995-09-15) 15 September 1995 (age 29)
  Verena Eberhardt (AUT) (1994-12-06) 6 December 1994 (age 29)
  Lara Gillespie (IRL) (2001-04-21) 21 April 2001 (age 23)
  Mia Griffin (IRL) (1998-12-30) 30 December 1998 (age 25)
  Antonia Gröndahl (FIN) (1995-05-25) 25 May 1995 (age 29)
  Gabriella Homer (IRL) (2000-09-10) 10 September 2000 (age 24)
  Amber Lacompte (BEL) (2000-01-01) 1 January 2000 (age 24)
Rider Date of birth
  Ditte Lenseclaes (BEL) (1999-06-22) 22 June 1999 (age 25)
  Lucy Mayrhofer (GER) (2002-09-20) 20 September 2002 (age 22)
  Kelly Murphy (IRL) (1989-11-03) 3 November 1989 (age 35)
  Maja Perinović (CRO) (1999-09-24) 24 September 1999 (age 25)
  Trine Schmidt (DEN) (1988-06-03) 3 June 1988 (age 36)
  Aline Seitz (SUI) (1997-02-17) 17 February 1997 (age 27)
  Alice Sharpe (IRL) (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 30)
  Sara Van de Vel (BEL) (1994-08-06) 6 August 1994 (age 30)

Major results

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2021
Binche–Chimay–Binche pour Dames, Sara Van de Vel

National champions

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2021
  Finland Road Race, Antonia Gröndahl
  Croatia Road Race, Maja Perinović
  Austria Track (Omnium), Verena Eberhardt
  Austria Track (Scratch), Verena Eberhardt
  Austria Track (Elimination), Verena Eberhardt
  Austria Track (Points race), Verena Eberhardt
  Ireland Track, (Individual pursuit), Kelly Murphy
  Switzerland Track (Omnium), Aline Seitz
  Switzerland Track (Madison), Aline Seitz
  Switzerland Track (Points race), Aline Seitz
2022
  Ireland Road Race, Alice Sharpe

References

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  1. ^ Fruyt, Hans (16 December 2020). "Illi-Bikes CT wordt Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants en wil het Vlaamse voorjaar rijden" [Illi-Bikes CT becomes Team Rupelcleaning-Champion Lubricants and wants to ride in the Flemish spring]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). DPG Media. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. ^ Ilegems, Ken (18 October 2020). "Big news!". Illi-Bikes. WordPress. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  3. ^ "CQ Ranking - Illi-Bikes Cycling Team - 2020".
  4. ^ Gachet, Nicolas (18 October 2020). "Illi-Bikes va monter en Continentale" [Illi-Bikes will go up to Continental]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Team Rupelcleaning - Champion Lubricants". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
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