2015 Team Liv–Plantur season

2015 Team Liv-Plantur
2015 Team Liv-Plantur
Manager	Hans Timmermans
Season victories
One-day races	2
Stage race overall
Stage race stages	1

The 2015 women's road cycling season was the fifth for Team Liv–Plantur (UCI code: TLP), which began as Team Skil-Argos in late 2010. On 24 September 2014 the team announced that they had secured a four-year sponsorship deal with a German hair care company. For the 2015 season the team was known as Team Liv-Plantur, with the men's team becoming Team Giant-Alpecin.^[1]

Roster

On 1 September 2014 it was announced that Kirsten Wild would leave the team for Team Hitec Products.^[2] Sabrina Stultiens was the only rider who joined the team for the 2015 season.^[3]

As of 1 January 2015. Ages as of 1 January 2015.^[4]

	Rider	Date of birth
Lucy Garner (GBR)		(1994-09-20)20 September 1994 (aged 20)
Willeke Knol (NED)		(1991-04-10)10 April 1991 (aged 23)
Claudia Lichtenberg (GER)		(1985-11-17)17 November 1985 (aged 29)
Floortje Mackaij (NED)		(1995-10-18)18 October 1995 (aged 19)
Sara Mustonen (SWE)		(1981-02-08)8 February 1981 (aged 33)

	Rider	Date of birth
Amy Pieters (NED)		(1991-06-01)June 1, 1991 (aged 23)
Maaike Polspoel (BEL)		(1989-03-28)28 March 1989 (aged 25)
Julia Soek (NED)		(1990-12-12)December 12, 1990 (aged 24)
Kyara Stijns (NED)		(1995-10-09)9 October 1995 (aged 19)
Sabrina Stultiens (NED)		(1993-07-08)8 July 1993 (aged 21)

Riders who joined the team for the 2015 season

Rider	2014 team
Sabrina Stultiens (NED)^[3]	Rabo–Liv

Riders who left the team during or after the 2014 season

Rider	2015 team
Julia Soek (NED)
Marijn de Vries (NED)	Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team^[3]
Kirsten Wild (NED)^[2]	Team Hitec Products

Season victories

Single day and stage races 2015^[5]
Date	Race	Rider	Country	Location
25 March	Dwars door Vlaanderen	Amy Pieters (NED)	Belgium	Waregem
29 March	Gent–Wevelgem	Floortje Mackaij (NED)	Belgium	Wevelgem
12 April	Energiewacht Tour, Sprints classification	Julia Soek (NED)	^{[N 1]}
3 May	Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs, Stage 2	Floortje Mackaij (NED)	Luxembourg	Mamer
3 May	Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs, Points classification	Floortje Mackaij (NED)	Luxembourg
3 May	Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs, Mountains classification	Floortje Mackaij (NED)	Luxembourg
3 May	Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs, Young rider classification	Floortje Mackaij (NED)	Luxembourg
7 June	Auensteiner–Radsporttage, Young rider classification	Sabrina Stultiens (NED)	Germany

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.

Team Liv-Plantur finished 8th in the 2015 ranking for UCI teams.

Individual world ranking^[6]
Rank	Rider	Points
14	Amy Pieters	506.5
44	Floortje Mackaij	190.5
51	Sabrina Stultiens	161
52	Claudia Häusler	152.5
58	Lucy Garner	142
91	Sara Mustonen	91.5
270	Molly Weaver	13
275	Julia Soek	12.5
368	Willeke Knol	8

Notes

^ The race was held in the Netherlands and Germany.

References

^ "Alpecin announced as new sponsor for Giant-Shimano". 24 September 2014.
^ a b "Kirsten Wild signs for two years with Hitec Products". September 2014.
^ a b c "Cycling Transfers 2024 - - Team Information - By: CyclingFever.com". women.cyclingfever.com.
^ "UCI Women's Teams". UCI. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
^ "Team Liv-Plantur (UCI) >> 2015". procyclingstats. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
^ "Ranking – Cycling – Road 2015 Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual Final result". UCI. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2016.

External links

2015 Team Liv–Plantur season at ProCyclingStats

[6] The race was held in the Netherlands and Germany.

[1] "Alpecin announced as new sponsor for Giant-Shimano". 24 September 2014.

[Wild-2] "Kirsten Wild signs for two years with Hitec Products". September 2014.

[Stultiens-3] "Cycling Transfers 2024 - - Team Information - By: CyclingFever.com". women.cyclingfever.com.

[4] "UCI Women's Teams". UCI. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2015.

[pcs2015-5] "Team Liv-Plantur (UCI) >> 2015". procyclingstats. Retrieved 4 February 2015.

[7] "Ranking – Cycling – Road 2015 Women Elite UCI Ranking Individual Final result". UCI. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2016.