Team Waoo was a Danish UCI Continental team founded in 2012, and disbanded in 2019.[1][2] In July 2016 Bjarne Riis and former Saxo Bank CEO Lars Seier announced that they had taken the team over and renamed it Team Virtu Pro-Veloconcept, with the intention of it functioning as the development team for a planned UCI WorldTeam.[3] On 11 September 2017 the team changed its name into Team Virtu Cycling, after a new owner, Jan Bech Andersen, had bought one third of the shares.[4] In July 2018, the name changed again to Team Waoo.[5]
| Team information | |
|---|---|
| UCI code | TWA |
| Registered | Denmark |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Disbanded | 2019 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Status | UCI Continental |
| Team name history | |
2012–2013 2014–2016 2016 2017 2017–2018 2018–2019 | Team Trefor Team Trefor–Blue Water Team Virtu Pro–Véloconcept Team VéloCONCEPT[N 1] Team Virtu Cycling Team Waoo |
Team roster
edit- As of May 31, 2019.[6]
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Major wins
edit- 2013
- Course de la Paix U23, Asbjørn Kragh Andersen
- 2014
- Stages 4 & 5 Tour du Loir-et-Cher, Rasmus Guldhammer
- Hadeland GP, Rasmus Guldhammer
Denmark National U23 Time Trial Championships, Søren Kragh Andersen- Denmark National Time Trial Championships, Rasmus Quaade
- 2015
- Stage 5 Tour du Loir-et-Cher, Asbjørn Kragh Andersen
- Hadeland GP, Søren Kragh Andersen
- Ringerike GP, Asbjørn Kragh Andersen
- Stage 5 Flèche du Sud, Asbjørn Kragh Andersen
- Stage 3 Paris–Arras Tour, Asbjørn Kragh Andersen
- Stage 4 Tour des Fjords, Søren Kragh Andersen
- Denmark National U23 Time Trial Championships, Jonas Gregaard
- Prologue & Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir, Søren Kragh Andersen
- 2016
- Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux, Mads Würtz Schmidt
- Stages 2 & 3b, Mads Würtz Schmidt
- 2017
- Stage 3 International Tour of Rhodes, Alexander Kamp
- Stage 2 Circuit des Ardennes, Rasmus Guldhammer
- Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher, Alexander Kamp
- Stage 4, Alexander Kamp
- GP Viborg, Kasper Asgreen
- Sundvolden GP, Rasmus Guldhammer
- Ringerike GP, Rasmus Guldhammer
- 2018
- Stage 1 Istrian Spring Trophy, Kasper Asgreen
- Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher, Asbjørn Kragh Andersen
- Eschborn–Frankfurt Under-23, Niklas Larsen
- Stage 1 Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour, Alexander Kamp
- Sundvolden GP, Alexander Kamp
- Stage 5 Tour of Norway, Alexander Kamp
- Circuit de Wallonie, Mikkel Frølich Honoré
- Lillehammer GP, Alexander Kamp
- 2019
- Stage 7 Tour de Normandie, Johan Langballe
National champions
edit- 2014
Denmark Time Trial, Rasmus Quaade- Denmark U23 Time Trial, Søren Kragh Andersen
- 2015
- Denmark U23 Time Trial, Jonas Gregaard
- 2016
- Denmark U23 Time Trial, Mads Würtz Schmidt
- Denmark U23 Road Race, Mads Würtz Schmidt
- Denmark Track (Kilo), Niklas Larsen
- Denmark Track (Individual pursuit), Niklas Larsen
- Denmark Track (Scratch race), Niklas Larsen
Notes
edit- ^ The team competed under the name of Team VéloCONCEPT from January 1 through to September 11 2017.
References
edit- ^ "Team Trefor 2012". Procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ^ "Team Trefor - Blue Water 2015". Procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ^ "Riis returns with team, Dumoulin goes home - Tour de France shorts". cyclingnews.com. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ^ Lillelund, Benjamin (11 September 2017). "Pengemand køber sig ind: Riis' hold skifter navn". Feltet.dk. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ "Team Virtu Cycling becomes Team Waoo". teamvirtucycling.com. 27 July 2018.
- ^ "Team Waoo Roster 2019". Retrieved May 31, 2019.