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)
Jersey

Roster

Source:[1]

Results

Season victories
See also: 2008 in women's road cycling
Single day and stage races 2008[1]
DateNationRaceCat.Winner
27 April BelgiumGP Stad Roeselare1.2Netherlands Loes Markerink
May Netherlands7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg1.2Netherlands Loes Markerink
 El SalvadorStage 6 Vuelta Ciclista Femenina a el Salvador2.2Norway Anita Valen
18 June FranceStage 2 Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale2.2Netherlands Loes Markerink
5 July ItalyPrologue Giro d'Italia Femminile2.1Netherlands Mirjam Melchers
6 September NetherlandsStage 5 Holland Ladies Tour2.2Netherlands Loes Markerink
September FranceStage 6 Tour de l'Ardèche2.2Sweden Susanne Ljungskog
September FranceOverall Tour de l'Ardèche2.2United States Amber Neben
National, Continental and World champions 2009[1]
DateDisciplineJerseyWinner
31 AugustDutch National Time Trial ChampionMirjam Melchers
24 SeptemberTime Trial World ChampionUnited States Amber Neben

Results in major races


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

Other achievements

Dutch national records, team pursuit
Main article: Women's 3000 m track cycling team pursuit Dutch record progression

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) United Kingdom Manchester 28 March 2008 [4]

UCI World Ranking
Main article: 2008 UCI Women's Road World Rankings

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

Individual UCI World Ranking[5]
Rank Rider Points
12Sweden Susanne Ljungskog397
13United States Amber Neben393
43Netherlands Loes Markerink157.5
44Netherlands Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel142.66
65Netherlands Loes Gunnewijk89.5
90Denmark Trine Schmidt61.5

References
  1. "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. "2008 UCI Road Rankings Women Elite". Archived from the original on 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
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