SD Worx

SD Worx

Team information
UCI code	DOL (2010) DLT (2011–2020) SDW (2021–)
Registered	Netherlands
Founded	2010 (2010)
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Women's Team (2011–2019) UCI Women's Continental Team (2020) UCI Women's WorldTeam (2021–)
Bicycles	Specialized
Website	Team home page
Team name history
2010–2011 2012 2013–2020 2021–	Dolmans–Landscaping Dolmans–Boels Boels–Dolmans SD Worx

SD Worx (UCI team code: SDW) is a professional cycling team based in the Netherlands, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour.

Between 2012 and 2020, the team's title sponsors were the Dutch equipment rental company Boels Rental and Dolmans Landscaping, a Dutch civil engineering company. Both companies terminated their title sponsorship of the team at the end of the 2020 season.^[1] In February 2020, it was announced that Belgian human resource services company  [nl] would become the title sponsor of the team on a four-year deal from 2021.^[2]

History[]

2013[]

2014[]

At a special press conference in October 2013 it was announced that the Dutch time trial World Champion Ellen van Dijk would join the team after signing a three-year contract,^[3] after five years at Specialized–lululemon. On March 1 Sanne van Paassen (Rabo–Liv) joined the team.^[4] After winning the Omloop van het Hageland in early March, Lizzie Armitstead also won the first World Cup race, the Ronde van Drenthe. She would finish later three times in second place in the later World Cup races and keeping the lead in the overall World Cup classification. At the beginning of April, after a solo of some 30 kilometres (19 miles), Ellen van Dijk won the Tour of Flanders World Cup race.

2015[]

The team started the season with the Ladies Tour of Qatar. Ellen van Dijk won the second stage and took the lead in the general classification.

2016[]

In preparation for the 2017 season, the team signed Anna van der Breggen from Rabo–Liv.^[5] The team also extended the contracts of Megan Guarnier, Chantal Blaak, Christine Majerus, Amalie Dideriksen, Nikki Brammeier, Lizzie Armitstead and Karol-Ann Canuel.^[5] Ellen Van Dijk left the team to join Team Liv-Plantur.^[5] On 11 August, Evelyn Stevens announced she would retire at the end of the season.^[6]

Team roster[]

As of 15 August 2021.^[7]

Rider Date of birth  Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN) (1988-04-18) 18 April 1988 (age 33)  Elena Cecchini (ITA) (1992-05-25) 25 May 1992 (age 29)  Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) (1990-03-14) 14 March 1990 (age 31)  Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL) (2000-08-12) 12 August 2000 (age 21)  Roxane Fournier (FRA) (1991-11-07) 7 November 1991 (age 29)  Christine Majerus (LUX) (1987-02-25) 25 February 1987 (age 34)  Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) (1985-12-09) 9 December 1985 (age 35)

Rider Date of birth  Nikola Nosková (CZE) (1997-07-01) 1 July 1997 (age 24)  Amy Pieters (NED) (1991-06-01) 1 June 1991 (age 30)  Anna Shackley (GBR) (2001-05-17) 17 May 2001 (age 20)  Lonneke Uneken (NED) (2000-03-02) 2 March 2000 (age 21)  Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (NED) (1989-10-22) 22 October 1989 (age 31)  Anna van der Breggen (NED) (1990-04-18) 18 April 1990 (age 31)  Kata Blanka Vas (HUN) (2001-09-03) 3 September 2001 (age 20)  Demi Vollering (NED) (1996-11-15) 15 November 1996 (age 24)

Major wins[]

National, continental and world champions[]

References[]

External links[]

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