The 2008 women's road cycling season was the fourth season for the 2008 UCI Women's Cycling Team: AA-Drink Cycling Team (UCI code: AAD), which began as Van Bemmelen–AA Drink in 2005.
Roster Marlijn Binnendijk (The Netherlands) 12-05-1986 Chantal Blaak (The Netherlands) 22-10-1989 Latoya Brulee (Belgium) 09-12-1988 Paulina Brzeźna-Bentkowska (Poland) 10-09-1981 Maxime Groenewegen (The Netherlands) 14-07-1988 Ludivine Henrion (Belgium) 23-01-1984 Emma Johansson (Sweden) 23-09-1983 Gabrielle Rovers (The Netherlands) 21-11-1976 Theresa Senff (Germany) 02-02-1982 Inge van den Broeck (Belgium) 21-03-1978 Irene van den Broek (The Netherlands) 26-08-1980 Laure Werner (Belgium) 22-02-1981 Kirsten Wild (The Netherlands) 15-10-1982 Source:
Results
Season victories
+Single day and stage races 2008 Date Nation Race Cat. Winner Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Kirsten Wild Omloop van Borsele Kirsten Wild Therme kasseienomloop Kirsten Wild Stage 1 Rabobank Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden Kirsten Wild Stage 2 Tour Féminin en Limousin Paulina Brzeźna Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin Emma Johansson Stage 5 Trophée d'Or Féminin Emma Johansson Grand Prix de France Ludivine Henrion
+National, Continental and World champions 2008 Date Discipline Jersey Winner Swedish National Time Trial Championships Emma Johansson Polish National Time Trial Championships Paulina Brzeźna 2008 Dutch National Track Championships – Scratch Kirsten Wild
Results in major races
Women's World Cup 2008
+Results at the 2008 UCI Women's Road World Cup races#DateRaceCountryBest riderPlace#1Geelong World Cup #2Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio #3Tour of Flanders for Women #4Ronde van Drenthe #5La Flèche Wallonne Féminine Emma Johansson 12th#6Tour de Berne #7Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal #8Open de Suède Vårgårda Kirsten Wild 10th#9Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT AA-Drink Cycling Team 6th#10GP de Plouay – Bretagne Emma Johansson 10th#11Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
+Results in other major single day racesDateRaceRiderPlace 28 MarchTrack Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit Marlijn Binnendijk(with Ellen van Dijk and Elise van Hage) 6th23 SeptemberRoad World Championships – Women's time trial Emma Johansson 14th24 SeptemberRoad World Championships – Women's road race Emma Johansson 4th
Other achievements Dutch national records, team pursuit
The women's 3000 m team pursuit track cycling discipline was introduced at the 2007–08 track cycling season. The Dutch team including Ellen van Dijk and Yvonne Hijgenaar rode the team pursuit for the first time at Round 4 at the 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Copenhagen in a time of 3:36.901 (49.792 km/h). They broke the record later that day. At the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships the Dutch team including Van Dijk broke the record again in the qualifying round. This is not the current record anymore. Time Speed(km/h) Cyclists Event Location of race Date Ref 3:36.901 49.792 Marlijn Binnendijk(with Ellen van Dijk and Yvonne Hijgenaar) 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 (qualification) Copenhagen 17 February 2008 3:32.666 50.783 Marlijn Binnendijk(with Ellen van Dijk and Yvonne Hijgenaar) 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 (gold-medal race) Copenhagen 17 February 2008 3:31.596 51.040 Marlijn Binnendijk(with Ellen van Dijk and Elise van Hage) 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (qualifying) Manchester 28 March 2008
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