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Team Waoo

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 roster

As of May 31, 2019.[6]

Major wins

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

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

  1. ^ The team competed under the name of Team VéloCONCEPT from January 1 through to September 11 2017.

References

  1. ^ "Team Trefor 2012". Procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  2. ^ "Team Trefor - Blue Water 2015". Procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  3. ^ "Riis returns with team, Dumoulin goes home - Tour de France shorts". cyclingnews.com. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  4. ^ Lillelund, Benjamin (11 September 2017). "Pengemand køber sig ind: Riis' hold skifter navn". Feltet.dk. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Team Virtu Cycling becomes Team Waoo". teamvirtucycling.com. 27 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Team Waoo Roster 2019". Retrieved May 31, 2019.