2008 AA-Drink Cycling Team season

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.

2008 AA-Drink Cycling Team
UCI Team ranking5th
Season victories
One-day races
Stage race overall
Best ranked riderEmma Johansson (6th)

Roster

Source:[1]

Results

Season victories
See also: 2008 in women's road cycling
Single day and stage races 2008[1]
DateNationRaceCat.Winner
 BelgiumOmloop Het NieuwsbladNetherlands Kirsten Wild
 NetherlandsOmloop van BorseleNetherlands Kirsten Wild
 NetherlandsTherme kasseienomloopNetherlands Kirsten Wild
 NetherlandsStage 1 Rabobank Ster Zeeuwsche EilandenNetherlands Kirsten Wild
 FranceStage 2 Tour Féminin en LimousinPoland Paulina Brzeźna
 FranceOverall Trophée d'Or FémininSweden Emma Johansson
 FranceStage 5 Trophée d'Or FémininSweden Emma Johansson
 FranceGrand Prix de FranceBelgium Ludivine Henrion
National, Continental and World champions 2008[1]
DateDisciplineJerseyWinner
Swedish National Time Trial ChampionshipsEmma Johansson
Polish National Time Trial ChampionshipsPaulina Brzeźna
2008 Dutch National Track Championships – ScratchKirsten Wild

Results in major races

Women's World Cup 2008
Main article: 2008 UCI Women's Road World Cup
Results at the 2008 UCI Women's Road World Cup races
# Date Race Country Best rider Place
#1 24 February Geelong World Cup  Australia
#2 24 March Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio  Italy
#3 6 April Tour of Flanders for Women  Belgium
#4 12 April Ronde van Drenthe  Netherlands
#5 23 April La Flèche Wallonne Féminine  Belgium Sweden Emma Johansson 12th
#6 4 May Tour de Berne   Switzerland
#7 31 May Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal  Canada
#8 30 July Open de Suède Vårgårda  Sweden Netherlands Kirsten Wild 10th
#9 1 August Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT  Sweden AA-Drink Cycling Team 6th
#10 24 August GP de Plouay – Bretagne  France Sweden Emma Johansson 10th
#11 16 September Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt  Germany
Results in other major single day races
Date Race[M 1] Rider Place
28 March Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit Netherlands Marlijn Binnendijk
(with Ellen van Dijk and Elise van Hage)		 6th
23 September Road World Championships – Women's time trial[2] Sweden Emma Johansson 14th
24 September Road World Championships – Women's road race[3] Sweden Emma Johansson 4th
  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. 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) Denmark Copenhagen 17 February 2008 [4]
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) Denmark Copenhagen 17 February 2008 [5]
3:31.596 51.040 Marlijn Binnendijk
(with Ellen van Dijk and Elise van Hage)		 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (qualifying) United Kingdom Manchester 28 March 2008 [6]

References
  1. "AA Drink Cycling Team 2008". cyclingarchives.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. "Qualifying". Tissottiming.com. 17 February 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  5. "Finals". Tissottiming.com. 17 February 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  6. "UCI 2008 Track Cycling World Championships Women's Team Pursuit Qualification Official Results" (PDF). Tissot. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-27.
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