# Linda Villumsen

Linda Melanie Villumsen Serup (born 9 April 1985) is a Danish-born road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's Team Team Virtu Cycling. Villumsen became a New Zealand citizen in 2009 and has ridden under a Kiwi licence from 2010.

## Career

Born in Herning, Villumsen won the European under 23 time trial championship in 2006 and 2007.
She was Danish national champion in both road racing and time trialing in 2006, 2008 and 2009. In 2006, Cycling World named her their Cyclist of the Year.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing she finished 5th in the women's road race and 13th in the time trial.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London she finished 18th in the road race and fourth in the time trial, missing out on a medal by less than two seconds.
Villumsen won the Route de France Féminine in 2006 and 2013 and was one of only two riders to win the race twice.
From 2008 to 2015 she placed 10th, 3rd, 3rd, 2nd, 3rd, 2nd, 9th and 1st in world championships time trials.
From 2012 to 2014 she placed 7th, 6th and 8th in world championships road races.
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games she won the gold medal in the road time trial and placed 5th in the road race.
In September 2014 the UnitedHealthcare team announced that they had signed Villumsen for the 2015 season after two seasons with Wiggle–Honda.
In September 2015 Villumsen won the individual time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Richmond, Virginia. Afterwards, her trade team, UnitedHealthcare, almost dropped her for riding her team issue New Zealand frame instead of her normal Wilier Cento Time Trial bike. The NZ team's bike, with its altered geometry, meant she could get much lower.
Villumsen is the only New Zealand senior cyclist to win an individual medal at the UCI Road World Championships.

## Major results
### 2005

    1st Alblasserdam
    Danish National Road Championships
       2nd Road race
       3rd Time trial
    2nd Overall Damesronde van Drenthe
    2nd New Zealand World Cup

### 2006

    1st Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    Danish National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       1st Road race
    1st Overall La Route de France
    1st Omloop der Kempen
    1st Mountains classification Damesronde van Drenthe
    2nd Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
       1st Stage 1 (ITT)
    2nd L'Heure d'Or Féminine
    3rd Individual pursuit, Danish National Track Championships
    9th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
       1st Young rider classification

### 2007

    1st Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    1st Stage 6 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
    3rd Overall Holland Ladies Tour
    5th Overall Emakumeen Bira
    10th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile

### 2008

    Danish National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       1st Road race
    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
    2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
    5th Road race, Olympic Games
    8th Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira
    9th Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
    10th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

### 2009

    Danish National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       1st Road race
    1st Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
       1st Stage 3
    1st Trofeo Costa Etrusca – GP Comuni Santa Luce – Castellina Marittima
    2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
    3rd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    3rd Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
       1st Stage 1 (ITT)
    7th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
    8th Overall Gracia–Orlová
    8th Tour de Berne
    10th Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
       1st Prologue

### 2010

    2nd Time trial, Commonwealth Games
    New Zealand National Road Championships
       2nd Road race
       3rd Time trial
    2nd Chrono Gatineau
    2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
    3rd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau
    6th Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand

### 2011

    2nd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
    4th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
    9th GP Ciudad de Valladolid

### 2012

    1st Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
       1st Stage 2b (ITT)
    1st Stage 3 (ITT) Emakumeen Euskal Bira
    UCI Road World Championships
       2nd Team time trial
       3rd Time trial
       7th Road race
    2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
    3rd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
    3rd GP Stad Roeselare
    4th Time trial, Olympic Games
    5th Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
    7th Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand
       1st Stage 5
    8th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
    10th Open de Suède Vårgårda

### 2013

    1st Time trial, New Zealand National Road Championships
    1st Overall La Route de France
       1st Stage 7
    UCI Road World Championships
       2nd Time trial
       6th Road race
    5th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
       1st Active rider classification
    8th Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Combination classification
       1st Prologue

### 2014

    Commonwealth Games
       1st Time trial
       5th Road race
    1st Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
       1st Stage 2 (ITT)
    New Zealand National Road Championships
       2nd Time trial
       2nd Road race
    8th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
    UCI Road World Championships
       8th Road race
       9th Time trial

### 2015

    1st Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    New Zealand National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       2nd Time trial
    5th Overall Tour of the Gila
    7th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race

### 2016

    1st Le Race
    2nd Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
       1st Prologue
    5th Overall Tour of the Gila
    6th Time trial, Olympic Games

### 2017

    5th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
    6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

### 2018

    2nd Time trial, Commonwealth Games
    10th Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour