# Ceratizit Pro Cycling

Ceratizit Pro Cycling (UCI code: CTC) is a professional women's cycling team, based in Kempten, Germany, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour.

## History

The team was founded in 2014 as an amateur club team in Sheffield / UK competing in regional and national races with the occasional UCI level race. After three years the team was transformed from an amateur team into a professional UCI team, and is invited to compete in major races all over Europe. The team itself no longer consists purely of British riders. Since 2019 the team includes women of seven different countries (Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, France and Canada) giving it an even greater international flavour. 2019 saw a big expansion and inclusion of high-level riders into the team roster such as Kirsten Wild, Lisa Brennauer and Ane Santesteban. Due this expansion the team made the step-up into the top 10 of the UCI-ranking, with a ranking of 7th place. In 2020 the team signed Maria Giulia Confalonieri of Italy and Julie Leth of Denmark, both double European Champions.

### 2017

Ahead of the 2017 season, WNT made another leap in the team's progression by applying for a UCI Women's team licence, with former Scottish Cycling head coach Graeme Herd as their directeur sportif. Expanding its roster outside the UK and Ireland, gaining Austrian Anna Badegruber and Luxembourger Elise Maes from Austrian team Vitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nö as it stepped away from its UCI Women licence in 2017.
The team won its first professional race in its first outing as a UCI team in March 2017, on stage 4 of Setmana Ciclista Valenciana when Irish Champion Lydia Boylan soloed to victory. The team's second UCI victory came at the Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour on stage 3, when Hayley Simmonds attacked in the closing kilometres, taking a solo victory of over a minute, and consequently moved into the yellow jersey. Simmonds finished 3rd place on general classification behind Lisa Brennauer.
At the end of 2017, the team's service course moved from the UK to Reutte, Austria, the hometown of WNT's parent company, Ceratizit, although the team's address registered with the Union Cycliste Internationale was still located in Sheffield.

### 2018

2018 saw a further internationalisation of the roster, with the additions of German Lea Lin Teutenberg and Dutchwoman Aafke Soet. Spanish bicycle component manufacturer, Rotor signed onto Team WNT as a second naming sponsor, setting the team to be the first to race full-time on hydraulic shifting and braking groupset. WNT-Rotor took on a greater Spanish influence with its switch from long time frame partner Specialized to Orbea. The team also joined as one of five UCI women's teams to transition to disc brakes in 2018, moving from its already new hydraulic Rotor rim brake groupset to debut the disc brake version at Dwars door Vlaanderen.
Shortly after the team completed Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, it was announced that Graeme Herd would leave the team immediately, with Dirk Baldinger taking up Herd's role as DS. Former Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling rider, Canadian Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin was a late signing for 2018 at the end of March.
Half the team's then ten rider roster were selected to compete on the road and track at the 2018 Commonwealth Games; for Northern Ireland, Lydia Boylan, for Wales, Hayley Jones, for Scotland, Eileen Roe, and for England Melissa Lowther and Hayley Simmonds. While Melissa Lowther had been selected for both the time trial and road race, but due to an administrative error by Team England, Lowther was barred from starting the individual time trial. Hayley Simmonds earned a bronze medal in the Commonwealth Games individual time trial, behind recent ITT world championship medallist Katrin Garfoot and former time trial world champion Linda Villumsen.
Aafke Soet earned WNT Rotor's first win of the 2018 season at the start of April by winning the last stage of the Healthy Ageing Tour in solo breakaway, the victory was also her first-ever elite-level win. Soet would back up that road race win at her next race appearance, with the fastest time in the time trial event at Omloop van Borsele.

### 2019

The Season 2019 started very successfully for the WNT-ROTOR Pro Cycling Team. After wins at the Six Days in Bremen (Germany) on the track the new team member Clara Koppenburg won stage 3 of the Seltmana Ciclista Valenciana and took over the General Classification jersey. The team defended this jersey on stage 4 and also won the team classification. One-week later Kirsten Wild and Lisa Brennauer won in total 5 medals at the Track World Championships in Pruszków, Poland; Wild won gold in the Madison and omnium, Silver in the scratch race and Bronze in the points race, while Brennauer won a silver medal in the individual pursuit and a new German record).
The team won its first UCI Women's World Tour race at Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne with Kirsten Wild who won the bunch sprint after a big lead out from Lisa Brennauer. Three days later, Kirsten Wild won Gent–Wevelgem, becoming the first rider to win the Belgian spring classic twice.
In total the team amassed 15 victories in road racing during the 2019 season with four different riders. Kathrin Hammes won the overall classification of the Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour after being in the breakaway on stage 1. The team helped defended the yellow, where Kathrin was able to win her home tour by 11 seconds.
On 28 November 2019, the team announced that the CERATIZIT Group, who are the parent company of WNT would be joining as title sponsor of the team.

## Team roster

    As of 15 March 2025.
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Sandra Alonso (ESP) | Sandra Alonso (ESP) | (1998-08-19) 19 August 1998 (age 26) |
| Franziska Brauße (GER) | Franziska Brauße (GER) | (1998-11-20) 20 November 1998 (age 26) |
| Kristýna Burlová (CZE) | Kristýna Burlová (CZE) | (2002-03-25) 25 March 2002 (age 22) |
| Mylène de Zoete (NED) | Mylène de Zoete (NED) | (1999-01-03) 3 January 1999 (age 26) |
| Lana Eberle (GER) | Lana Eberle (GER) | (2003-11-28) 28 November 2003 (age 21) |
| Sara Fiorin (ITA) | Sara Fiorin (ITA) | (2003-09-24) 24 September 2003 (age 21) |
| Fariba Hashimi (AFG) | Fariba Hashimi (AFG) | (2003-04-22) 22 April 2003 (age 21) |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Daniek Hengeveld (NED) | Daniek Hengeveld (NED) | (2002-11-17) 17 November 2002 (age 22) |
| Marta Jaskulska (POL) | Marta Jaskulska (POL) | (2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 24) |
| Célia Le Mouel (FRA) | Célia Le Mouel (FRA) | (2000-07-20) 20 July 2000 (age 24) |
| Dilyxine Miermont (FRA) | Dilyxine Miermont (FRA) | (2000-05-16) 16 May 2000 (age 24) |
| Sarah Van Dam (CAN) | Sarah Van Dam (CAN) | (2001-12-04) 4 December 2001 (age 23) |
| Petra Zsankó (HUN) | Petra Zsankó (HUN) | (2001-02-18) 18 February 2001 (age 24) |
| Elena Hartmann (SUI) | Elena Hartmann (SUI) | (1990-12-12) 12 December 1990 (age 34) |

## Major wins
### 2017

    Stage 4 Semana Ciclista Valenciana, Lydia Boylan
    Stage 3 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Hayley Simmonds
    Round 2 Stoke-on-Trent Tour Series, Katie Archibald
    Round 6 Bath Tour Series, Eileen Roe
    Round 7 Motherwell Tour Series, Eileen Roe
    Round 8 Team Time Trial, Stevenage Tour Series, Katie Archibald, Emily Kay, Keira McVitty, Gabriella Shaw, Lydia Boylan

### 2018

    Stage 5 Healthy Ageing Tour, Aafke Soet
    Omloop van Borsele Time Trial, Aafke Soet
    Young rider classification Emakumeen Euskal Bira, Aafke Soet

### 2019

    Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, Clara Koppenburg
       Stage 3, Clara Koppenburg
    1st Three Days of De Panne, Kirsten Wild
    1st Gent–Wevelgem, Kirsten Wild
    Stages 3 & 5 Healthy Ageing Tour, Kirsten Wild
    Stage 4b Healthy Ageing Tour, Lisa Brennauer
    Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs, Lisa Brennauer
       Points classification, Lisa Brennauer
       Stage 2, Lisa Brennauer
    Basque rider classification Emakumeen Euskal Bira, Ane Santesteban
    Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Kathrin Hammes
    Stages 1 & 2 Tour de Bretagne Féminin, Kirsten Wild
    Overall Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta Lisa Brennauer
       Stage 1 (ITT), Lisa Brennauer

### 2021

    La Picto–Charentaise, Marta Lach

### 2022

    Stage 5 Bretagne Ladies Tour, Marta Lach
    Stage 2 Tour of Uppsala, Hanna Nilsson
    Stage 1 Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile, Martina Fidanza
    Overall Tour de la Semois, Maria Giulia Confalonieri
    Stage 3 Tour de Romandie, Marta Lach

### 2023

    Women Cycling Pro Costa De Almería, Arianna Fidanza
    Overall Tour de Normandie, Cédrine Kerbaol
       Stage 2, Cédrine Kerbaol
    Ronde de Mouscron, Martina Fidanza
    Stage 1 Bretagne Ladies Tour, Marta Lach
    Ronde van Honselersdijk, Mylene de Zoete
    Prologue Giro Toscana Int. Femminile, Franziska Brauss
    Young rider classification Tour de France, Cédrine Kerbaol
    GP Fourmies Women, Marta Lach
    Grisette Grand Prix de Wallonie, Marta Lach
    Stage 1 Tour of Chongming Island, Mylene de Zoete

### 2024

    Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana Feminas, Cédrine Kerbaol
    Stage 2 Tour de Normandie, Sandra Alonso
    CERATIZIT Festival Elsy Jacobs à Garnich, Marta Lach
    CERATIZIT Festival Elsy Jacobs à Luxembourg, Marta Lach
    Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria, Cédrine Kerbaol
    GP Mazda Schelkens, Arianna Fidanza
    Dwars door de Westhoek, Kathrin Schweinberger
    Stages 2 & 3 Thüringen Ladies Tour, Arianna Fidanza
    Stage 6 Thüringen Ladies Tour, Sandra Alonso
    Stage 6 Tour de France, Cédrine Kerbaol

## National, European and World Championships
### 2015

    Irish Road Race, Lydia Boylan

### 2016

    Irish Road Race, Lydia Boylan

### 2017

    British Track (Individual pursuit), Katie Archibald
    British Track (Points race), Katie Archibald
    British Track (Scratch race), Katie Archibald
    British Track (Omnium), Katie Archibald
    British Criterium, Katie Archibald
    World Track (Omnium), Katie Archibald
    Irish Road Race, Lydia Boylan
    Irish Track (Scratch race), Lydia Boylan
    European Track (Individual pursuit), Katie Archibald
    European Track (Omnium), Katie Archibald

### 2018

    Irish Track (Omnium), Lydia Boylan
    European U23 Time Trial, Aafke Soet
    Irish Track (Scratch Race), Lydia Boylan

### 2019

    World Track (Omnium), Kirsten Wild
    World Track (Madison), Kirsten Wild
    European Track (Omnium), Kirsten Wild
    European Track (Elimination Race), Kirsten Wild
    European Track (Individual Pursuit), Franziska Brausse
    European Track (U23 Individual Pursuit), Franziska Brausse
    German Road Race, Lisa Brennauer
    German Track (Madison), Franziska Brausse
    German Track (Madison), Lin Teutenberg
    German Track (Omnium), Franziska Brausse
    German Track (Team Pursuit), Franziska Brausse
    German Track (Individual Pursuit), Franziska Brausse

### 2020

    World Track (Madison), Kirsten Wild
    World Track (Scratch), Kirsten Wild
    Denmark Track (Omnium), Julie Leth
    German Road Race, Lisa Brennauer
    European Team Time Trial, Lisa Brennauer
    Denmark Track (Individual Sprint), Julie Leth
    European U23 Track (Individual pursuit), Franziska Brauße

### 2021

    German Time Trial, Lisa Brennauer
    German Road Race, Lisa Brennauer
    Olympic Games Track (Team pursuit), Franziska Brauße
    Olympic Games Track (Team pursuit), Lisa Brennauer
    World Mixed Team Time Trial, Lisa Brennauer
    European (Individual pursuit), Lisa Brennauer
    European (Team pursuit), Lisa Brennauer
    European (Team pursuit),Franziska Brauße
    World Track (Madison), Kirsten Wild
    World Track (Team pursuit), Lisa Brennauer
    World Track (Team pursuit), Franziska Brauße
    World Track (Individual pursuit), Lisa Brennauer

### 2022

    German Time Trial, Lisa Brennauer
    Austria Track (Omnium), Kathrin Schweinberger
    Austria Track (Madison), Kathrin Schweinberger
    Austria Track (Points race), Kathrin Schweinberger
    Austria Track (Scratch race), Kathrin Schweinberger
    World Track (Individual pursuit), Franziska Brauße
    World Track (Team pursuit), Martina Fidanza
    World Track (Scratch race), Martina Fidanza

### 2023

    Luxembourg U23 Time Trial, Nina Berton
    France Time Trial, Cédrine Kerbaol

### 2024

    Poland Time Trial, Marta Jaskulska