Linda Villumsen

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 . 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.
From 2008 to 2014 she placed 10th, 3rd, 3rd, 2nd, 3rd, 2nd and 9th 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 team announced that they had signed Villumsen for the 2015 season after two seasons with .
In September 2015 Villumsen won the individual time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Richmond, Virginia. Afterwards, her trade team 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
References
External links
1985 births
Living people
Danish female cyclists
New Zealand female cyclists
Danish emigrants to New Zealand
Olympic cyclists for Denmark
Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for New Zealand
People from Herning Municipality
Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
Lesbian sportswomen
LGBT cyclists
Danish LGBT sportspeople
New Zealand LGBT sportspeople
Danish lesbians
New Zealand lesbians
Cyclists from the Central Denmark Region
Danish people of New Zealand descent
Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games