A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team

A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team
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Team information
UCI code	ASA (2015–2020; MNX (2021–);
Registered	Kazakhstan (2015–2017, 2019–2020); Italy (2018, 2021–);
Founded	2015
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Women's Team (2015–2019); UCI Women's Continental Team (2020–present);
Bicycles	Kuota
Key personnel
General manager	Zulfia Zabirova; Maurizio Fabretto
Team name history
2015; 2016–2020; 2021–	Astana–Acca Due O; Astana Women's Team; A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team
	Current season

A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team is a professional women's cycling team registered in Italy, which first competed in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's Road World Cup in 2015.^[1]^[2]

Team history

On 28 November 2014, Marzhan Baitlevova, Yekaterina Yuraitis, Makhabbat Umutzhanova, Natalya Sokovnina, and Aliya Kargaliyena signed with the team. On 30 November, Natalya Saitfutdinova and Faina Potapova signed with the team. On 2 December, the team signed Jessenia Meneses and Ingrid Drexel. On 6 December, the team signed Aizhan Zhaparova, Larisa Pankova, and Kseniya Dobrynina. On 12 December, Marika Campagnaro joined the team. On 18 December, Milda Jankauskaite, Olena Demidova, and Carolina Rodriguez joined the team.^[3] On 24 December, Hanna Solovey signed for the team.^[4]

In June 2015, Astana-Acca Due O fired Hanna Solovey citing “unprofessional behaviour”. This was disputed, with the Ukrainian Cycling Federation, claiming she was fired for refusing to take up Kazakhstani citizenship ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympics.^[5]

For the 2021 season, the team merged with the A.R. Efideporte mountain bike team.

Team roster

As of 10 March 2021.^[6]

	Rider	Date of birth
Gaia Benzi (ITA)		(1999-12-20) 20 December 1999 (age 24)
Maria Pia Chiatto (ITA)		(2002-05-13) 13 May 2002 (age 22)
Emma Faoro (ITA)		(2002-03-21) 21 March 2002 (age 22)
Ariadna Gutiérrez (MEX)		(1991-08-22) 22 August 1991 (age 32)
Julieta Lledias (MEX)		(2001-04-16) 16 April 2001 (age 23)
Eider Merino Cortazar (ESP)		(1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 (age 30)
Mariia Miliaeva (RUS)		(2001-07-16) 16 July 2001 (age 23)
Maria Novolodskaya (RUS)		(1999-07-28) 28 July 1999 (age 25)

	Rider	Date of birth
Katia Ragusa (ITA)		(1997-05-19) 19 May 1997 (age 27)
Andrea Ramírez (MEX)		(1999-09-25) 25 September 1999 (age 24)
Lizbeth Salazar (MEX)		(1996-12-08) 8 December 1996 (age 27)
Arlenis Sierra (CUB)		(1992-12-07) 7 December 1992 (age 31)
Maria Vittoria Sperotto (ITA)		(1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 (age 27)
Jade Teolis (FRA)		(2002-01-12) 12 January 2002 (age 22)
María José Vargas (CRC)		(1996-02-15) 15 February 1996 (age 28)

Major wins

2015

Copa Cuba de Pista – Points race, Ingrid Drexel

2016

Stage 1 Tour of Zhoushan Island I, Arianna Fidanza

2017

Points classification Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, Arlenis Sierra

Stage 3, Arlenis Sierra

Mishmar Ha'Emeq Mountainbike (XCO), Tatyana Geneleva

Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio, Arlenis Sierra

Rosh Ha'Ayin Mountainbike (XCO), Tatyana Geneleva

Orsago Chrono, Olena Pavlukhina

Points classification Tour of California, Arlenis Sierra

Youth classification, Arlenis Sierra

Overall Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica, Arlenis Sierra

Points classification, Arlenis Sierra

Mountains classification, Arlenis Sierra

Teams classification

Prologue, Stages 1 & 3, Arlenis Sierra

2018

Overall Giro della Campania in Rosa, Elena Pirrone

Stage 2, Elena Pirrone

Stage 3, Martina Alzini

GP della Liberazione PINK, Letizia Paternoster

Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs, Letizia Paternoster

Points classification, Letizia Paternoster

Mountains classification, Sofia Bertizzolo

Youth classification, Letizia Paternoster

Stage 2, Letizia Paternoster

Road Race, Pan American Cycling Championships, Arlenis Sierra

Stage 3 Tour of California, Arlenis Sierra

Youth classification Giro Rosa, Sofia Bertizzolo

Mountains classification Giro Toscana Int. Femminile - Memorial Michela Fanini, Sofia Bertizzolo

Central American and Caribbean Sports Games

Time Trial, Arlenis Sierra

Team Pursuit, Arlenis Sierra

Madison, Arlenis Sierra

Stage 2 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Arlenis Sierra

Overall Giro delle Marche, Sofia Bertizzolo

Mountains classification Vuelta a Colombia Femenina, Blanca Liliana Moreno

Overall Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica, Blanca Liliana Moreno

Stage 2 (ITT), Blanca Liliana Moreno

2019

Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, Arlenis Sierra

Mountains classification Tour of California, Blanca Liliana Moreno

Chabany Race, Olga Shekel

Overall Vuelta Femenina a Guatemala, Liliana Moreno

Stages 1, 2, 4 & 5, Arlenis Sierra

Stage 3, Carolina Rodriguez

Overall Giro Toscana Int. Femminile - Memorial Michela Fanini, Arlenis Sierra

Points classification, Arlenis Sierra

Prologue, Arlenis Sierra

2020

Stage 1 Women's Herald Sun Tour, Arlenis Sierra

2021

Clasica Femenina Navarra, Arlenis Sierra

Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini, Arlenis Sierra

Points classification, Arlenis Sierra

Stages 1 & 2, Arlenis Sierra

Tre Valli Varesine Women's Race, Arlenis Sierra

National champions

2015: Kazakhstan Road Race, Natalya Saifutdinova; Kazakhstan Time Trial, Yekaterina Yuraitis; Mexico Time Trial, Ingril Drexel
2016: Kazakhstan Road Race, Natalya Saifutdinova; Kazakhstan Time Trial, Yekaterina Yuraitis; Russia Time Trial, Tatiana Antoshina; Kazakhstan Track (Scratch Race), Nadezhda Geneleva; Kazakhstan Track (Points Race), Makhabbat Umutzhanova
2017: Cuba Road Race, Arlenis Sierra; Cuba Time Trial, Arlenis Sierra; Kazakhstan Road Race, Tatyana Geneleva; Azerbaijan Road Race, Olena Pavlukhina; Azerbaijan Time Trial, Olena Pavlukhina; Kazakhstan Track (Points race), Zhanerke Sanakbayeva; Kazakhstan Track (Scratch race), Zhanerke Sanakbayeva; Kazakhstan Track (Individual pursuit), Amiliya Iskakova
2018: Pan American Road Race, Arlenis Sierra; Kazakhstan Road Race, Natalya Saifutdinova; Kazakhstan Time Trial, Natalya Saifutdinova; European Track (Elimination race), Letizia Paternoster; European U23 Track (Team pursuit), Martina Alzini; European U23 Track (Team pursuit), Letizia Paternoster; European U23 Track (Omnium), Letizia Paternoster
2019: Kazakhstan Time Trial, Makhabbat Umutzhanova; Kazakhstan Road Race, Svetlana Pachshenko; Cuba Road Race, Arlenis Sierra; Cuba Time Trial, Arlenis Sierra
2020: Ukraine Time Trial, Olga Shekel; Mexico Track (Elimination race), Lizbeth Salazar; Mexico Track (Omnium), Lizbeth Salazar; Mexico Track (Points race), Lizbeth Salazar
2021: Mexico Road Race, Lizbeth Salazar; Russia Track (Team Pursuit), Mariia Miliaeva; Russia Track (Team Pursuit), Maria Novolodskaya; Russia Track (Madison), Maria Novolodskaya

References

^ "Astana-Acca Due O women's team launched for 2015". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
^ "#KUOTACYCLE E ASTANA ACCA DUE O". Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
^ "Cycling Transfers 2015 - - Team Information - By: CyclingFever.com". Retrieved 25 December 2014.
^ News 2014-12-24T13:52:00Z, Cycling. "News shorts: Solovey signs for Astana-Acca Due O, Roompot secure Classics invitations". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
^ News 2015-06-18T11:05:00Z, Cycling. "Solovey sacked by Astana-Acca Due O for refusing to switch nationality, claims Ukrainian federation". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
^ "A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

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[1] "Astana-Acca Due O women's team launched for 2015". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 25 December 2014.

[2] "#KUOTACYCLE E ASTANA ACCA DUE O". Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.

[3] "Cycling Transfers 2015 - - Team Information - By: CyclingFever.com". Retrieved 25 December 2014.

[4] News 2014-12-24T13:52:00Z, Cycling. "News shorts: Solovey signs for Astana-Acca Due O, Roompot secure Classics invitations". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 November 2019.

[5] News 2015-06-18T11:05:00Z, Cycling. "Solovey sacked by Astana-Acca Due O for refusing to switch nationality, claims Ukrainian federation". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 November 2019.

[6] "A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

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A.R. Monex Women's Pro Cycling Team

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Team history

Team roster

Major wins

National champions

References

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