Team Waoo

Team Waoo
Team information
UCI code	TWA
Registered	Denmark
Founded	2012
Disbanded	2019
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Continental
Team name history
2012–2013; 2014–2016; 2016; 2017; 2017–2018; 2018–2019	Team Trefor; Team Trefor–Blue Water; Team Virtu Pro–Véloconcept; Team VéloCONCEPT; Team Virtu Cycling; Team Waoo

Team Waoo was a Danish UCI Continental team founded in 2012, and disbanded in 2019.^[1]^[2] In July 2016 Bjarne Riis and former Saxo Bank CEO Lars Seier announced that they had taken the team over and renamed it Team Virtu Pro-Veloconcept, with the intention of it functioning as the development team for a planned UCI WorldTeam.^[3] On 11 September 2017 the team changed its name into Team Virtu Cycling, after a new owner, Jan Bech Andersen, had bought one third of the shares.^[4] In July 2018, the name changed again to Team Waoo.^[5]

Team roster

As of May 31, 2019.^[6]

	Rider	Date of birth
Michael Carbel (DNK)		(1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 (age 29)
Patrick Clausen (DNK)		(1990-07-02) 2 July 1990 (age 34)
Silas Zacharias Clemmensen (DNK)		(1996-10-25) 25 October 1996 (age 28)
Frederik Nybo Eriksen (DNK)		(2000-03-07) 7 March 2000 (age 24)
Oliver Wulff Frederiksen (DNK)		(2000-10-11) 11 October 2000 (age 24)
Rasmus Guldhammer (DNK)		(1989-03-09) 9 March 1989 (age 35)

	Rider	Date of birth
Andreas Hyldgaard Jeppesen (DNK)		(1996-07-21) 21 July 1996 (age 28)
Johan Langballe (DNK)		(1999-02-09) 9 February 1999 (age 25)
Mathias Larsen (DNK)		(1999-05-02) 2 May 1999 (age 25)
Martin Mortensen (DNK)		(1984-11-05) 5 November 1984 (age 40)
Jesper Schultz (DNK)		(1996-02-27) 27 February 1996 (age 28)
Frederik Thomsen (DNK)		(2000-10-03) 3 October 2000 (age 24)

Major wins

2013

Course de la Paix U23, Asbjørn Kragh Andersen

2014

Stages 4 & 5 Tour du Loir-et-Cher, Rasmus Guldhammer

Hadeland GP, Rasmus Guldhammer

Denmark National U23 Time Trial Championships, Søren Kragh Andersen

Denmark National Time Trial Championships, Rasmus Quaade

2015

Stage 5 Tour du Loir-et-Cher, Asbjørn Kragh Andersen

Hadeland GP, Søren Kragh Andersen

Ringerike GP, Asbjørn Kragh Andersen

Stage 5 Flèche du Sud, Asbjørn Kragh Andersen

Stage 3 Paris–Arras Tour, Asbjørn Kragh Andersen

Stage 4 Tour des Fjords, Søren Kragh Andersen

Denmark National U23 Time Trial Championships, Jonas Gregaard

Prologue & Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir, Søren Kragh Andersen

2016

Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux, Mads Würtz Schmidt

Stages 2 & 3b, Mads Würtz Schmidt

2017

Stage 3 International Tour of Rhodes, Alexander Kamp

Stage 2 Circuit des Ardennes, Rasmus Guldhammer

Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher, Alexander Kamp

Stage 4, Alexander Kamp

GP Viborg, Kasper Asgreen

Sundvolden GP, Rasmus Guldhammer

Ringerike GP, Rasmus Guldhammer

2018

Stage 1 Istrian Spring Trophy, Kasper Asgreen

Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher, Asbjørn Kragh Andersen

Eschborn–Frankfurt Under-23, Niklas Larsen

Stage 1 Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour, Alexander Kamp

Sundvolden GP, Alexander Kamp

Stage 5 Tour of Norway, Alexander Kamp

Circuit de Wallonie, Mikkel Frølich Honoré

Lillehammer GP, Alexander Kamp

2019

Stage 7 Tour de Normandie, Johan Langballe

National champions

2014: Denmark Time Trial, Rasmus Quaade; Denmark U23 Time Trial, Søren Kragh Andersen

2015: Denmark U23 Time Trial, Jonas Gregaard

2016: Denmark U23 Time Trial, Mads Würtz Schmidt; Denmark U23 Road Race, Mads Würtz Schmidt; Denmark Track (Kilo), Niklas Larsen; Denmark Track (Individual pursuit), Niklas Larsen; Denmark Track (Scratch race), Niklas Larsen

Notes

^ The team competed under the name of Team VéloCONCEPT from January 1 through to September 11 2017.

References

^ "Team Trefor 2012". Procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
^ "Team Trefor - Blue Water 2015". Procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
^ "Riis returns with team, Dumoulin goes home - Tour de France shorts". cyclingnews.com. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
^ Lillelund, Benjamin (11 September 2017). "Pengemand køber sig ind: Riis' hold skifter navn". Feltet.dk. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
^ "Team Virtu Cycling becomes Team Waoo". teamvirtucycling.com. 27 July 2018.
^ "Team Waoo Roster 2019". Retrieved May 31, 2019.

[1] The team competed under the name of Team VéloCONCEPT from January 1 through to September 11 2017.

[2] "Team Trefor 2012". Procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.

[3] "Team Trefor - Blue Water 2015". Procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.

[4] "Riis returns with team, Dumoulin goes home - Tour de France shorts". cyclingnews.com. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.

[5] Lillelund, Benjamin (11 September 2017). "Pengemand køber sig ind: Riis' hold skifter navn". Feltet.dk. Retrieved 11 September 2017.

[6] "Team Virtu Cycling becomes Team Waoo". teamvirtucycling.com. 27 July 2018.

[7] "Team Waoo Roster 2019". Retrieved May 31, 2019.

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