2008 Team Flexpoint season

The 2008 women's road cycling season was the fourth season for the 2008 UCI Women's Cycling Team Team Flexpoint (UCI code: FLX), which began as Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team in 2005.

2008 Team Flexpoint
UCI Team ranking	6th
Manager	Jean-Paul van Poppel
Season victories
One-day races	2
Stage race overall	1
Stage race stages	5
Best ranked rider	Susanne Ljungskog (12th)
← 2007 2009 →

Roster

•   Elisabeth Braam
•   Saskia Elemans
•   Loes Gunnewijk
•   Britt Jochems
•   Jacobien Kanis
•   Bianca Knöpfle
•   Susanne Ljungskog
•   Loes Markerink
•   Mirjam Melchers
•   Amber Neben
•   Trine Schmidt
•   Iris Slappendel
•   Adriene Snijder
•   Anita Valen
•   Suzanne van Veen
•   Elise van Hage

Source:^[1]

Results

Season victories

See also: 2008 in women's road cycling

Single day and stage races 2008^[1]

Date	Nation	Race	Cat.	Winner
27 April	Belgium	GP Stad Roeselare	1.2	Loes Markerink
May	Netherlands	7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg	1.2	Loes Markerink
	El Salvador	Stage 6 Vuelta Ciclista Femenina a el Salvador	2.2	Anita Valen
18 June	France	Stage 2 Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale	2.2	Loes Markerink
5 July	Italy	Prologue Giro d'Italia Femminile	2.1	Mirjam Melchers
6 September	Netherlands	Stage 5 Holland Ladies Tour	2.2	Loes Markerink
September	France	Stage 6 Tour de l'Ardèche	2.2	Susanne Ljungskog
September	France	Overall Tour de l'Ardèche	2.2	Amber Neben

National, Continental and World champions 2009^[1]

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Winner
31 August	Dutch National Time Trial Champion		Mirjam Melchers
24 September	Time Trial World Champion		Amber Neben

Results in major races

Results in other major single day races

Date	Race^[M 1]	Rider	Place
28 March	Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit	Elise van Hage (with Ellen van Dijk and Marlijn Binnendijk)	6th
5 July	European Road Championships – Women's under-23 road race	Mirjam Melchers	30th
23 September	Road World Championships – Women's time trial^[2]	Amber Neben
24 September	Road World Championships – Women's road race^[3]	Amber Neben	22nd

1. Riders are in these championships part of the national team

Other achievements

Dutch national records, team pursuit

Main article: Women's 3000 m track cycling team pursuit Dutch record progression

The women's 3000 m team pursuit track cycling discipline was introduced at the 2007–08 track cycling season. Elise van Hage was once part of the team when they broke the Dutch national record. This is not the current record anymore.

Time	Speed (km/h)	Cyclists	Event	Location of race	Date	Ref
3:31.596	51.040	Elise van Hage (with Ellen van Dijk and Marlijn Binnendijk)	2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Qualifying)	Manchester	28 March 2008	^[4]

UCI World Ranking

Main article: 2008 UCI Women's Road World Rankings

The team finished 19th in the UCI ranking for teams.^[5]

Individual UCI World Ranking^[5]

Rank	Rider	Points
12	Susanne Ljungskog	397
13	Amber Neben	393
43	Loes Markerink	157.5
44	Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel	142.66
65	Loes Gunnewijk	89.5
90	Trine Schmidt	61.5

References

1. "2008 Team Flexpoint". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
2. "2008 World Championships WE - ITT (CM)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
3. "2008 75th World Championships WE - Road Race (CM)". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
4. (PDF). Tissot. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-27.
5. . Archived from the original on 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2014-11-14.