Ina Teutenberg 2008 Geelong Tour Stage1 1

Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (born 28 October 1974) is a German former

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...

, who competed professionally between 2000 and 2013 for the Red Bull Frankfurt,

Saturn Cycling Team The Saturn Cycling Team was an American cycling team, sponsored by the Saturn Corporation car company.The team existed from 1992 to 2003. It was originally created and managed by Warren Gibson of Los Gatos, CA. In 1993 former rider and US Pro ro ...

and teams. She took over 200 wins during her career, including 11 stages of the Giro Rosa, the 2009 Tour of Flanders, and being part of the team that won the World Team Time Trial Championship in 2012. She now works as a ''directeur sportif'' for

UCI Women's Team A UCI Women's Team is a women's road bicycle team sanctioned by the International Cycling Union ( UCI). These teams compete in the major women's bicycle races including the UCI Women's World Tour. The country designation of each team is determine ...

Career

Born in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...

, West Germany, Teutenberg began racing bicycles at age 6, alongside her two brothers

Sven Teutenberg Sven Teutenberg (born August 18, 1972, in Düsseldorf) is a German cyclist, who currently rides for German amateur team SG Kaarst. Teutenberg turned pro in 1993 with . He achieved a number of victories, especially in smaller races. Teutenberg is ...

and Lars Teutenberg. She competed for Germany at the

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

and

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. Teutenberg retired from competition in 2013, after suffering concussion in a serious accident that year. After her retirement, she worked with

USA Cycling USA Cycling or USAC, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is the national governing body for bicycle racing in the United States. It covers the disciplines of road, track, mountain bike, cyclo-cross, and BMX across all ages and ability levels. ...

on a temporary basis, directing their junior men's and women's programmes in Europe, before co-directing 's women's team. In August 2018,

Trek Bicycle Corporation Trek Bicycle Corporation is a bicycle, cycling product and electric motorcycle manufacturer and distributor under brand names Trek, Electra Bicycle Company, Bontrager, and Diamant Bikes. The company has previously manufactured bikes under the ...

announced that Teutenberg would be appointed as head director of their new women's team, , for its debut in 2019. On 30 May 2019 it was announced that Teutenberg would become the Women's Road Sports Director for the World Championships and Olympic Games, starting her role at the World Championships that year.

Personal life

She was one of 23 openly LGBT Olympians at the London Games.

Major results

;1993 :1st MaillotAllemania

Points race, National Track Championships ;1996 :1st Overall

Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen Thuringia (; officially the Free State of Thuringia, ) is one of Germany, Germany's 16 States of Germany, states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. Er ...

;1997 :1st MaillotAllemania

Points race, National Track Championships ;1998 :1st Stage 4

RaboSter Zeeuwsche Eilanden The Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden also known as Rabo Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden due to former sponsorships reasons is a 3 days elite women's road bicycle stage race held in the province of Zeeland, Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, ...

:1st Stage 4

Women's Challenge The Women's Challenge bicycle race (originally known as the Ore-Ida Women's Challenge as the lead sponsor was the Ore-Ida brand of frozen potato products) was held annually in the western United States in southern Idaho, beginning in 1984 until i ...

Holland Ladies Tour The Holland Ladies Tourhttp://www.hollandladiestour.nl/ Official site is a women's elite professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in September since 1998 in the Netherlands. It's a tour with 6 or 7 stages. For sponsorship reasons t ...

::1st Stages 4 & 5 ;1999 :

::1st Stages 7 & 12 ;2000 :

::1st Stages 8 & 9 :2nd Overall

::1st Stage 5a :2nd Primavera Rosa (ITA) (World Cup) ;2001 :1st Stage 3

::1st Stages 10 & 13 :1st Stage 4

Tour of the Gila The Tour of the Gila is a cycling stage race for both men and women located in New Mexico, United States. It is sponsored by the component maker SRAM. The "Gila" began in 1987. Beginning in 2012, the men's Gila has been added to the UCI Americ ...

:1st Clarendon Cup ;2002 :1st Stage 3

:1st Stage 5

Tour de l'Aude Tour de l'Aude is the name of two cycling races: *Tour de l'Aude (men's race) *Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin The Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin was the longest running UCI event on the women's elite cycle racing calendar. It had been held a ...

::1st Stages 1, 3, 4 & 5b :1st Clarendon Cup ;2003 :

::1st Stages 4b & 9 :1st Stage 4 Solano Bicycle Classic :

Redlands Bicycle Classic The Redlands Bicycle Classic is the longest continuous running invitational, professional cycle sport, cycling stage race in American bike racing, located in Redlands, California, United States. The race began in 1985 after the 1984 Summer Olympic ...

::1st Stages 1 & 4 :1st Stage 4

Tour de Toona The International Tour de Toona was a stage bicycle race held in Central Pennsylvania in July from 1987 until 2011. The event became the largest pro-am cycling event in North America and had stages spanning Blair, Cambria, Bedford, and Somerset C ...

::1st Stages 2 & 7 :1st Stage 5

;2005 : Valley of the Sun Stage Race ::1st Stages 2 & 3 :

::1st Stages 2 & 3 :1st Stage 3

:1st Richmond Cycling Classic :1st Liberty Classic :

::1st Stages 2 & 5 :1st Stage 4a

;2006 :2nd Overall

UCI Women's Road World Cup The UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup was a season-long List of women's road bicycle races, road bicycle competition for women organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale between 1998 and 2015. This competition consisted of a series (which h ...

:1st

Geelong World Cup The Australia World Cup was a women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in Australia from 1998 to 2008 as part of the UCI Women's Road World Cup. The location of the race varied: in 1998, it was held in Sydney; from 1999 to 200 ...

:1st Stage 4 Geelong Women's Tour : Tour of New Zealand ::1st Stages 2 & 3 :1st Stage 1 Damesronde van Drenthe :

::1st Stages 5 & 10 :1st Stage 4 Krasna Lipa Tour Feminine :1st

Lowland International Rotterdam Tour The Rotterdam Tour, in its first two editions called the Tour Beneden-Maas, was an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held between 1998 and 2006 in Rotterdam, Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally H ...

::1st Stages 2 & 3 :1st Stage 4b Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini :1st Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling :1st Reading Classic ;2007 : Geelong Women's Tour ::1st Stages 2 & 3 : Tour of New Zealand ::1st Stages 1 & 6 :1st Stage 2

:1st Stage 9

:Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling ::1st Commerce Bank

Lancaster Classic The Tom Bamford Lancaster Classic was a professional road bicycle race held in late May or early June between 1992 and 2007 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. With the exception of the first race, which was , the Lancaster Classic covered about . ...

::1st Commerce Bank Reading Classic ::1st Commerce Bank Liberty Classic Philadelphia :1st Stage 3

Giro d'Italia Femminile The is an annual women's cycle stage race around Italy. First held in 1988, the race is currently part of the UCI Women's World Tour, and is currently organised by RCS Sport, the organisers of the men's Giro d'Italia. The race was previously ...

::1st Stages 4 & 7 :

Trophée d'Or Féminin Trophée d'Or Féminin was a women's Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Medit ...

::1st Stages 4 & 5 :3rd 2007 Novilon Internationale Damesronde van Drenthe ;2008 :1st Stage 6 Tour of New Zealand :1st Central Valley Classic :1st

Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo Ronde van Drenthe () was an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union. The women's event was part of the UCI Women's World Tour, and t ...

:1st Stage 4

Gracia–Orlová Gracia–Orlová is a women's staged cycle racing, cycle race which takes place in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic and in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. It was created in 1987. Honours Jerseys As of the 2013 edition: ...

::1st Stages 5 & 8 :1st Commerce Bank Allentown Classic :1st Commerce Bank Reading Classic :1st Commerce Bank Liberty Classic Philadelphia :1st Overall

::1st Stages 2 & 3 :

::1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 8 :

La Route de France The Route de France Féminine was a women's cycle race. First held in 2006, it was rated 2.2 by the UCI for the 2006 and 2007 edition, and 2.1 since. The race was cancelled in 2011, but returned the next year. With the ending of the Grande Bo ...

::1st Prologue & Stage 1 :2nd Overall

::1st Stages 1, 4 & 6 :

Giro della Toscana The Giro di Toscana is a road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was not held in 2015. On 4 April 2016 it was announced that the race will ...

::1st Stages 1, 2b & 4 :1st Central Valley Classic 2008 :1st Visalia 2008 ;

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

:1st

Road race, National Road Championships :1st Merced Criterium, California :1st Merced Road Race, California :1st Overall San Dimas Stage Race ::1st Stages 2 & 3 :1st Overall Redlands Classic ::1st Stages 1 & 2 :1st Ronde Van Vlaanderen World Cup :1st Drenthe 8 Van Dwingeloo :1st

Ronde van Gelderland The Ronde van Gelderland () was an elite List of women's road bicycle races, women's road bicycle race held in the Netherlands between 2003 and 2016. It was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI as a 1.2 category race, and was primarily ...

:1st Stage 4

::1st Stages 1, 3 & 9 :1st Commerce Bank Liberty Classic Philadelphia :1st Overall

:1st Stage 4

::1st Stages 1 & 3 :1st Stage 5

:1st Stage 5

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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

:1st Overall San Dimas Stage Race ::1st Stage 3 :1st Overall Redlands Classic ::1st Stage 1 :1st Drenthe 8 Van Dwingeloo :1st Overall

Tour of Chongming Island The Tour of Chongming Island International Cycling Race is an annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race held in Shanghai, China, named after Chongming Island. The Tour previously consisted of two races: a stage race and a one-day race. ...

::1st Stages 1 & 3 :1st Tour of Chongming Island World Cup :

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 3, 6 & 9 :1st Commerce Bank Liberty Classic Philadelphia :

::1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4 :1st Stage 1

:1st Stage 1

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2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

:1st

Road race, National Road Championships :1st Stage 3 Tour of New Zealand :1st Stage 2 Energiewacht Tour :1st

:1st Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 :1st Tour of Chongming Island World Cup :1st Stage 1

Giro del Trentino The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino () until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of Italy. In 2015, th ...

::1st Stages 4 & 10 :

::1st Stages 1 & 2 :

::1st Stages 1 & 2 (TTT) :

::1st Stages 1 (TTT), 2 & 4a ;

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

:1st Overall Energiewacht Tour ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2, 3 & 4b (TTT) :1st Commerce Bank Liberty Classic Philadelphia :1st Stage 1

Emakumeen Euskal Bira The Emakumeen Euskal Bira was a women's cycling race held in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, Spain. It was held annually from 1988 to 2019, starting out as a two-stage race and building up to five stages in 2007. One of ...

::1st Stages 1 & 2 :1st

Open de Suède Vårgårda Open de Suède Vårgårda was an elite professional List of women's road bicycle races, women's road bicycle event held annually in the Vårgårda Municipality of Sweden. Created in 2006, the Open de Suède Vårgårda was part of the UCI Women's R ...

TTT :

::1st Stages 1, 2 & 5 :

UCI Road World Championships The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and , a UCI Road World Championships ...

::1st

Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ...

(with

Ellen van Dijk Eleonora Maria "Ellen" van Dijk (; born 11 February 1987) is a Dutch professional Road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Besides road cycling she was also a track cycling, tr ...

Charlotte Becker Charlotte Becker (born 19 May 1983 in Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's road race, but finish ...

Amber Neben Amber Leone Neben (born February 18, 1975) is an American racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Continental Team . Neben won the UCI world time trial championship in 2008 and 2016 as well as the U.S. national road race champions ...

, Evelyn Stevens and

Trixi Worrack Beatrix "Trixi" Worrack (born 28 September 1981) is a German former professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2021. The winner of the 2003 German National Road Race Championships, Worrack's ...

) ::6th

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

: 4th Road race,

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

References

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