
Beatrix "Trixi" Worrack (born 28 September 1981) is a German former professional
road racing cyclist
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,
who rode professionally between 2000 and 2021. The winner of the 2003
German National Road Race Championships
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, Worrack's career highlights included winning the 2005
Primavera Rosa (the women's
Milan–San Remo
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), capturing the overall title at the 2004
Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin and competing in the women's road race at five
Summer Olympic Games between
2004
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Events January
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and
2020
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.
Prior to announcing her retirement in 2021, Worrack took a total of 47 wins during her career, including the general classification at the
Tour of California
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, and the
Tour of Qatar
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, stages of the
Giro d'Italia Femminile
The is an annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race. It was rebranded from 2013-2020 as the Giro Rosa, having been branded the Giro Donne until 2012 and again in 2021. It has been considered the most prestigious stage race in women's ro ...
and the
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 ...
, and she also placed second in the
inaugural Tour of Flanders for Women in 2004.
In addition she was part of five
women's team time trial world championship winning squads.
She spent the earlier part of her career as a team leader before shifting towards a role as a
domestique and
road captain in later years.
Career
Born in
Cottbus
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, Worrack took up the sport as a teenager, and after a couple of years with her first club competed at the
1998 UCI Road World Championships
The 1998 UCI Road World Championships took place in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands, between 4 and 11 October 1998. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, junior men and junior women.
Competitors
A ...
in
Valkenburg aan de Geul
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History
Sieges and conquests ha ...
, where she won the gold in the junior time trial.
In 2006, Worrack was selected as the German women's cyclist of the year.
In November 2015 she was announced as part of the team's inaugural squad for the 2016 season. In the 2016 edition of the
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio, she suffered a ruptured kidney in a crash,
leading to the kidney being removed.
[ However she was able to return to competition and won the ]German National Time Trial Championships
The German National Time Trial Championships have been held since 1994.
Men
U23
Women
See also
*German National Road Race Championships
* National road cycling championships
References
{{National Road Race Championships
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in June. She went on to compete for Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she finished 43rd in the women's road race.
Worrack competed in her final professional race in October 2021 at The Women's Tour, having initially planned to leave the women's peloton after the inaugural running of the Paris–Roubaix Femmes
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a few days earlier. She had to postpone her final race by a few days due to injuries sustained by several of her team-mates.
Major results
Source:
;1998
: 1st
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* Uganda Cancer ...
;1999
: UCI Junior Road World Championships UCI most commonly refers to:
* University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States
* Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling
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* Uganda Cancer ...
::2nd
Road race
::3rd
Time trial
;2000
: 9th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
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;2001
: 1st
Overall Vuelta a Mallorca de Feminas
: 1st Stage 7 Women's Challenge
: 1st Stage 4 Tour de Suisse Féminin
: 3rd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
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: 3rd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
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: 5th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt ( en, Tour of Old Town Nuremberg) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held each September in the old town
In a city or town, the old town is its historic or original core. Alth ...
;2002
: 2nd Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Road Championships
: 2nd Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
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Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including ro ...
: 5th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
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::1st Stage 2
;2003
: 1st
Road race
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* Road racing in motorsport
* Road running on foot
* Road bicycle racing
* ''Road Race'', initial name of 1976 arcade game ''Fonz'' (video game)
* Roadracers (1994 film)
* Roadracers (1959 fi ...
, National Road Championships
: 2nd Overall Holland Ladies Tour
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: 5th Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
::1st Young rider classification
: 7th Overall Gracia–Orlová
: 10th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
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;2004
: 1st
Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
::1st Young rider classification
::1st Stages 3 & 8b
: 1st Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska (Tour de Feminin – Krásná Lípa) is a women's staged cycle race
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including ro ...
: 1st
Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
The Giro Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini is annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race held in Italy since 1995.
During the 2013 race, 63 of the 112 riders refused to compete in the fourth and final stage of the race ...
: 2nd Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Road Championships
: 2nd Overall Holland Ladies Tour
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::1st Stage 4
: 2nd Tour of Flanders for Women
: 4th Road race
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* Road racing in motorsport
* Road running on foot
* Road bicycle racing
* ''Road Race'', initial name of 1976 arcade game ''Fonz'' (video game)
* Roadracers (1994 film)
* Roadracers (1959 fi ...
, UCI Road World Championships
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Events
...
: 7th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
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: 8th Overall Gracia–Orlová
::1st Stage 1
;2005
: 1st Primavera Rosa
: 2nd Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Road Championships
: 2nd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
::1st Stage 9
: 2nd Overall Emakumeen Bira
::1st Stages 3b & 4
: 9th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
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: 10th Road race
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* Road racing in motorsport
* Road running on foot
* Road bicycle racing
* ''Road Race'', initial name of 1976 arcade game ''Fonz'' (video game)
* Roadracers (1994 film)
* Roadracers (1959 fi ...
, UCI Road World Championships
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Events
...
;2006
: UCI Road World Championships
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Events
...
::2nd
Road race
Road racing, road race of road racer may refer to:
* Road racing in motorsport
* Road running on foot
* Road bicycle racing
* ''Road Race'', initial name of 1976 arcade game ''Fonz'' (video game)
* Roadracers (1994 film)
* Roadracers (1959 fi ...
::9th Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
: 2nd Overall Novilon Damesronde van Drenthe
: 2nd Overall Tour du Grand Montréal
: 2nd Overall 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 ...
: 3rd Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand
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: 3rd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
: 3rd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
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: 3rd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
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: 4th Open de Suède Vårgårda
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: 5th Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal
: 7th Sparkassen Giro
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: 8th Grand Prix de Dottignies
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Past winners
References
Cycle races in Belgium
Women's roa ...
: 9th Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
: 10th Tour de Berne
: 10th Lowland International Rotterdam Tour
;2007
: 2nd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
::1st Stage 8b
: 2nd Overall Tour du Grand Montréal
: 4th Overall 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 ...
: 4th Tour of Flanders for Women
: 6th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
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Erfurt is the capital and larg ...
::1st Stage 5b
: 8th Australia World Cup
: 8th Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal
: 9th Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo
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;2008
: 2nd Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska (Tour de Feminin – Krásná Lípa) is a women's staged cycle race
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including ro ...
: 2nd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
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Erfurt is the capital and larg ...
::1st Stage 6
: 2nd Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
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During the 2013 race, 63 of the 112 riders refused to compete in the fourth and final stage of the race ...
: 3rd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
: 4th Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira
: 5th Road race
Road racing, road race of road racer may refer to:
* Road racing in motorsport
* Road running on foot
* Road bicycle racing
* ''Road Race'', initial name of 1976 arcade game ''Fonz'' (video game)
* Roadracers (1994 film)
* Roadracers (1959 fi ...
, UCI Road World Championships
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Events
...
: 5th Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand
The Women's Tour of New Zealand is a stage race
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: 6th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
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::1st Stage 2 ( ITT)
: 8th Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
: 10th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
;2009
: 1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Road Championships
: 1st Overall Gracia–Orlová
: 1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia Femminile
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: 2nd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
::1st Stage 6
: 2nd Overall Tour du Grand Montréal
: 2nd Grand Prix de Dottignies
The Grand Prix de Dottignies is an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in Belgium and is currently rated by the UCI as a 1.2 race.
Past winners
References
Cycle races in Belgium
Women's roa ...
: 2nd Novilon Eurocup Ronde van Drenthe
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: 3rd Tour de Berne
: 3rd Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal
: 4th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
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Erfurt is the capital and larg ...
: 4th Liberty Classic
: 6th Overall 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 ...
: 7th Open de Suède Vårgårda
Open de Suède Vårgårda is an elite professional women's road bicycle event held annually in the Vårgårda Municipality of Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names state ...
: 10th Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
: 10th Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo
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;2010
: 1st Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska (Tour de Feminin – Krásná Lípa) is a women's staged cycle race
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including ro ...
::1st Points classification
::1st Stages 1, 2, 3 ( ITT), 4 & 5
: 3rd Road race
Road racing, road race of road racer may refer to:
* Road racing in motorsport
* Road running on foot
* Road bicycle racing
* ''Road Race'', initial name of 1976 arcade game ''Fonz'' (video game)
* Roadracers (1994 film)
* Roadracers (1959 fi ...
, National Road Championships
: 5th Liberty Classic
: 6th Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
: 6th Overall