2013 Team Argos–Shimano season

For the men's season, see 2013 Argos–Shimano season.

The 2013 women's road cycling season was the third for Team Argos–Shimano, which began as Team Skil-Argos in 2010.

2013 Team Argos–Shimano
UCI Team ranking	8th
Manager	Iwan Spekenbrink
Season victories
One-day races
Stage race overall
Best ranked rider	Kirsten Wild (8th)
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Roster

See also: List of 2013 UCI Women's Teams and riders

Ages as of 1 January 2013.^[1]

Rider Date of birth  Charlotte Becker[N 1] (GER) (1983-05-19)19 May 1983 (aged 29)  Lucy Garner (GBR) (1994-09-20)20 September 1994 (aged 18)  Elke Gebhardt (GER) (1983-07-22)22 July 1983 (aged 29)  Marlen Jörend[N 2] (GER) (1986-02-01)1 February 1986 (aged 26)  Janneke Kanis (NED) (1985-02-15)15 February 1985 (aged 27)  Willeke Knol (NED) (1991-10-04)4 October 1991 (aged 21)

Rider Date of birth  Kelly Markus (NED) (1993-07-02)2 July 1993 (aged 19)  Amy Pieters (NED) (1991-06-01)1 June 1991 (aged 21)  Esra Tromp (NED) (1990-10-15)15 October 1990 (aged 22)  Kirsten Wild (NED) (1982-10-15)15 October 1982 (aged 30)  Floortje Mackaij[N 3] (NED) (1995-10-18)18 October 1995 (aged 17)

1. Becker left the team on 25 May.^[2]
2. Jörend left the team on 29 May.^[2]
3. Mackaij joined the team on 1 August as a stagiaire.^[3]

Season victories

Results in major races

See also: 2013 in women's road cycling

Single day races

Results at the 2013 World Cup races^[4]

Date	#	Race	Best rider	Place
9 March	1	Ronde van Drenthe	Kirsten Wild	5th
24 March	2	Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio	Willeke Knol	55th
31 March	3	Tour of Flanders	Kirsten Wild	10th
17 April	4	La Flèche Wallonne Féminine	Amy Pieters	64
12 May	5	Tour of Chongming Island	Amy Pieters	3rd
16 August	6	Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT	Team Argos-Shimano	11th
18 August	7	Open de Suède Vårgårda	Amy Pieters	3rd
31 August	8	GP de Plouay	-	-
Final individual classification			Amy Pieters	7th
Final team classification			Team Argos-Shimano	6th

Other major single day races

Date	Race	Best rider	Place
22 September	UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial	Team Argos-Shimano	7th
24 September	UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial[M 1]	-	-
28 September	UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race[M 2]	Elke Gebhardt Lucy Garner Amy Pieters Kirsten Wild	DNF

1. Riders are part of the national team^[5]
2. Riders are part of the national team^[6]

Grand Tours

Results of the team in the grand tours

Grand tour	Giro d'Italia Femminile
Rider (classification)	DNS[7]
Victories	0 stage wins

UCI World Ranking

Main article: 2013 UCI Women's Road World Rankings

The team finished eight in the UCI ranking for teams.^[4]

Individual world ranking^[4]

Rank	Rider	Points
8	Kirsten Wild	370
31	Amy Pieters	174
66	Lucy Garner	75
90	Elke Gebhardt	54
183	Janneke Kanis	15
406	Esra Tromp	3