Teutenberg to direct new Trek Factory Racing women's team in 2019
Ina Teutenberg will direct the newly announced Trek Factory Racing women's team as it makes its debut during the 2019 season, the team announced on its website on Wednesday. The former German sprinter has signed on with the team as their head directeur sportif and will work with the riders at races on a full-time basis.
Trek-Segafredo confirmed that it is launching a new UCI women's team that will race on the Women's WorldTour at a press conference in Aix-les-Bains, during the first rest day at the Tour de France. The team also confirmed that they have signed former world champion Lizzie Deignan.
Deignan is currently taking time off as she is pregnant with her first baby, but will return to racing next year. She was in attendance to speak with the press at the presentation.
Teutenberg, a two-time Olympian, retired from professional bike racing in 2013 after winning over 200 races during her 12-year professional cycling career. She competed for teams Specialized-lululemon, HTC-Highroad, T-Mobile and Saturn Pro Cycling.
She won 21 stages of Tour de l'Aude, six stage wins in Route de France, 11 stage wins of Giro d'Italia Femminile, four Liberty Classic Philadelphia titles and a win in the women's edition of the Tour of Flanders.
"With women's professional cycling in a continuous fight for equality and respect, having a rider of Teutenberg's stature return in a head director's position is precisely what's needed," the team's statement read.
— Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (@yokoteute) August 1, 2018
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