UCI code | BPK |
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Registered | Italy |
Founded | 2012 |
Discipline | Road |
Status | UCI Women's Team |
Bicycles | Kemo |
Website | Team home page |
General manager | Walter Zini |
2012–2013 2014 2015 2016 2017– |
BePink Astana BePink Women Team BePink–La Classica Bepink Bepink–Cogeas |
Bepink–Cogeas (UCI team code: BPK) is a professional women's cycling team based in Italy, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's Road World Cup.
In November, it was announced that Astana would be moving sponsorship and resources away from the team, creating a new Kazakhstan based Women's team, Astana-Acca Due O. As a result, BePink stated it would partner with Italian apparel brand, La Classica. For 2015 the team will race under the name BePink-La Classica.
On June 1, Ksenyia Tuhai joined the team. On August 1, 2014, Alison Tetrick joined the team along with Aliya Kargaliyeva as a stagiaire. On November 7, Ksenia Tuhai, Michela Maltese, Ana Covrig and Silvia Valsecchi. On November 8 the team signed Ilaria Sanguineti. On November 13 the team signed Ilaira Bonomi, Georgia Fraiegari, Tereza Medvedová, Jaime Nielsen, with Georgia Williams signing a contract extension. On November 14 the team signed Ruby Livingstone. On 18 November the team signed Simona Bortolotti and Anastasia Chulkova. On December 11, 2015 it was announced that Canadian cyclist Lex Albrecht signed with the team for the 2016 season.