Ceratizit Pro Cycling

Team information
UCI code	WNT (2014–2024) CTC (2025–)
Registered	United Kingdom (2014–2018) Germany (2019–)
Founded	2014 (2014)
Discipline(s)	Road Track
Status	UK National (2014–2016) UCI Women's Team (2017–2019) UCI Women's Continental Team (2020–2023) UCI Women's WorldTeam (2024–present)
Bicycles	Orbea
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Claude Sun
Team manager(s)	Dirk Baldinger Carmen Small
Team name history
2014–2016 2017 2018–2019 2020–2024 2025–	Team WNT Team WNT Pro Cycling WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling Ceratizit Pro Cycling

Ceratizit Pro Cycling (UCI code: CTC) is a professionalwomen'scycling team, based inKempten, Germany, which competes in eliteroad bicycle racing events such as theUCI Women's World Tour.

The team was founded in 2014 as an amateur club team in Sheffield / UK competing in regional and national races with the occasional UCI level race. After three years the team was transformed from an amateur team into a professional UCI team, and is invited to compete in major races all over Europe. The team itself no longer consists purely of British riders. Since 2019 the team includes women of seven different countries (Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, France and Canada) giving it an even greater international flavour. 2019 saw a big expansion and inclusion of high-level riders into the team roster such as Kirsten Wild, Lisa Brennauer and Ane Santesteban. Due this expansion the team made the step-up into the top 10 of the UCI-ranking, with a ranking of 7th place. In 2020 the team signed Maria Giulia Confalonieri of Italy and Julie Leth of Denmark, both double European Champions.

Ahead of the 2017 season, WNT made another leap in the team's progression by applying for a UCI Women's team licence, with formerScottish Cycling head coachGraeme Herd as their directeur sportif.^[1][2] Expanding its roster outside the UK and Ireland, gaining AustrianAnna Badegruber and LuxembourgerElise Maes from Austrian teamVitalogic Astrokalb Radunion Nö as it stepped away from its UCI Women licence in 2017.^[3][4][5]

The team won its first professional race in its first outing as a UCI team in March 2017, on stage 4 of Setmana Ciclista Valenciana when Irish ChampionLydia Boylan soloed to victory. The team's second UCI victory came at the Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour on stage 3, whenHayley Simmonds attacked in the closing kilometres, taking a solo victory of over a minute, and consequently moved into the yellow jersey. Simmonds finished 3rd place on general classification behind Lisa Brennauer.

At the end of 2017, the team's service course moved from the UK toReutte, Austria, the hometown of WNT's parent company,Ceratizit, although the team's address registered with theUnion Cycliste Internationale was still located in Sheffield.^[6][7]

2018 saw a further internationalisation of the roster, with the additions of GermanLea Lin Teutenberg and DutchwomanAafke Soet.^[8][9] Spanish bicycle component manufacturer, Rotor signed onto Team WNT as a second naming sponsor, setting the team to be the first to race full-time on hydraulic shifting and braking groupset.^[10] WNT-Rotor took on a greater Spanish influence with its switch from long time frame partnerSpecialized toOrbea. The team also joined as one of five UCI women's teams to transition todisc brakes in 2018, moving from its already new hydraulic Rotor rim brake groupset to debut the disc brake version atDwars door Vlaanderen.^[11]

Shortly after the team completedSetmana Ciclista Valenciana, it was announced that Graeme Herd would leave the team immediately, withDirk Baldinger taking up Herd's role as DS.^[12] FormerCervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling rider, CanadianGabrielle Pilote-Fortin was a late signing for 2018 at the end of March.^[13]

Half the team's then ten rider roster were selected to compete on the road and track at the2018 Commonwealth Games; for Northern Ireland,Lydia Boylan, for Wales,Hayley Jones, for Scotland,Eileen Roe, and for EnglandMelissa Lowther andHayley Simmonds. While Melissa Lowther had been selected for both the time trial and road race, but due to an administrative error by Team England, Lowther was barred from starting the individual time trial.^[14] Hayley Simmonds earned a bronze medal in the Commonwealth Games individual time trial, behind recent ITT world championship medallistKatrin Garfoot and former time trial world championLinda Villumsen.^[15]

Aafke Soet earned WNT Rotor's first win of the 2018 season at the start of April by winning the last stage of theHealthy Ageing Tour in solo breakaway, the victory was also her first-ever elite-level win.^[16] Soet would back up that road race win at her next race appearance, with the fastest time in the time trial event atOmloop van Borsele.

The Season 2019 started very successfully for the WNT-ROTOR Pro Cycling Team. After wins at the Six Days in Bremen (Germany) on the track the new team member Clara Koppenburg won stage 3 of the Seltmana Ciclista Valenciana and took over the General Classification jersey. The team defended this jersey on stage 4 and also won the team classification. One-week later Kirsten Wild and Lisa Brennauer won in total 5 medals at the Track World Championships in Pruszków, Poland; Wild won gold in the Madison and omnium, Silver in the scratch race and Bronze in the points race, while Brennauer won a silver medal in the individual pursuit and a new German record).

The team won its firstUCI Women's World Tour race at Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne with Kirsten Wild who won the bunch sprint after a big lead out from Lisa Brennauer. Three days later, Kirsten Wild won Gent–Wevelgem, becoming the first rider to win the Belgian spring classic twice.

In total the team amassed 15 victories in road racing during the 2019 season with four different riders. Kathrin Hammes won the overall classification of the Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour after being in the breakaway on stage 1. The team helped defended the yellow, where Kathrin was able to win her home tour by 11 seconds.

On 28 November 2019, the team announced that the CERATIZIT Group, who are the parent company of WNT would be joining as title sponsor of the team.

As of 15 March 2025.^[17]

Rider Date of birth  Sandra Alonso (ESP) (1998-08-19)19 August 1998 (age 26)  Franziska Brauße (GER) (1998-11-20)20 November 1998 (age 26)  Kristýna Burlová (CZE) (2002-03-25)25 March 2002 (age 23)  Mylène de Zoete (NED) (1999-01-03)3 January 1999 (age 26)  Lana Eberle (GER) (2003-11-28)28 November 2003 (age 21)  Sara Fiorin (ITA) (2003-09-24)24 September 2003 (age 21)  Fariba Hashimi (AFG) (2003-04-22)22 April 2003 (age 22)

Rider Date of birth  Daniek Hengeveld (NED) (2002-11-17)17 November 2002 (age 22)  Marta Jaskulska (POL) (2000-03-25)25 March 2000 (age 25)  Célia Le Mouel (FRA) (2000-07-20)20 July 2000 (age 24)  Dilyxine Miermont (FRA) (2000-05-16)16 May 2000 (age 24)  Sarah Van Dam (CAN) (2001-12-04)4 December 2001 (age 23)  Petra Zsankó (HUN) (2001-02-18)18 February 2001 (age 24)  Elena Hartmann (SUI) (1990-12-12)12 December 1990 (age 34)

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