Team Picnic–PostNL (women's team)

Team Picnic PostNL

Team information
UCI code	SKI (2012) ARW (2013) GIW (2014) TLP (2015–2016) SUN (2017–2020) DSM (2021–2023) DFP (2024) TPP (2025-)
Registered	Netherlands
Founded	2011 (2011)
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Women's Team (2012–2019) UCI Women's WorldTeam (2020–present)
Bicycles	Koga (2011) Felt (2012–2013) Giant (2014–2018) Cervélo (2019–2020) Scott (2021–2024) Lapierre Bikes (2025–)
Team name history
2011 2012 2012 2013 2014 2014 2015–2016 2017–2020 2021–2023 2023 2024 2025–	Skil–Argos Skil Koga Skil 1t4i Team Skil–Argos Team Argos–Shimano Team Giant–Shimano Team Liv–Plantur Team Sunweb Team DSM Team dsm–firmenich Team dsm–firmenich PostNL Team Picnic PostNL

Team Picnic PostNL is a professional cycling team based in the Netherlands, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour. The team is managed by Iwan Spekenbrink. The title sponsors of the team are online supermarket Picnic and the Dutch mail, parcel and e-commerce company PostNL.

The team's first overall General classification victory came in the Ladies Tour of Qatar, where Kirsten Wild won the overall classification, points classification and three stages. Wild went on to win the women's edition of Gent–Wevelgem, four stages of the Energiewacht Tour.

2014 proved to be the team's standout seasons since its creation; Kirsten Wild successfully defended her Tour of Qatar title, taking 3 stage wins in the process, as well as teammate Amy Pieters taking a stage and the young rider classification. Pieters continued her good form winning the women's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. The team's next GC victory came courtesy of Wild, at the Tour of Chongming Island. Claudia Häusler secured the team's final overall victory of the 2014 season, winning the 2014 La Route de France.

On 24 September 2014 the team announced that they had secured a four-year sponsorship deal with a German hair care company. For the 2015 season the team was known as Team Liv–Plantur, with the men's team becoming Team Giant-Alpecin.^[1]

On September 1st 2014 it was announced that Kirsten Wild would leave the team for Team Hitec Products.^[2] Sabrina Stultiens was the only rider who joined the team for the 2015 season.^[3]

The team won the 2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial.

In 2024, Team dsm-firmenich PostNL became the first team in the history of cycling that won the opening stage of both the Tour de France and the Tour de France Femmes. After Romain Bardet won the opening stage of the men's Tour, Charlotte Kool won the opening stage of the Tour de France Femmes.

As of 25 January 2025.^[4]

Rider Date of birth  Silje Bader (NED) (2005-09-24) 24 September 2005  Francesca Barale (ITA) (2003-04-29) 29 April 2003  Rachele Barbieri (ITA) (1997-02-21) 21 February 1997  Marta Cavalli (ITA) (1998-03-18) 18 March 1998  Eleonora Ciabocco (ITA) (2004-03-04) 4 March 2004  Pfeiffer Georgi (GBR) (2000-09-27) 27 September 2000  Ella Heremans (BEL) (2006-03-28) 28 March 2006  Megan Jastrab (USA) (2002-01-29) 29 January 2002  Franziska Koch (GER) (2000-07-13) 13 July 2000

Rider Date of birth  Charlotte Kool (NED) (1999-05-06) 6 May 1999  Juliana Londoño (COL) (2005-01-14) 14 January 2005  Josie Nelson (GBR) (2002-04-08) 8 April 2002  Esmée Peperkamp (NED) (1997-07-23) 23 July 1997  Mara Roldan (CAN) (2004-04-07) 7 April 2004  Abi Smith (GBR) (2002-04-01) 1 April 2002  Becky Storrie (GBR) (1998-09-27) 27 September 1998  Elise Uijen (NED) (2003-06-23) 23 June 2003  Nienke Vinke (NED) (2004-06-22) 22 June 2004

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