Amber Neben

Amber Neben
Neben during the 2016 Giro d'Italia Femminile
Personal information
Full nameAmber Leone Neben
Born (1975-02-18) February 18, 1975 (age 49)
Irvine, California, United States
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight48 kg (106 lb) (2008)[1]
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder[2]
Amateur teams
2001Autotrader.com
2010Webcor Builders
2014FCS
2015Visit Dallas Cycling
Professional teams
2002Cannondale–USA
2003–2004Team T-Mobile
2005–2008Buitenpoort–Flexpoint[2]
2009Nürnberger[3][4]
2011–2012HTC–Highroad Women
2013Pasta Zara–Cogeas
2015–2016BePink–La Classica
2017Team VéloCONCEPT
2019–2021Cogeas–Mettler–Look[5][6]
Major wins
Stage races
Tour de l'Aude (2005, 2006)
Route de France Féminine (2007)
Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche (2008)

One day races

UCI World Time Trial Championships (2008, 2016)
Pan American Time Trial Championships (2006, 2012)
National Road Race Championships (2003, 2017)
National Time Trial Championships (2012, 2017, 2018)
Chrono des Nations (2011)
GP Stad Roeselare (2011)
Medal record
Representing  United States
Women's Road bicycle racing
UCI Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Varese Time trial
Gold medal – first place 2016 Doha Time trial
Representing Team Specialized–lululemon
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Valkenburg Team time trial

Amber Leone Neben (born February 18, 1975)[2] is an American racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Continental Team Cogeas–Mettler–Look.[7] Neben won the UCI world time trial championship in 2008 and 2016 as well as the U.S. national road race championship in 2003[8] and 2017.

  1. ^ a b "Amber Neben". Yahoo!. Retrieved August 11, 2008.
  2. ^ a b c "Amber Neben Team Profile". Team Flexpoint. Archived from the original on August 8, 2008. Retrieved August 8, 2008.
  3. ^ "Amber Neben – Team". AmberNeben.com. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
  4. ^ Dreier, Fred (March 26, 2009). "Amber Neben, Ben Day win the prologue at Redlands". VeloNews. Archived from the original on March 29, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
  5. ^ "Organico di 15 atlete per la Cogeas-Mettler con Olga Zabelinskaya e Amber Neben" [Roster of 15 athletes for Cogeas-Mettler with Olga Zabelinskaya and Amber Neben]. Cicloweb.it (in Italian). Cicloweb. January 2, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  6. ^ "Our Team". Cogeas–Mettler–Look. Cogeas. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  7. ^ "Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  8. ^ "www.cyclingnews.com - the world centre of cycling". autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved June 19, 2023.