Linda Villumsen

Linda Melanie Villumsen Serup (born 9 April 1985) is a Danish-born road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's Team. Villumsen became a New Zealand citizen in 2009 and has ridden under a Kiwi licence from 2010.

Career
Born in Herning, Villumsen won the European under 23 time trial championship in 2006 and 2007.

She was Danish national champion in both road racing and time trialing in 2006, 2008 and 2009. In 2006, Cycling World named her their Cyclist of the Year.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing she finished 5th in the women's road race and 13th in the time trial.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London she finished 18th in the road race and fourth in the time trial, missing out on a medal by less than two seconds.

Villumsen won the Route de France Féminine in 2006 and 2013.

From 2008 to 2015 she placed 10th, 3rd, 3rd, 2nd, 3rd, 2nd, 9th and 1st in world championships time trials.

From 2012 to 2014 she placed 7th, 6th and 8th in world championships road races.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games she won the gold medal in the road time trial and placed 5th in the road race.

In September 2014 the team announced that they had signed Villumsen for the 2015 season after two seasons with.

In September 2015 Villumsen won the individual time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Richmond, Virginia. Afterwards, her trade team,, almost dropped her for riding her team issue New Zealand frame instead of her normal Wilier Cento Time Trial bike. The NZ team's bike, with its altered geometry, meant she could get much lower.

Villumsen is the only New Zealand senior cyclist to win an individual medal at the UCI Road World Championships.

Major results

 * 2005
 * 1st Alblasserdam
 * Danish National Road Championships
 * 2nd Road race
 * 3rd Time trial
 * 2nd Overall Damesronde van Drenthe
 * 2nd New Zealand World Cup


 * 2006
 * 1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
 * Danish National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Time trial
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Road race
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall La Route de France
 * 1st Omloop der Kempen
 * 1st Mountains classification Damesronde van Drenthe
 * 2nd Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
 * 1st Stage 1 (ITT)
 * 2nd L'Heure d'Or Féminine
 * 3rd Individual pursuit, Danish National Track Championships
 * 9th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification


 * 2007
 * 1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
 * 1st Stage 6 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
 * 3rd Overall Holland Ladies Tour
 * 5th Overall Emakumeen Bira
 * 10th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile


 * 2008
 * Danish National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Time trial
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Road race
 * 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
 * 2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
 * 5th Road race, Olympic Games
 * 8th Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira
 * 9th Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
 * 10th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships


 * 2009
 * Danish National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Time trial
 * 1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Road race
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 1st Trofeo Costa Etrusca – GP Comuni Santa Luce – Castellina Marittima
 * 2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
 * 3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
 * 3rd Overall Ster Zeeuwsche Eilanden
 * 1st Stage 1 (ITT)
 * 7th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
 * 8th Overall Gracia–Orlová
 * 8th Tour de Berne
 * 10th Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
 * 1st Prologue


 * 2010
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Time trial, Commonwealth Games
 * New Zealand National Road Championships
 * 2nd Road race
 * 3rd Time trial
 * 2nd Chrono Gatineau
 * 2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
 * 3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
 * 5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau
 * 6th Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand


 * 2011
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
 * 2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
 * 4th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
 * 9th GP Ciudad de Valladolid


 * 2012
 * 1st Jersey pink.svg Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
 * 1st Stage 2b (ITT)
 * 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Emakumeen Euskal Bira
 * UCI Road World Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team time trial
 * 3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Time trial
 * 7th Road race
 * 2nd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
 * 3rd La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
 * 3rd GP Stad Roeselare
 * 4th Time trial, Olympic Games
 * 5th Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
 * 7th Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand
 * 1st Stage 5
 * 8th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
 * 10th Open de Suède Vårgårda


 * 2013
 * 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Time trial, New Zealand National Road Championships
 * 1st Jersey orange.svg Overall La Route de France
 * 1st Stage 7
 * UCI Road World Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Time trial
 * 6th Road race
 * 5th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
 * 1st Jersey blue.svg Active rider classification
 * 8th Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
 * 1st Jersey red.svg Mountains classification
 * 1st Jersey blue.svg Combination classification
 * 1st Prologue


 * 2014
 * Commonwealth Games
 * 1st Gold medal blank.svg Time trial
 * 5th Road race
 * 1st Jersey pink.svg Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
 * 1st Stage 2 (ITT)
 * New Zealand National Road Championships
 * 2nd Time trial
 * 2nd Road race
 * 8th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
 * UCI Road World Championships
 * 8th Road race
 * 9th Time trial


 * 2015
 * 1st Jersey rainbow chrono.svg Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
 * New Zealand National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Road race
 * 2nd Time trial
 * 5th Overall Tour of the Gila
 * 7th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race


 * 2016
 * 1st Le Race
 * 2nd Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
 * 1st Prologue
 * 5th Overall Tour of the Gila
 * 6th Time trial, Olympic Games


 * 2017
 * 5th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
 * 6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships


 * 2018
 * 2nd Time trial, Commonwealth Games
 * 10th Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour