2013 Specialized–lululemon season

Three riders joined the team in 2013, American cyclists Carmen Small and Tayler Wiles, and the Canadian Gillian Carleton.

Charlotte Becker, Emilia Fahlin, Chloe Hosking, Clara Hughes and Amber Neben left the team in the post-Olympic year.

In early January, Trixi Worrack won the German national cyclo-cross championships.

[7] In the second World Cup race the Trofeo Alfredo Binda, she finished again on the podium, this time in third place.

Vos, Emma Johansson and Elisa Longo Borghine escaped on the Karemont, but Van Dijk was able to close the gap.

She did not recover as fast as she hoped and decided in June not to start anymore the season because she was not able to train in a proper way.

[10][11][12] Evelyn Stevens was not able to defend her title at the Flèche Wallonne due to a fall at the Classica Citta di Padova.

[14] Ellen van Dijk won begin April, the general classification of the Energiewacht Tour.

[15] On 20 May, Carmen Small won Chrono Gatineau, and five days later the American time trial championship.

[19][20] In July, in the Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Carmen Small won the sprint of the second stage.

[21] In the fourth stage, an individual time trial, Ellen van Dijk finished second behind Shara Gillow.

[23] The second grand tour started at 3 August: La Route de France.

Specialized–lululemon did not start in this race, but two riders were part of the American national team, Evelyn Stevens and Ally Stacher.

Stevens attacked in a difficult ascent, Linda Villumsen, former rider of the team between 2007 and 2010, chased her down and extended her lead.

In the Open de Suède Vårgårda road race, there was a front group of 10 riders with Evelyn Stevens and Ellen van Dijk.

The composition of the team was: Trixi Worrack, Ellen van Dijk, Evelyn Stevens, Carmen Small, Katie Colclough and Lisa Brennauer.

[36][37] In the road race, Stevens was the only member of the team who was in the front group with the main favourites and finished fifth.

[38] Carmen Small At the 2013 UCI Women's Road World Cup, Ellen van Dijk finished 3rd in the final classification and Evelyn Stevens 10th.