Also Ellen van Dijk, the top ranked UCI and best rider of the 2013 season left the team, together with Gillian Carleton and Katie Colclough.
[1] The second important rider who left is Ellen van Dijk who was top ranked in the 2013 UCI World Ranking and 2013 UCI World Cup and was important for the many team time trial victories.
Van Dijk signed a contract for three years with the Dutch Boels–Dolmans Cycling Team.
[2] Katie Colclough announced her retirement at the age of only 23[1] and Gillian Carleton left the team after to recover from a depression.
[3] The new riders were the French Élise Delzenne, the Dutch Chantal Blaak, the Canadian Karol-Ann Canuel and the Australian Tiffany Cromwell.