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==Doping==
==Doping==

The team are doping.

The team has a [[zero-tolerance]] approach to [[Doping in cycling|doping]].<ref name="Doping-scrutiny">{{cite web | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/oct/20/doping-team-sky-cyclin | title=Doping expert wants Team Sky's drug stance put under the microscope | publisher=The Guardian | date=20 October 2012 | accessdate=24 July 2013 | author=Owen Gibson}}</ref> All team members (including staff) must sign an agreement that they have no past or present involvement in taking illegal substances. Anyone breaching the agreement at any time must leave the squad.<ref name="DopingPolicy">{{cite web | url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/535197/team-sky-riders-and-staff-must-sign-anti-doping-policy.html | title=Team Sky riders and staff must sign anti-doping policy | work=[[Cycling Weekly]] |publisher=[[IPC Media]]| date=18 October 2012 | accessdate=26 June 2013 | author=Wynn, Nigel}}</ref> Previous team members such as team doctor Geert Leinders,<ref name="Tainted History">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/9825666/Former-Team-Sky-doctor-Geert-Leinders-interrogated-in-Belgian-doping-inquiry.html | title=Former Team Sky doctor Geert Leinders interrogated in Belgian doping inquiry | publisher=The Telegraph | date=25 January 2013 | accessdate=2 May 2013 | author=Magnay, Jacquelin}}</ref> sports director Steven de Jongh and coach Bobby Julich<ref name="StaffDeparted">{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/20228054 | title=Dave Brailsford: Team Sky to take short-term pain for long term-gain | work=[[BBC Sport]]|publisher=[[BBC]] | date=6 November 2012 | accessdate=26 June 2013}}</ref> have all left the team when their involvement in doping prior to working with Sky became known.
The team has a [[zero-tolerance]] approach to [[Doping in cycling|doping]].<ref name="Doping-scrutiny">{{cite web | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/oct/20/doping-team-sky-cyclin | title=Doping expert wants Team Sky's drug stance put under the microscope | publisher=The Guardian | date=20 October 2012 | accessdate=24 July 2013 | author=Owen Gibson}}</ref> All team members (including staff) must sign an agreement that they have no past or present involvement in taking illegal substances. Anyone breaching the agreement at any time must leave the squad.<ref name="DopingPolicy">{{cite web | url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/535197/team-sky-riders-and-staff-must-sign-anti-doping-policy.html | title=Team Sky riders and staff must sign anti-doping policy | work=[[Cycling Weekly]] |publisher=[[IPC Media]]| date=18 October 2012 | accessdate=26 June 2013 | author=Wynn, Nigel}}</ref> Previous team members such as team doctor Geert Leinders,<ref name="Tainted History">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/9825666/Former-Team-Sky-doctor-Geert-Leinders-interrogated-in-Belgian-doping-inquiry.html | title=Former Team Sky doctor Geert Leinders interrogated in Belgian doping inquiry | publisher=The Telegraph | date=25 January 2013 | accessdate=2 May 2013 | author=Magnay, Jacquelin}}</ref> sports director Steven de Jongh and coach Bobby Julich<ref name="StaffDeparted">{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/20228054 | title=Dave Brailsford: Team Sky to take short-term pain for long term-gain | work=[[BBC Sport]]|publisher=[[BBC]] | date=6 November 2012 | accessdate=26 June 2013}}</ref> have all left the team when their involvement in doping prior to working with Sky became known.


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Team Sky
Team information
UCI codeSKY
RegisteredNational Cycling Centre
Manchester
England
Founded2009 (2009) as Sky ProCycling
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI ProTeam
BicyclesPinarello
WebsiteTeam home page
Key personnel
General managerDave Brailsford
Ineos Grenadiers jersey
Ineos Grenadiers jersey
Jersey
Current season

Team Sky (UCI team code: SKY) is a British professional cycling team that competes in the UCI World Tour. The team is based at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester, England, with a logistics base in Belgium and an operational base in Quarrata, Italy.[1] The team is managed by British Cycling's former performance director Dave Brailsford.

Team Sky's aim was "To win the Tour de France within five years" after cutting back their initial expectations from 2010's aim to "create the first British winner of the Tour de France within five years".[2] Sky achieved their initial 2010 goal in 2012 when Bradley Wiggins won the 2012 Tour de France, becoming the first British winner in its history, while fellow Briton Chris Froome finished as the runner up.[3] Froome later went onto win the 2013 Tour de France, thereby achieving Team Sky's aim twice over, within the original time period.

History

Formation

The creation of the team was announced on 26 February 2009, with the major sponsorship provided by BSkyB. The company were searching for a sport in which they could have a positive and wide-ranging impact through sponsorship. British Cycling first began their relationship with BSkyB in 2008 with a £1 million sponsorship in the Sky Track Cycling team following the Summer Olympics in which British cyclists excelled. After a trip to the Manchester Velodrome, home of the National Cycling Centre, in 2008, BSkyB chairman James Murdoch quickly became keen on the sport.[4] BSkyB were lobbied by British Cycling and key figures such as David Brailsford to launch a British road cycling team which would compete in road cycling's major events as well as the three Grand Tours in Italy, France and Spain. BSkyB agreed to finance the team with the aim of a British rider winning the Tour de France within five years.[5]

Team Sky's original intention was to build a 25-man squad with a core of British riders[6] and to nurture the young talent.[7] The first six riders confirmed were Geraint Thomas, Steve Cummings, Chris Froome, Russell Downing, Ian Stannard and Peter Kennaugh, all British riders.[8] The ambition to "ensure competitiveness" through other signings, including a number of foreign riders, was expressed.[1] On 10 September 2009, a further ten riders were confirmed as set to ride for the team. These were Edvald Boasson Hagen, Thomas Löfkvist, Kurt Asle Arvesen, Simon Gerrans, Juan Antonio Flecha, Kjell Carlström, John-Lee Augustyn, Greg Henderson, Lars Petter Nordhaug, and Morris Possoni.[9] Further additions to the squad, including Chris Sutton and Bradley Wiggins from Garmin-Slipstream, Michael Barry, and Ben Swift from You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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2010

Main article: 2010 Team Sky season
Sky at their first race, the 2010 Cancer Council Helpline Classic in Adelaide, Australia.

The team gained a victory in its first race in January 2010, the Cancer Council Helpline Classic in Adelaide, Australia, a one-day race prior to the Tour Down Under, with Greg Henderson and Chris Sutton taking first and second respectively.[13] Team Sky’s first ProTour event was the Tour Down Under in January.[3] The team was awarded a wild-card entry for the Tour de France.[14][15] Team Sky was also invited to compete in all three of the years Grand Tours. In February 2010 the team got its first one day victory when Juan Antonio Flecha won the Belgian semi-classic Omloop Het Nieuwsblad with a solo break.[16][17][18]

On 9 May Bradley Wiggins became the first Sky rider to wear the leaders jersey of a Grand Tour when he won the opening prologue of the Giro d'Italia. That same month Ben Swift became the first rider to win an overall classification winning the Tour de Picardie. In the Team's first Tour de France, Geraint Thomas finished second on the cobblestones of stage three, and wore the white jersey as leader of the young rider classification.[19] The Tour was a disappointment for Sky though, with Thomas Löfkvist in 17th overall being their highest placed rider (Wiggins finished in 24th place). Löfkvist led Team Sky at the Vuelta a España, but the team withdrew after stage seven following the death of soigneur Txema González.[20] In total Team Sky recorded 22 wins in their debut season, with a further 50 podiums.[21]

2011

Main article: 2011 Team Sky season
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Team Sky again began the season in Australia, with Ben Swift winning two stages of the Tour Down Under, and finishing third overall.[22] Juan Antonio Flecha and Jeremy Hunt finished fourth and sixth respectively in the Tour of Qatar in February, while Edvald Boasson Hagen finished first in the points classification and second overall in the Tour of Oman later that month.[23] In the Classics season, Bradley Wiggins finished third overall in Paris–Nice[24] and Geraint Thomas finished second overall at the Dwars door Vlaanderen.[25] The team enjoyed a successful Tour of California, with Ben Swift winning stage two[26] and Greg Henderson taking victory in stage three.[27] At the Giro d'Italia, Thomas Lofkvist was the highest placed Sky rider, finishing 21st overall. The closest the team came to a stage victory was Davide Appollonio's second place on stage 12.[28] Geraint Thomas secured Sky's first overall victory of the season, by winning the five-day Bayern-Rundfahrt race at the end of May.[29] Edvald Boasson Hagen and Bradley Wiggins also won stages in the event, with Boasson Hagen claiming the points jersey. In June, Wiggins won the Critérium du Dauphiné, Sky's biggest victory to date.[30]

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At the Tour de France Sky finished third on stage two, the team time-trial. Edvald Boasson Hagen secured the team's first ever Tour stage win on stage six. On stage seven, just over 40 km (24.9 mi) from the finish, a crash brought down team leader Bradley Wiggins breaking his collarbone and ending his tour.[31] This prompted a change of approach from Sky, with their riders targeting stage wins. On stage nine, Juan Antonio Flecha was hit by a French media car, which resulted in Flecha colliding with You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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After the Tour de France, Boaason-Hagen's good form continued, as he won the Vattenfall Cyclassics and took a clean sweep of jerseys at the Eneco Tour. In the third and final Grand Tour of the 2011 season, the Vuelta a España, Sky riders Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins finished second and third respectively in the general classification.[35] Chris Sutton won stage two, while Froome won stage 17 of the event.[36] On 11 October, it was announced that world champion Mark Cavendish would be joining the team for the 2012 season, bringing an end to months of speculation.[37] He was joined by his You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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2012

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Bradley Wiggins crosses the finish line on the Champs-Élysées with Michael Rogers to win the 2012 Tour de France

In January, Team Sky confirmed their squad for the 2012 season which included eight new signings, Mark Cavendish, Bernhard Eisel, Sergio Henao, Danny Pate, Richie Porte, Salvatore Puccio, Luke Rowe and Kanstantsin Sivtsov.[39]

At the Tour Down Under in January, Edvald Boasson Hagen won the sprint classification.[40] In February Sky claimed the team classification at the Volta ao Algarve, with Richie Porte winning the overall and Edvald Boasson Hagen the points classification.[41] Bradley Wiggins won the overall classifications in the Paris–Nice in March[42] and the Tour de Romandie in April.[43]

Sky dominated the Tour de France general classification with Bradley Wiggins first and Chris Froome second overall,[44] and Mark Cavendish winning three stages including the sprint on the final stage on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.[45] On 9 September, the team achieved their 100th victory with Lars Petter Nordhaug's win in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal. The team also topped the UCI World Tour teams classification, with a total score of 1767 points.[46]

In preparation for the 2013 season, the signings of Vasil Kiryienka and David López García from You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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2013

Main article: 2013 Team Sky season

The 2013 season began with the Tour Down Under, where Geraint Thomas won stage two.[61] In February Chris Froome won the overall classification, points classification and a stage in the Tour of Oman.[62] In March Richie Porte won the Paris-Nice, including two of the last three stages in the race, the queen stage and the concluding time trial.[63] The team then picked up a 1–2 at the Critérium International with Froome securing victory with a win on the final stage and Porte finishing runner up with a victory in the stage 2 time trial, also securing the points competition.[64] In April, Froome followed up with overall wins at the Tour de Romandie [65] and Critérium du Dauphiné in June.[66] Edvald Boasson Hagen retained his 2012 Tour of Norway winning the points classification and stage 4 of the race in the process.[67]

In July Froome went on to win the 100th and 2013 edition of the Tour de France; claiming dominant stage victories on the stage 8 final climb of Ax 3 Domaines, stage 15 to the summit of Mont Ventoux and the stage 17 individual time trial. Froome was narrowly beaten to the King of the Mountains prize by You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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2014

Main article: 2014 Team Sky season

On 4 June 2013 it was announced that Australian Nathan Earle of the Continental team, You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Sponsorship

The team support car at the 2012 Tour de France, with a change of livery due to rider Bradley Wiggins wearing the yellow jersey.

According to the results of a study commissioned by Cyclingnews.com and performed by Repucom, the team gave more media value to their sponsors and partners than any other cycling team. The team delivered approximately $550m in advertising value, the highest amount achieved by any professional team.[74]

BSkyB provided £30 million in sponsorship for the team and will back the team as name sponsor until the end of 2013.[1] The team also receives further sponsorship from 21st Century Fox (previously News Corporation) and Sky Italia. Pinarello supplies bicycle frames and forks.[75][76][77] On 5 January 2010, Adidas were announced as the teams official apparel and accessories partner.[78] Gatorade, Marks & Spencer, Oakley, IG Markets are additional sponsors and Jaguar are providers of the team cars.

In the 2011 Tour de France the team jerseys were changed to black and green, to help raise awareness and support for Sky Rainforest Rescue, a three-year partnership between Sky and WWF to help save a billion trees in the state of Acre, Brazil.[79]

Since 2013, the clothing manufacturer Rapha has supplied the team with their kit.[80]

On 25 June 2013, the team announced that the logo of 21st Century Fox (the direct successor to News Corporation following the spin-off of its publishing business), will appear on the team's kit and team vehicles.[74]

On 27 August 2013 the team announced that they had a signed a new three-year deal with Pinarello to supply bikes to the team until the end of the 2016 season.[81]

Media

A five part documentary series following the team's 2012 season, Team Sky and British Cycling: The Road to Glory, premiered on Sky Atlantic on 30 August 2012.[82] Another documentary Bradley Wiggins: A Year in Yellow, following Wiggins' exploits in the 2012 season was first shown on the same channel in November 2012.[83] The team have also produced two books chronicling the 2012 Tour de France and 2013 season- 21 Days to Glory[84] and The Pain and the Glory.

Doping

The team are doping.

The team has a zero-tolerance approach to doping.[85] All team members (including staff) must sign an agreement that they have no past or present involvement in taking illegal substances. Anyone breaching the agreement at any time must leave the squad.[86] Previous team members such as team doctor Geert Leinders,[87] sports director Steven de Jongh and coach Bobby Julich[88] have all left the team when their involvement in doping prior to working with Sky became known.

This approach has been criticised by David Howman of WADA, who has argued that fear of losing their job will discourage people with a history of doping from confessing.[89]

Although there have been speculations that Team Sky's tactics and success imply use of banned substances, Brailsford has strenuously denied any team use of illegal substances, citing his team's success in the Olympics as proof that you don't need to dope to dominate.[90]

In September 2013, Jonathan Tiernan-Locke was asked by the UCI to explain a potential discrepancy in his biological passport data.[91] In December 2013, British Cycling confirmed it had been instructed to begin disciplinary proceedings against Tiernan-Locke by the UCI.[92] Sky have claimed the blood values in question were taken in 2012, when Tiernan-Locke was a member of the You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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In March 2014, Sergio Henao was removed from race schedules for at least eight weeks pending the conclusion of an "altitude research programme", following tests that were taken over the winter whilst Henao was training at altitude in Colombia.[93]

Team roster

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Team management

As of 14 April 2014.[94]
Position Name
General manager Dave Brailsford
Head of Performance Support Tim Kerrison
Team psychiatrist Steve Peters
Performance manager Rod Ellingworth
Performance advisor Shane Sutton
Operations manager Carsten Jeppesen
Head of Business Operations Fran Millar
Directeur sportif Servais Knaven
Directeur sportif Nicolas Portal
Directeur sportif Dan Frost
Directeur sportif Dario Cioni
Directeur sportif Gabriel Rasch
Race coach Kurt Asle Arvesen
Race coach Shaun Stephens
Team Doctor Alan Farrell
Team Doctor Richard Freeman
Team Doctor Phil Riley
Team Doctor Richard Usher

National Champions

2010
UK Road Race — Geraint Thomas
UK Time Trial — Bradley Wiggins
Norway Time Trial — Edvald Boasson Hagen
2011
UK Road Race — Bradley Wiggins
UK Time Trial — Alex Dowsett
Finland Road Race — Kjell Carlström
Norway Time Trial — Edvald Boasson Hagen
2012
Norway Road Race — Edvald Boasson Hagen
UK Road Race — Ian Stannard
UK Time Trial — Alex Dowsett
2013
Norway Time Trial — Edvald Boasson Hagen
Belarus Time Trial — Kanstantsin Sivtsov

Major results

Main article: List of Team Sky wins

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