Team Wiggins Le Col
| Team information | ||
|---|---|---|
| UCI code | WGN | |
| Registered | United Kingdom | |
| Founded | 2014 | |
| Discipline(s) | Road & track | |
| Status | UCI Continental | |
| Bicycles | Pinarello | |
| Website | Team home page | |
| Key personnel | ||
| General manager | Robert Dodds Andrew McQuaid Bradley Wiggins | |
| Team manager(s) | Simon Cope | |
| Team name history | ||
2014– | WIGGINS | |
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WIGGINS (UCI team code: WGN), also known as Team Wiggins in media, is a professional developmental cycling team based in the United Kingdom, which began competing in elite road bicycle racing and track cycling in 2015.
Team history
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The team was founded by Bradley Wiggins, after much speculation in the latter part of the 2014 road season, in order to better facilitate his return to the track as part of his preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games.[1][2]
The team has a reported budget of £460,000 which is comparable to JLT–Condor and Madison-Genesis. According to Cycling Weekly the team's management comprises Robert Dodds (president of XIX Entertainment, and Wiggins's manager), Andrew McQuaid (rider agent and director of Trinity Sports Management) and Wiggins himself. The team appointed former You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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For the team's inaugural season the team began with eight full-time riders, with Wiggins joining on 1 May 2015. Those eight were Steven Burke, Mark Christian, Jonathan Dibben, Owain Doull, Daniel Patten, Iain Paton, Andy Tennant and Michael Thompson.[3][4] These eight riders are supplemented by riders from the British Academy on a race to race basis. On 5 January 2015 the team was officially awarded its UCI Continental licence.[5]
In March 2015, Bradley Wiggins confirmed that he would make his debut with the team at the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire at the start of May.[6] In 2016, he entered the Tour De Yorkshire with his team and dropped out in the first stage.[7] WIGGINS was not invited to the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire.[8] In 2018 following the collapse of Team Aqua Blue Sport, Team Wiggins participated at short notice in the 2018 Tour of Britain.[9]. Tom Pidcock was the team's highest placed rider in the race at 17th in the General Classification.
Sponsorship
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Sky, along with British Cycling, will sponsor and support the team.[10] The team's kit was initially produced by Rapha.[11] but as of 2018 the team switched to use Le Col as their clothing supplier. The team use Pinarello bikes equipped with Zipp, Fizik, Elite and SRAM components.[12]
Team roster
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Major wins
- 2015
- Wiltshire GP, Andy Tennant
- Stage 2 Flèche du Sud, Andy Tennant
- Stage 3 & 4 Flèche du Sud, Owain Doull
- Round 6 - Barrow Tour Series, Christopher Lawless
Points classification Tour of Britain, Owain Doull- 2016
- Stage 3a (ITT) Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux, Jonathan Dibben
- Stage 4 Ronde de l'Isard, Scott Davies
- Stage 5 Olympia's Tour, Christopher Latham
- 2017
- Klondike Grand Prix, Christopher Latham
- 2018
- Stages 1 & 6 Volta ao Alentejo, Gabriel Cullaigh
- Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic, Gabriel Cullaigh
- Stage 2 Giro Ciclistico della Valle d'Aosta Mont Blanc, Mark Donovan
National, continental and world champions
- 2015
British U23 Road Race, Owain Doull- British Track (Individual pursuit), Andy Tennant
UEC European Track (Team pursuit) Bradley Wiggins- 2016
World Track (Points race), Jonathan Dibben- World Track (Madison), Bradley Wiggins
- British U23 Time Trial, Scott Davies
Olympic Games (Team pursuit), Steven Burke, Owain Doull & Bradley Wiggins- Olympic Games (Team Sprint), Philip Hindes
- 2017
- British U23 Time Trial, Scott Davies
- 2018
Irish U23 Time Trial, Michael O'Loughlin
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References
- ^ "Sir Bradley and Team Wiggins: How it might work". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "More details emerge on Team Wiggins". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ a b Bull, Nick (15 December 2014). "Team Wiggins: jersey and full details revealed". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Andy Tennant and Mark Christian to ride for Team Wiggins in 2015?". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Bull, Nick (5 January 2015). "Team Wiggins granted UCI licence". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Bull, Nick (13 March 2015). "Wiggins gets green light to join new team in May and ride Tour de Yorkshire". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ "Tour de Yorkshire: Sir Bradley Wiggins quits as Groenewegen wins stage one". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Team Wiggins 'surprised' by Tour de Yorkshire omission". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Tour of Britain 2018: Team Wiggins added after Aqua Blue Sport withdraw". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "WIGGINS team confirmed for 2015". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Ballard, Tom (18 February 2015). "Rapha to produce WIGGINS team kit". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Benson, Daniel (27 April 2015). "Exclusive gallery: Bradley Wiggins' new Pinarello race bike". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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