Team Raleigh-GAC

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Team Raleigh
Team information
UCI code RAL
Based United Kingdom
Founded 2010 (2010)
Discipline Road
Status UCI Continental
Bicycles Raleigh
Website Team home page
Key personnel
General manager Cherie Pridham
Directeur sportif Eddie White
Team name history
2010–2011
2012–2013
2013-		 Team Raleigh
Team Raleigh-GAC
Team Raleigh

Jersey

Team Raleigh (UCI Team Code: RAL) are a British UCI Continental cycling team.[1][2]

Profile

Founded in 2010 Team Raleigh's primary sponsor is the Raleigh who supply the team's bicycles. The team is also sponsored by a roster of additional sponsors [3] including GAC, The Nottingham and the Desira Group. The team rides senior professional events in the United Kingdom and Europe, other than the Grand Tours and UCI ProTour races. For the 2011 season they expanded the team to 12 riders [4] and in 2013 they expanded again to 14 riders.[5] In December 2013 it was announced that Bernard Hinault would work with the team in a "patron" role for the 2014 season.[6]

Major results

2012
1st Stage 6 Vuelta Mexico, Daniel Holloway[7]
Tour Series sprints jersey winner, Bernie Sulzberger[8]
Tour Series Round 6 (Peterborough) Team win
Tour Series Round 9 stage win, Graham Briggs (Colchester)
Tour Series Round 10 stage win, Bernie Sulzberger (Stoke On Trent)
2013
1st Prologue Tour de Normandie, Tom Scully
1st Stage 3 Tour de Normandie, Alexandre Blain
1st Overall Tour of the Reservoir, Evan Oliphant
1st Stage 2 Evan Oliphant
Pearl Izumi Tour Series
Round 1 (Kirkcaldy), Team win
Round 2 (Durham), Team win

2013 team

As of 15 January 2013.[9]

Rider Date of birth
 Eric Berthou (FRA) (1980-01-23) 23 January 1980
 Alexandre Blain (FRA) (1981-03-07) 7 March 1981
 Graham Briggs (GBR) (1983-07-14) 14 July 1983
 Rob Britton (CAN) (1984-09-22) 22 September 1984
 Mark Christian (GBR) (1990-11-20) 20 November 1990
 Russell Hampton (GBR) (1988-02-23) 23 February 1988
 Matthew Holmes (GBR) (1993-12-08) 8 December 1993
Rider Date of birth
 Richard Lang (AUS) (1989-02-23) 23 February 1989
 Thomas Moses (GBR) (1992-05-03) 3 May 1992
 Lachlan Norris (AUS) (1987-01-21) 21 January 1987
 Mark O'Brien (AUS) (1987-09-16) 16 September 1987
 Evan Oliphant (GBR) (1982-01-08) 8 January 1982
 Tom Scully (NZL) (1990-01-14) 14 January 1990
 Sam Witmitz (AUS) (1985-03-17) 17 March 1985

References

  1. ↑ UCI
  2. ↑ Team Raleigh Team Profile
  3. ↑ Our Sponsors
  4. ↑ Team Raleigh expands for 2011
  5. ↑ Team Raleigh 2013 launched with the help of some special guests
  6. ↑ Henrys, Colin (6 December 2013). "Tour de France legend Bernard Hinault becomes Team Raleigh patron". Roadcycling UK. Retrieved 11 December 2013. 
  7. ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vuelta-mexico-2012/stage-6/results
  8. ↑ http://teamraleigh.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/sulzberger-wins-final-tour-series-round-in-stoke-on-trent/
  9. ↑ "Team Raleigh-GAC (RAL) – GBR". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 15 January 2013. 

External links

Official website

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