WIGGINS

WIGGINS
Team information
UCI code WGN
Registered United Kingdom
Founded 2014
Discipline Road & track
Status UCI Continental
Bicycles Pinarello
Key personnel
General manager Robert Dodds
Andrew McQuaid
Bradley Wiggins
Team manager(s) Simon Cope
Team name history
2014– WIGGINS

Jersey

WIGGINS (UCI team code: WGN), also known as Team Wiggins in media, is a professional developmental cycling team based in the United Kingdom, which is set to begin competing in elite road bicycle racing and track cycling in 2015.

Team history

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 will have a reported budget of £460,000 which is comparable to JLT–Condor and Madison-Genesis. According to Cycling Weekly the teams management will comprise; Robert Dodds (President of XIX Entertainment – who also manages Wiggins), Andrew McQuaid (rider agent and director of Trinity Sports Management) and Wiggins himself. The team's first directeur sportif will be former Wiggle-Honda DS - Simon Cope.[3]

For the team's inaugural season the team will begin with eight full-time riders, with Wiggins joining on 1 May 2015, when the UCI permits in-season transfers. Those eight include; Steven Burke (2012 Olympic and World Team pursuit champion), Mark Christian (Graduate of the British Cycling Olympic Academy programme), Jon Dibben, Owain Doull, Daniel Patten (Raced for the Filipino Team 7 Eleven-Road Bike Philippines team as well as Cycletherapy in the USA), Iain Paton (Scottish Cyclo-cross, XC Champion and British Cycling Olympic Mountain Bike Academy programme member), Andy Tennant (Former junior Individual pursuit World Champion) and Michael Thompson (British Cycling Olympic Academy programme member).[3][4]

On 5 January 2015 the team was officially awarded its UCI Continental licence.[5]

In March 2015 Wiggins confirmed that he would make his debut with the team at the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire at the start of May.[6]

Sponsorship

Sky, along with British Cycling will sponsor and support the team.[7] The team's kit will be produced by Rapha.[8] The team will use Pinarello bikes equipped with Zipp, Fizik, Elite and SRAM components. [9]

Team roster

Rider Date of birth
 Steven Burke (GBR) 4 March 1988
 Mark Christian (GBR) 20 November 1990
 Jonathan Dibben (GBR) 12 February 1994
 Owain Doull (GBR) 2 May 1993
 Christopher Lawless (GBR) 19 November 1995
Rider Date of birth
 Iain Paton (GBR) 22 February 1995
 Daniel Patten (GBR) 11 July 1986
 Andrew Tennant (GBR) 3 September 1987
 Michael Thompson (GBR) 8 February 1995
 Bradley Wiggins (GBR) 28 April 1980 (from 1 May 2015)[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sir Bradley and Team Wiggins: How it might work". Cycling Weekly. 13 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Cycling News. "More details emerge on Team Wiggins". Cyclingnews.com.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Team Wiggins: jersey and full details revealed". Cycling Weekly. 15 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Andy Tennant and Mark Christian to ride for Team Wiggins in 2015?". Cycling Weekly. 23 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Team Wiggins granted UCI licence". Cycling Weekly. 5 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Bull, Nick (13 March 2015). "Wiggins gets green light to join new team in May and ride Tour de Yorkshire". cycling Weekly. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Cycling News. "WIGGINS team confirmed for 2015". Cyclingnews.com.
  8. ↑ Tom Ballard/BikeRadar. "Rapha to produce WIGGINS team kit". Cyclingnews.com.
  9. ↑ Daniel Benson. "Exclusive gallery: Bradley Wiggins' new Pinarello race bike". Cyclingnews.com.
  10. ↑ "Wiggins gets green light to join new team in May and ride Tour de Yorkshire". Cycling Weekly. 13 March 2015.