WIGGINS

WIGGINS
Team information
UCI code WGN
Registered United Kingdom
Founded 2014 (2014)
Discipline 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

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 began competing in elite road bicycle racing and track cycling in 2015.

Team history

The WIGGINS team at the 2015 Grand Prix Pino Cerami

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 Wiggle–Honda DS Simon Cope as its first directeur sportif .[3]

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

Sponsorship

One of Team WIGGINS' Jaguar XF support cars

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]

Major results

2015
1st Wiltshire GP, Andy Tennant
1st Stage 2 Flèche du Sud, Andy Tennant
1st Stage 3 & 4, Flèche du Sud, Owain Doull
1st Round 6 - Barrow, Tour Series, Christopher Lawless[10]
1st Points classification, Tour of Britain, Owain Doull

National champions

2015
1st Under-23 British National Road Race Championships, Owain Doull
1st Individual pursuit, British National Track Championships, Andy Tennant

2016 squad

Rider Date of birth
 Steven Burke (GBR) (1988-03-04) 4 March 1988
 Mark Christian (GBR) (1990-11-20) 20 November 1990
 Scott Davies (GBR) (1995-08-05) 5 August 1995
 Ashley Dennis (GBR) (1995-02-04) 4 February 1995
 Jonathan Dibben (GBR) (1994-02-12) 12 February 1994
 Owain Doull (GBR) (1993-05-02) 2 May 1993
 Luc Hall (GBR) (1995-03-26) 26 March 1995
 Sam Harrison (GBR) (1992-06-24) 24 June 1992
 Philip Hindes (GBR) (1992-09-22) 22 September 1992
 Liam Holohan (GBR) (1988-02-22) 22 February 1988
Rider Date of birth
 Jake Kelly (GBR) (1995-01-17) 17 January 1995
 James Knox (GBR) (1995-11-04) 4 November 1995
 Christopher Latham (GBR) (1994-02-06) 6 February 1994
 Samuel Lowe (GBR) (1994-01-20) 20 January 1994
 Michael O'Loughlin (IRL) (1997-02-14) 14 February 1997
 Daniel Patten (GBR) (1986-07-11) 11 July 1986
 Daniel Pearson (GBR) (1994-02-26) 26 February 1994
 Andrew Tennant (GBR) (1987-09-03) 3 September 1987
 Michael Thompson (GBR) (1995-02-08) 8 February 1995
 Bradley Wiggins (GBR) (1980-04-28) 28 April 1980

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sir Bradley and Team Wiggins: How it might work". Cycling Weekly (Time Inc. UK). 13 November 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "More details emerge on Team Wiggins". Cyclingnews.com (Immediate Media Company). 18 December 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 Bull, Nick (15 December 2014). "Team Wiggins: jersey and full details revealed". Cycling Weekly (Time Inc. UK). Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Andy Tennant and Mark Christian to ride for Team Wiggins in 2015?". Cycling Weekly (Time Inc. UK). 23 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Bull, Nick (5 January 2015). "Team Wiggins granted UCI licence". Cycling Weekly (Time Inc. UK). Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "WIGGINS team confirmed for 2015". Cyclingnews.com (Immediate Media Company). 16 February 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. ↑ Ballard, Tom (18 February 2015). "Rapha to produce WIGGINS team kit". Cyclingnews.com (Immediate Media Company). Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. ↑ Benson, Daniel (27 April 2015). "Exclusive gallery: Bradley Wiggins' new Pinarello race bike". Cyclingnews.com (Immediate Media Company). Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  10. ↑ Wynn, Nigel; Jones, Andy (30 May 2015). "Chris Lawless wins for Team Wiggins in Tour Series (photos)". Cycling Weekly (Time Inc. UK). Retrieved 4 June 2015.

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