Madison Genesis
Team information | ||
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UCI code | MGT | |
Registered | United Kingdom | |
Founded | 2013 | |
Discipline | Road | |
Status | UCI continental | |
Bicycles | Genesis, Ridley (TT) | |
Components | Shimano | |
Website | Team home page | |
Key personnel | ||
Team manager(s) | Mike Northey, Roger Hammond - consultant | |
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Madison Genesis is a British-based professional road cycling team, registered at UCI Continental level and competing in domestic and European events.
Founded in 2013, the team was announced in July 2012[1] as a platform for developing UK road cycling talent. Then-team manager Roger Hammond stated[2] that the team’s success would be judged on how many riders progress on to the next level of professional continental or world tour racing.
Since, Alex Peters – one of Hammond’s first signings – joined world tour Team Sky for 2016,[3] while Scott Davies rides for the British Cycling Senior Olympic Academy.[4]
Tom Scully progressed from Madison Genesis in 2014-15, to professional continental team Drapac in 2016 and will ride for world tour Cannondale-Drapac in 2017.
In November 2015, the team announced a partnership with Mark Cavendish. In 2016 and through the CVNDSH Scholarship programme, Cavendish would provide advice and support to help Madison Genesis riders progress to World Tour level.[5]
History
Formation
Brainchild of Madison CEO Dominic Langan, Madison Genesis was born in early 2012. Langan enlisted the advice of consultant Anthony McCrossan to help set up the team. Roger Hammond was chosen as team manager when McCrossan and Madison marketing director Kellie Parsons met. They exchanged folded pieces of paper – both containing the name of their preferred choice for the role – both reading Hammond.[6]
Team progression
Hammond was hired and ten riders were signed to compete in the 2013 season. In year one the team would finish second at the Tour Series, with wins for Ian Bibby at the London Nocturne and Dean Downing at the Beaumont Trophy. Ahead of 2014, Hammond expressed how changes in personnel would improve the squad.
“What we have tried to do is introduce more riders, add more versatility in the team with more strength in-depth so that we can rotate the core of the team within the rotation of the team. So now we can have two rotations; the core of the team and the whole of the team. Hopefully, with that we can then balance motivation, form and racing at the right time".[7]
Another second place at the Tour Series in 2014 was supplemented with a stage win at the An Post Ras for Liam Holohan, while Alex Peters won the under-23 general classification at the same race.
In 2015 Madison Genesis enjoyed its strongest season, which culminated in winning the Pearl Izumi Tour Series – along with Erick Rowsell taking eighth in the Tour de Yorkshire. Hammond’s analysis revealed a team on the up.
"If we look at the goals we really went for – the Tour de Normandie, Tour de Yorkshire and Tour Series – then we can be really pleased. To be just three seconds off the overall win in Normandie was a really good start for us. "We then managed to be pretty competitive at the Tour de Yorkshire, and to get a top ten on GC in its first year was a really impressive result for us. "Even with bad luck in the final week of the Tour Series we’ve managed to hold on. We could have done without the bad luck but I’m really pleased to have won.”[8]
Madison Genesis finished 2015 with a flurry, wearing the King of the Mountains jersey for three stages of the Tour of Britain, which produced a memorable battle until the final climb, where Hammond sent the entire squad to the front of the peloton, to chase the breakaway and try to regain the jersey.[9]
In 2016, it was announced that Hammond would become a sports director at World Tour team Dimension Data - but would continue to act as a consultant to Madison Genesis. Mark Cavendish's CVNDSH Scholarship would support Madison Genesis riders with training and tactical advice.[5]
Ex-team rider Mike Northey would transition to become Madison Genesis team manager in May 2016,[10] after being forced to retire following the diagnosis of a heart virus earlier that year.[11]
On the road, the team remained at the forefront of the British domestic scene, with Tom Stewart recording wins at the Lincoln GP, Velothon Wales and GP of Wales. Gruff Lewis wore the Best British Rider jersey at the Tour de Yorkshire, Tobyn Horton scored a top-ten position at RideLondon, while Erick Rowsell survived in the breakaway to finish third on stage five of the Tour of Britain.
In 2017 the team signed four new riders - Alex Paton, Johnny McEvoy, Rich Handley and Connor Swift - with Tristan Robins, Felix English and Tom Stewart departing. The team's first race of the season is the Tour de Normandie.
Bikes
In 2013 and 2014 Madison Genesis exclusively rode steel Genesis Volare bikes.[12]
The team also had the choice of using the new carbon Genesis Zero frames for the 2014 Tour of Britain,[13] with an updated version of the Zero launched for the team at the 2015 Tour of Britain.[14]
Riders choose between carbon and steel bikes “dependant on the race and terrain faced.”[15]
Major results
- 1st Tour Series round 10, individual - Connor Swift
- 1st Tour Series round six, individual - Connor Swift
- 5th Tour de Yorkshire overall, Matt Holmes
- 2016
- 15th Tour of Britain, Erick Rowsell
- 3rd Tour of Britain stage 5, Erick Rowsell
- 8th RideLondon, Tobyn Horton
- 1st GP of Wales, Tom Stewart
- 1st Tour Series round 10, individual - Alex Blain
- 1st Tour Series round 9, team competition
- 1st Velothon Wales, Tom Stewart
- 1st Lincoln GP, Tom Stewart
- 1st Tour Series round 3, team competition
- 11th Tour de Yorkshire, Tom Stewart
- 3rd Cycle Wiltshire GP, Matt Holmes
- 2nd Cicle Classic, Gruffudd Lewis
- 1st Tour of the Reservoir - stage two, Erick Rowsell
- 2nd Manx International GP, Erick Rowsell
- 1st Totes-Vire General Classification, Matt Holmes
- 2015
- Tour of Britain - stages 2, 3, 4 King of the Mountains, Tom Stewart
- 1st Sheffield GP, Tom Scully
- 1st Overall Tour Series, Madison Genesis
- 3rd Wiltshire GP, Mike Northey
- 8th Tour de Yorkshire Overall, Erick Rowsell
- 1st Tour of the Reservoir, Erick Rowsell
- 3rd Tour de Normandie Overall, Tom Scully
- 3rd Tour de Normandie stage 5, Tom Scully
- 2nd Tour de Normandie prologue, Tom Scully
- 2014
- 1st UCI Track World Cup – Guadalajara (Madison), Tom Scully
- 1st Overall Tour of the Reservoir, Alex Peters[16]
- 1st Stage 1, Alex Peters
- 1st Stage 7 Rás Tailteann, Liam Holohan
- 2nd Overall, Rás Tailteann, Alex Peters
- 1st London Nocturne, Tobyn Horton
- 1st Tour Series – Canary Wharf, Tobyn Horton
- 1st Fenioux Track Championships (Omnium), Tom Scully
- 1st Beverley Criterium, Michael Northey
- 2013
- 1st Totnes-Vire Stage two, Alex Peters
- 1st Les Ingman Memorial Trophy, Alex Peters
- 1st London Nocturne, Ian Bibby
- 1st Beaumont Trophy, Dean Downing
- 1st Elite Circuit Series – Sheffield GP, Dean Downing
- 1st UCI Track World Cup – Manchester (Team Pursuit), Andrew Tennant
Continental and national championships
- 2013
- European Track Championships (team pursuit), Andrew Tennant
- 2014
- British U23 National Time Trial Championships, Scott Davies
- Irish National Criterium Championships, Peter Hawkins
- European Track Championships (team pursuit), Andrew Tennant
- European Track Championships (individual pursuit), Andrew Tennant
Team roster
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Previous squads
2016
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2015
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2014
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2013
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References
- ↑ "Roger Hammond to manage new Madison Genesis team - Cycling Weekly". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- ↑ "Madison-Genesis: First year ambitions - Cycling Weekly". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- ↑ "Young Brits join Team Sky for 2016". Team Sky. 29 July 2015.
- ↑ "British Cycling confirms Great Britain Cycling Team squad for 2014/15". British Cycling. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- 1 2 "Mark Cavendish to coach young Madison-Genesis riders - Cycling Weekly". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- ↑ "Tobias Mews | Madison Genesis, Cycling Plus, May ’13". www.tobiasmews.com. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- ↑ "Feature Interview: Roger Hammond of Madison Genesis". velouk.net. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- ↑ "Interview: Roger Hammond on Madison-Genesis' Tour Series success". Road Cycling UK. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- ↑ "Tom Stewart denied King of the Mountains despite heroic team effort | News | Madison Genesis". www.madisongenesis.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- ↑ "Madison Genesis Team". madisongenesis.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
- ↑ "Madison Genesis Team". madisongenesis.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
- ↑ "Madison Genesis - 2015 Volare Team Bike | News | Madison Genesis". www.madisongenesis.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- ↑ "Genesis Unveils Carbon Road Bike for Tour of Britain | News | Madison Genesis". www.madisongenesis.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- ↑ "Genesis launches new Zero frame at Tour of Britain | News | Madison Genesis". www.madisongenesis.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- ↑ "Genesis Launches 'Zero' and Enters Carbon Fibre Bike Market | Genesis Blog | Genesis Bikes". www.genesisbikes.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- ↑ "Alex Peters and Nicola Juniper win Tour of the Reservoir". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media. 13 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.