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Team Wiggins Le Col
Team information
UCI codeWGN
RegisteredUnited Kingdom
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DisciplineTemplate:Pluralize from textRoad & track
StatusUCI Continental
BicyclesPinarello
WebsiteTeam home page
Key personnel
General managerRobert Dodds
Andrew McQuaid
Bradley Wiggins
Team managerTemplate:Pluralize from textSimon Cope
Team name history
2014–2018
2019
WIGGINS
Team Wiggins Le Col
Team Wiggins Le Col jersey
Team Wiggins Le Col jersey
Jersey

Team Wiggins Le Col (UCI team code: WGN), also known as Team Wiggins in media, was a professional developmental cycling team based in the United Kingdom, which began competing in elite road bicycle racing and track cycling in 2015. The team folded at the end of the 2019 season after completing the Tour of Britain.[1]

Team history

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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.[2][3]

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 .[4]

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.[4][5] 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.[6]

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.[7] In 2016, he entered the Tour De Yorkshire with his team and dropped out in the first stage.[8] WIGGINS was not invited to the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire.[9] In 2018 following the collapse of Team Aqua Blue Sport, Team Wiggins participated at short notice in the 2018 Tour of Britain.[10] Tom Pidcock was the team's highest placed rider in the race at 17th in the General Classification.

In November 2018 the team filed paperwork with Companies House which indicated that XIX Entertainment no longer held a 40 per cent stake in the team, and that this share had been transferred to Wiggins' firm, Wiggins Right Limited.[11]

In August 2019, Wiggins announced that the team would be closing down at the end of the year.[12]

Sponsorship

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One of Team WIGGINS' Jaguar XF support cars

Sky was the team's original sponsor.[13] The team's kit was initially produced by Rapha.[14] but as of 2018 the team switched to use Le Col as their clothing supplier. In December 2018 Wiggins announced that Le Col would step up to becoming the team's co-title sponsor for 2019, with the team being known as Team Wiggins Le Col.[15] The team used Pinarello bikes equipped with Zipp, Fizik, Elite and SRAM components.[16]

Final roster

As of 30 September 2019.[17]
Rider Date of birth
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lawrence Carpenter (GBR) (1993-08-02)2 August 1993 (aged 26)
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Christian (GBR) (1990-11-20)20 November 1990 (aged 28)
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gabriel Cullaigh (GBR) (1996-04-08)8 April 1996 (aged 23)
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Donovan (GBR) (1999-04-03)3 April 1999 (aged 20)
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg James Fouché (NZL) (1998-03-28)28 March 1998 (aged 21)
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ben Healy (IRL) (2000-09-11)11 September 2000 (aged 19)
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samuel Jenner (AUS) (1997-04-02)2 April 1997 (aged 22)
File:Flag of France.svg Corentin Navarro (FRA) (1997-11-29)29 November 1997 (aged 21)
Rider Date of birth
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Michael O'Loughlin (IRL) (1997-02-14)14 February 1997 (aged 22)
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Pidcock (GBR) (1999-07-30)30 July 1999 (aged 20)
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Callum Riley (GBR) (1994-09-22)22 September 1994 (aged 25)
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Robinson (GBR) (1999-03-30)30 March 1999 (aged 20)
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jacques Sauvagnargues (GBR) (1999-09-24)24 September 1999 (aged 20)
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Scott (GBR) (1998-07-24)24 July 1998 (aged 21)
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Daniel Tullett (GBR) (1999-07-03)3 July 1999 (aged 20)

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Major wins

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2015
Wiltshire GP, Andy Tennant
Stage 2 Flèche du Sud, Andy Tennant
Stages 3 & 4 Flèche du Sud, Owain Doull
Round 6 – Barrow Tour Series, Christopher Lawless
File:Jersey blue.svg 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
Volta ao Alentejo
Stages 1 & 6, Gabriel Cullaigh
File:Jersey white.svgYouth Classification, Mark Downey
Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic, Gabriel Cullaigh
Stage 2 Giro della Valle d'Aosta, Mark Donovan
File:Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification Le Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux, James Fouché
2019
Tour of Antalya
File:Jersey polkadot.svg Mountain classification, James Fouché
Intermediate sprints classification, James Fouché
Volta ao Alentejo
Stage 3, Gabriel Cullaigh
File:Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification, James Fouché
Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
File:Jersey green.svg Points classification, Thomas Pidcock
Stage 2b, Thomas Pidcock
Paris–Roubaix Espoirs, Thomas Pidcock
File:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour Alsace, Thomas Pidcock
File:Jersey blue.svg Young rider classification, Thomas Pidcock
Stage 2, Thomas Pidcock

National, continental and world champions

2015
File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG British U23 Road Race, Owain Doull
File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG British Track (Individual pursuit), Andy Tennant
File:UEC Champion Jersey.svg UEC European Track (Team pursuit) Bradley Wiggins
2016
File:Jersey rainbow.svg World Track (Points race), Jonathan Dibben
File:Jersey rainbow.svg World Track (Madison), Bradley Wiggins
File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG British U23 Time Trial, Scott Davies
File:Gold medal olympic.svg Olympic Games (Team pursuit), Steven Burke, Owain Doull & Bradley Wiggins
File:Gold medal olympic.svg Olympic Games (Team Sprint), Philip Hindes
2017
File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG British U23 Time Trial, Scott Davies
2018
File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG British U23 Road Race, Robert Scott
File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG New Zealand U23 Road Race, James Fouché
File:MaillotIrlanda.PNG Irish U23 Time Trial, Michael O'Loughlin
2019
File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG New Zealand Road Race, James Fouché
File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG New Zealand U23 Road Race, James Fouché
File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG New Zealand U23 Time Trial, James Fouché
File:MaillotIrlanda.PNG Irish U23 Time Trial, Michael O'Loughlin

See also

References

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  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Andy Tennant and Mark Christian to ride for Team Wiggins in 2015?". Cycling Weekly. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bull, Nick (5 January 2015). "Team Wiggins granted UCI licence". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tour de Yorkshire: Sir Bradley Wiggins quits as Groenewegen wins stage one". BBC Sport. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
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  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tour of Britain 2018: Team Wiggins added after Aqua Blue Sport withdraw". BBC Sport. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pitt, Vern (30 November 2018). "Bradley Wiggins takes full control of Team Wiggins". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ballard, Tom (18 February 2015). "Rapha to produce WIGGINS team kit". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ballinger, Alex (5 December 2018). "Team Wiggins unveils new co-title sponsor for 2019". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Benson, Daniel (27 April 2015). "Exclusive gallery: Bradley Wiggins' new Pinarello race bike". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Team Wiggins Le Col (CT)»2019". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

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