Team Halfords Bikehut was formed in January 2008 with Dave Brailsford

Dave Brailsford

David John Brailsford CBE is a Welsh cycling coach and is currently British Cycling's performance director, and the general manager of Team Sky.-Early life:...

, performance director of British Cycling

British Cycling

British Cycling is the national governing body for cycle racing in Great Britain. It administers most competitive cycling in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man...

, the general manager. It had been a pro/national team mooted as the first full British professional women's team but there were men such as Rob Hayles

Rob Hayles

Robert John Hayles is a track and road racing cyclist, riding for Great Britain and England on the track and his professional team Endura Racing on the road. Hayles rides the team pursuit and madison events....

 in the group. The team disbanded ahead of the 2010 season, with a number of riders moving to the Scottish-based Endura Racing

Endura Racing

Endura Racing are a British UCI Continental cycling team.-Profile:Endura Racing is owned by Endura, a Scottish based cycling clothing company....

 team.

The team was headed by Nicole Cooke

Nicole Cooke

Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE is a Welsh professional road bicycle racer for the Mario Cipollini - Giordana Team team, and is the current Olympic road race champion.-Early life:...

 in 2008:

• Catherine Hare,
• Emma Trott
  Emma Trott
  Emma Trott is an English racing cyclist riding for the GB women's professional team, Moving Ladies. Trott hails from Welwyn Garden City.-Palmarès:200420062007...
  
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• Jess Allen,
• Jo Rowsell,
• Katie Colclough
  Katie Colclough
  Katie Amanda Colclough is an English road and track cyclist from Frieston near Grantham, Lincolnshire, and a member of British Cycling's Olympic Development Squad. In 2008-2009 Katie has been riding with Team Halfords Bikehut....
  
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• Katie Curtis
  Katie Curtis
  Catherine Rachel "Katie" Curtis is a Welsh road and track cyclist and a member of the Vision1 Racing squad.Curtis began competing at a young age with the Maindy Flyers children's cycle club before joining Cardiff Ajax...
  
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• Lizzie Armistead,
• Nicole Cooke
  Nicole Cooke
  Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE is a Welsh professional road bicycle racer for the Mario Cipollini - Giordana Team team, and is the current Olympic road race champion.-Early life:...
  
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• Rob Hayles
  Rob Hayles
  Robert John Hayles is a track and road racing cyclist, riding for Great Britain and England on the track and his professional team Endura Racing on the road. Hayles rides the team pursuit and madison events....
  
  ,
• Sharon Laws
  Sharon Laws
  Sharon Laws is a British professional cyclist, riding for . She is an environmental advisor for the mining company, Rio Tinto, in Australia. She was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and has lived in Uganda, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the UK....
  
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• Tom Southam
  Tom Southam
  Tom Southam is an English competitive cyclist from Penzance, Cornwall who rides for Rapha Condor. He has represented Great Britain in five World Championships and ridden in several UCI ProTour events....
  
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• Wendy Houvenaghel
  Wendy Houvenaghel
  Wendy Louise Houvenaghel is a British racing cyclist from Upperlands, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, riding on both the road and track, but specialising in the latter...
  
  .

A male team for 2009 was a mix of mountain bikers and road racers.

The 2009 squad was

• Rob Hayles
  Rob Hayles
  Robert John Hayles is a track and road racing cyclist, riding for Great Britain and England on the track and his professional team Endura Racing on the road. Hayles rides the team pursuit and madison events....
  
  ,
• Ed Clancy
  Ed Clancy
  Edward Clancy MBE is an English professional track and road bicycle racer who rides for the team. On the track his specialist discipline is the pursuit. He won the first stage of the 2005 Tour of Berlin. He also won 2007 team pursuit world championship...
  
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• Ian Wilkinson
  Ian Wilkinson (cyclist)
  Ian Wilkinson is an elite racing cyclist from Barnoldswick in Lancashire who rides for Endura Racing. A prolific rider, he competes at the top level in cross country and marathon mountain bike racing, cyclo-cross, circuit and road racing. He is a multiple national champion, winning championships...
  
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• Andy Tennant
  Andy Tennant (cyclist)
  Andrew "Andy" Tennant is an English professional track and road racing cyclist who rides for the team.-Biography:Born in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK, Tennant began to make his mark on the cycling world as a junior rider. In 2005 he was selected for British Cycling's Olympic Development...
  
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• Mark McNally,
• Rob Partridge
  Rob Partridge
  Rob Partridge is a Welsh professional cyclist from Wrexham, Wales. He represented Wales in the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Inspired after watching the Tour de France on television, he joined the Wrexham Roads Club at an early age...
  
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• Seb Batchelor,
• David Fletcher
  David Fletcher (cyclist)
  David Fletcher is a British cross-country mountain biker and cyclo-cross rider and 2009 British under-23 champion....
  
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• Annie Last,
• Sharon Laws
  Sharon Laws
  Sharon Laws is a British professional cyclist, riding for . She is an environmental advisor for the mining company, Rio Tinto, in Australia. She was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and has lived in Uganda, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the UK....
  
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• Ian Bibby.

Each rode a Boardman Bike.

The team helped train some of the UK's medal-wining cyclists such as Nicole Cooke, who said: “Setting up Team Halfords was crucial to my success,” .