Team Sky
Encyclopedia
Team Sky is a British
professional road bicycle racing
team
that competes in international road bicycle races
. The creation of the team was announced on 26 February 2009 and the team began competition in January 2010.
The team is managed by British Cycling
performance director David Brailsford. The head Director Sportif is the British former road cyclist Sean Yates
. Marcus Ljungqvist
, Steven De Jongh
joined the team as Directors Sportif for 2010, with former rider Nicolas Portal
after his retirement from riding, and Servais Knaven
joining them for 2011.
Team Sky aims "To win the Tour de France within 5 years" after cutting back their initial expectations from 2010's “create the first British winner of the Tour de France
, within five years”.
The team is based in Manchester
, with a logistics base in Belgium
and an operational base in Quarrata
, Italy
.
supplies bicycle frames and forks: Using the Dogma 60.1. in 2010 On 5 January 2010, Adidas were announced as the teams official apparel and accessories partner. Also Gatorade, M&S, Oakley, IG Markets and Jaguar are additional sponsors.
The first six riders confirmed were Geraint Thomas
, Steve Cummings
, Chris Froome
, Russell Downing
, Ian Stannard
and Peter Kennaugh
, all British riders. The ambition to "ensure competitiveness" through other signings, including a number of foreign riders, was expressed.
On September 10, 2009, a further ten riders were confirmed as set to ride for the team. These were Edvald Boasson Hagen
, Thomas Löfkvist, Kurt Asle Arvesen
, Simon Gerrans
, Juan Antonio Flecha
, Kjell Carlström
, John-Lee Augustyn
, Greg Henderson
, Lars Petter Nordhaug
, and Morris Possoni
. Further additions to the squad, including Chris Sutton
and Bradley Wiggins
from Garmin-Slipstream, Michael Barry
, and Ben Swift
from Team Katusha
were made before the beginning of the 2010 season.
Team Sky’s first ProTour event was the Tour Down Under
in January 2010. The team have been awarded a wild-card entry for the 2010 Tour de France
. Team Sky was also invited to compete in all three of the years Grand Tours.
In February 2010 the team got its first one day victory when Juan Antonio Flecha won the Belgian semi-classic Omloop Het Nieuwsblad with a solo break.
On May 9, 2010 Bradley Wiggins
became the first Sky rider to wear the leaders jersey of a Grand Tour when he won the opening prologue of the Giro d'Italia
. That same month Ben Swift
became the first rider to win an overall classification winning the Tour of Picardie.
In the Team's first Tour de France
, Geraint Thomas finished 2nd on the cobblestones of Stage 3, and wore the White Jersey as leader of the Young Riders' competition. The Tour was a disappointment for Sky though, with Thomas Lofkvist in 17th overall being their highest placed rider (Wiggins finished in 24th place).
Löfkvist led Team Sky at the 2010 Vuelta a España
, but the team withdrew from after Stage 7 following the death of carer Txema González.
In total Team Sky recorded 22 wins in their debut season, with a further 50 podiums.
and Jeremy Hunt
finished 4th and 6th respectively in the Tour of Qatar
in February, while Edvald Boasson Hagen
finished 1st in the points classification and second overall in the Tour of Oman
later that month.
In the Classics season, Bradley Wiggins finished 3rd overall in Paris-Nice
and Geraint Thomas finished 2nd overall at the Dwars door Vlaanderen
.
The team enjoyed a successful Tour of California, with Ben Swift
winning Stage 2 and Greg Henderson
taking victory in stage 3.
At the 2011 Giro d'Italia
, Thomas Lofkvist was the highest placed Sky rider, finishing 21st overall. The closest the team came to a stage victory was Davide Appollonio's 2nd place on Stage 12.
Geraint Thomas secured Sky's first overall victory of the season, by winning the 5-day Bayern-Rundfahrt
race at the end of May. Edvald Boasson Hagen and Bradley Wiggins also won stages in the event, with Boasson Hagen claiming the points jersey. In June, Wiggins won the Critérium du Dauphiné, Sky's biggest victory to date.
In the 2011 Tour de France
the team jerseys were changed to black and green, to help raise awareness and support for Sky Rainforest Rescue, a three year partnership between Sky and WWF to help save a billion trees in the state of Acre, northwest Brazil. Sky finished 3rd on Stage 2, the team time-trial. Edvald Boasson Hagen secured the team's first ever Tour stage win on Stage 6. On stage 7, just over 40 km from the finish, a crash brought down team leader Bradley Wiggins breaking his collarbone and ending his tour. This prompted a change of approach from Sky, with their riders targeting stage wins. On Stage 9, Juan Antonio Flecha
was hit by a French media car, which resulted in Flecha colliding with Vacansoleil rider Johnny Hoogerland, who crashed into a barbed-wire fence. Both riders were able to continue despite sustaining injuries in the incident. Geraint Thomas won the combativity award on Stage 12. Boasson-Hagen came second to compatriot Thor Hushovd on Stage 16, before winning the next stage (17) with a solo breakaway. He also finished second on the Stage 21 on the Champs Elysses. Rigoberto Urán
was the highest placed Sky rider with 24th overall, whilst Boasson Hagen's efforts gave the team two stage wins in an eventful Tour.
In the third and final Grand Tour
of the 2011 season, the Vuelta a España
, Sky riders Chris Froome
and Bradley Wiggins
finished second and third respectively in the general classification. Chris Sutton
won stage 2, while Froome won stage 17 of the event.
On 11 October, it was announced that World Champion Mark Cavendish
would be joining the team for the 2012 season, bringing an end to months of speculation. He will be joined by his HTC-Highroad teammate Austrian Bernhard Eisel
.
2011
United Kingdom
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professional road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...
team
Cycling team
A cycling team is a group of cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle races whether recreational or professional - and the supporting personnel...
that competes in international road bicycle races
Road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...
. The creation of the team was announced on 26 February 2009 and the team began competition in January 2010.
The team is managed by 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...
performance director David Brailsford. The head Director Sportif is the British former road cyclist Sean Yates
Sean Yates
Sean Yates is an English former professional cyclist and head Directeur Sportif at Team Sky.-Career:Yates competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics, finishing sixth in the 4,000m individual pursuit. He also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics...
. Marcus Ljungqvist
Marcus Ljungqvist
Marcus Ljungqvist is a Swedish former professional road bicycle racer. He turned professional in 1998, and retired from racing after the 2009 season...
, Steven De Jongh
Steven de Jongh
Steven de Jongh is a Dutch former road bicycle racer.de Jongh made his professional debut in 1995 at TVM team where he stayed until 1999. From 2000 to 2005 he was part of , while he made the move to in 2006...
joined the team as Directors Sportif for 2010, with former rider Nicolas Portal
Nicolas Portal
Nicolas Portal is a French former professional road bicycle racer. In 2009, he missed much of the racing season with cardiac arrhythmia problems.- Palmares :* 2004 Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré - 1 stage* Tour de France...
after his retirement from riding, and Servais Knaven
Servais Knaven
Henricus Theodorus Josephus Knaven is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer, currently a directeur sportif for Team Sky. Knaven won Paris–Roubaix in 2001 and is the second rider in history to start and finish the race 16 times...
joining them for 2011.
Team Sky aims "To win the Tour de France within 5 years" after cutting back their initial expectations from 2010's “create the first British winner of the Tour de France
Tour de France
The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...
, within five years”.
The team is based in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, with a logistics base in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
and an operational base in Quarrata
Quarrata
Quarrata is a comune in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 30 km west of Florence and about 10 km south of Pistoia.-External links:*...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
.
Sponsorship
BSkyB provided £30 million in sponsorship for the team and will back the team as name sponsor until the end of 2013. The team also receives further sponsorship from News Corporation and Sky Italia. PinarelloPinarello
Cicli Pinarello S.p.A. is an Italian bicycle manufacturer in Treviso, Italy. It supplies mostly hand-made bicycles for road racing, track racing and cyclo-cross.-Models:-Montello SLX:...
supplies bicycle frames and forks: Using the Dogma 60.1. in 2010 On 5 January 2010, Adidas were announced as the teams official apparel and accessories partner. Also Gatorade, M&S, Oakley, IG Markets and Jaguar are additional sponsors.
Riders
Team Sky's original intention was to build a 25 man-squad with a core of British riders and to nurture the young talent in order to produce the first British Tour de France winner within 5 years.The first six riders confirmed were Geraint Thomas
Geraint Thomas
Geraint Howell Thomas, MBE is a Welsh professional racing cyclist who rides for the UCI ProTour team . A track cycling world champion and Olympic gold medalist in the team pursuit, Thomas has also enjoyed success on the road, winning the Junior Paris-Roubaix in 2004, the British National...
, Steve Cummings
Steve Cummings
Stephen Philip Cummings is an English racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .-Biography:Cummings won the team pursuit at the 2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Los Angeles and at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He also took bronze in the individual pursuit...
, Chris Froome
Chris Froome
Chris Froome is a professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTour team .Born in Kenya, Froome moved with his family to South Africa as a teenager, and although he began his career registered with the Kenyan cycling federation, since spring 2008 has ridden under a British licence on the...
, Russell Downing
Russell Downing
Russell Downing is an English cycling road-racer for UCI ProTour team . He was the British national road race champion in 2005. He is the younger brother of fellow cyclist Dean Downing...
, Ian Stannard
Ian Stannard
Ian Stannard is an English track and road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . He made his professional road debut in August 2007 joining as a trainee. He rode for Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner in 2008 and came third overall in the 2008 Tour of Britain riding for the Great Britain team...
and Peter Kennaugh
Peter Kennaugh
Peter Kennaugh is a Manx professional racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTour team .-Early Life and Career:Born in Douglas, Isle of Man his younger brother Tim Kennaugh and father are also cyclists...
, all British riders. The ambition to "ensure competitiveness" through other signings, including a number of foreign riders, was expressed.
On September 10, 2009, a further ten riders were confirmed as set to ride for the team. These were Edvald Boasson Hagen
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Edvald Boasson Hagen is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist riding for the UCI ProTour team . He is the Norwegian Time Trial Champion and also considered as one of the biggest rising talents in the sport, being ranked as no...
, Thomas Löfkvist, Kurt Asle Arvesen
Kurt Asle Arvesen
Kurt Asle Arvesen is a former Norwegian professional road bicycle racer for . Arvesen is from Eresfjord, Nesset. From 2012 he will be manager of ....
, Simon Gerrans
Simon Gerrans
Simon Gerrans is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for the British UCI ProTour team, .-Biography:Gerrans was born in Melbourne, Victoria and grew up in Mansfield, Victoria....
, Juan Antonio Flecha
Juan Antonio Flecha
Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni is an Argentine-born Spanish professional road bicycle racer for the UCI ProTour team .-Career:...
, Kjell Carlström
Kjell Carlström
Kjell Carlström is a Finnish road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . He has raced in the Tour de France in 2005, 2006 and 2007...
, John-Lee Augustyn
John-Lee Augustyn
John-Lee Augustyn is a South African professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team .-Tour de France 2008:During Stage 16 of the 2008 Tour in his second professional year, John-Lee crested Col de la Bonette in first place before shortly and spectacularly overshooting a hairpin bend on the...
, Greg Henderson
Greg Henderson
Gregory Henderson is a professional track and road racing cyclist who rides for , but who will ride for Lotto in 2012. His career includes winning the 15 km scratch race at the 2004 world championships and, in road cycling, winning the points competition at the 2005 Tour de Georgia. He...
, Lars Petter Nordhaug
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Lars Petter Nordhaug is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team .He started his career as a mountain biker, but after finishing 5th in the 2004 Norwegian National Road Racing Championship, his focus changed towards road bicycle racing...
, and Morris Possoni
Morris Possoni
Morris Possoni is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam .In 2008, Possoni rode for . His best moment was in the 2008 Giro d'Italia, where he wore the white jersey as leader of the young rider classification. In 2010, Possoni transferred to...
. Further additions to the squad, including Chris Sutton
Christopher Sutton (cyclist)
Christopher Sutton is professional cyclist from Australia, for UCI ProTour team .Born in Caringbah, Sydney, New South Wales, Sutton trained as a carpenter. He is the son of NSW Institute of Sport's head cycling coach, Gary Sutton, and nephew of British Cycling track coach, Shane Sutton; both...
and Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British professional track and road bicycle racer, currently riding for Team Sky. Wiggins' career began on the track, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison disciplines....
from Garmin-Slipstream, Michael Barry
Michael Barry (cyclist)
Michael Barry is a Canadian professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .Previous to riding for UCI ProTour team he spent several years with the . He also raced of the Saturn Cycling Team for a number of years before going to US Postal Service/Discovery. He was born and raised in...
, and Ben Swift
Ben Swift
Benjamin Swift is an English professional track and road racing cyclist who currently rides for Team Sky.-Biography:...
from Team Katusha
Team Katusha
Team Katusha is a Russian road bicycle racing team which participates in the UCI World Tour, using Focus bikes.- History :At the beginning of the 2009 season, the Tinkoff Credit Systems squad was renamed to Team Katusha. It is organised by the Russian Global Cycling Project foundation, which...
were made before the beginning of the 2010 season.
2010
The team gained a victory in its first race, the Cancer Council Helpline Classic in Adelaide, a one-day race prior to the Tour Down Under, with Greg Henderson and Chris Sutton taking first and second respectively.Team Sky’s first ProTour event was the Tour Down Under
Tour Down Under
The Tour Down Under is a cycling race in Adelaide, South Australia and surrounding area. The race starts on the third Tuesday of January each year and attracts riders from across Australia and the world. In 2005, the Tour Down Under was promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale to the...
in January 2010. The team have been awarded a wild-card entry for the 2010 Tour de France
2010 Tour de France
The 2010 Tour de France was the 97th edition of the Tour de France cycle race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started on with an 8.9 km prologue time trial in Rotterdam, the first start in the Netherlands since 1996...
. Team Sky was also invited to compete in all three of the years Grand Tours.
In February 2010 the team got its first one day victory when Juan Antonio Flecha won the Belgian semi-classic Omloop Het Nieuwsblad with a solo break.
On May 9, 2010 Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British professional track and road bicycle racer, currently riding for Team Sky. Wiggins' career began on the track, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison disciplines....
became the first Sky rider to wear the leaders jersey of a Grand Tour when he won the opening prologue of the Giro d'Italia
Giro d'Italia
The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...
. That same month Ben Swift
Ben Swift
Benjamin Swift is an English professional track and road racing cyclist who currently rides for Team Sky.-Biography:...
became the first rider to win an overall classification winning the Tour of Picardie.
In the Team's first Tour de France
Tour de France
The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...
, Geraint Thomas finished 2nd on the cobblestones of Stage 3, and wore the White Jersey as leader of the Young Riders' competition. The Tour was a disappointment for Sky though, with Thomas Lofkvist in 17th overall being their highest placed rider (Wiggins finished in 24th place).
Löfkvist led Team Sky at the 2010 Vuelta a España
2010 Vuelta a España
The 2010 Vuelta a España was held from August 28 to September 19 and was won by Vincenzo Nibali. The race began in Seville and ended, as is tradition, in Madrid.The race covered...
, but the team withdrew from after Stage 7 following the death of carer Txema González.
In total Team Sky recorded 22 wins in their debut season, with a further 50 podiums.
2011
Team Sky again began the season in Australia, with Ben Swift winning two stages of the Tour Down Under, and finishing 3rd overall. Juan Antonio FlechaJuan Antonio Flecha
Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni is an Argentine-born Spanish professional road bicycle racer for the UCI ProTour team .-Career:...
and Jeremy Hunt
Jeremy Hunt (cyclist)
Jeremy Hunt is a British road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . He is mainly a sprinter. Hunt was the British national road race champion in 1997 and in 2001....
finished 4th and 6th respectively in the Tour of Qatar
Tour of Qatar
The Tour of Qatar is a road bicycle race race held in Qatar and is part of the UCI Asia Tour. The race consists of a men's competition over six stages...
in February, while Edvald Boasson Hagen
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Edvald Boasson Hagen is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist riding for the UCI ProTour team . He is the Norwegian Time Trial Champion and also considered as one of the biggest rising talents in the sport, being ranked as no...
finished 1st in the points classification and second overall in the Tour of Oman
Tour of Oman
The Tour of Oman is a road bicycle race race held in Oman and is part of the UCI Asia Tour. The race is classified as a 2.1. The race is run by the A.S.O., and was held for the first time between 14 and 19 February 2010. The race is a men's competition consisting of six stages...
later that month.
In the Classics season, Bradley Wiggins finished 3rd overall in Paris-Nice
Paris-Nice
Paris–Nice, "the race to the sun", is a professional cycling stage race held each March.The first Paris–Nice was in 1933, and was won by Alfons Schepers from Belgium. The most successful cyclist in Paris–Nice was Sean Kelly from Ireland, who won seven consecutive titles from 1982 to 1988.Although...
and Geraint Thomas finished 2nd overall at the Dwars door Vlaanderen
Dwars door Vlaanderen
Dwars door Vlaanderen is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race. Traditionally, it is the start of the Flemish cycling week, with Gent–Wevelgem , the Three Days of De Panne and the Ronde van Vlaanderen. Dwars door Vlaanderen has always been contested on a Wednesday, a week and a half before the...
.
The team enjoyed a successful Tour of California, with Ben Swift
Ben Swift
Benjamin Swift is an English professional track and road racing cyclist who currently rides for Team Sky.-Biography:...
winning Stage 2 and Greg Henderson
Greg Henderson
Gregory Henderson is a professional track and road racing cyclist who rides for , but who will ride for Lotto in 2012. His career includes winning the 15 km scratch race at the 2004 world championships and, in road cycling, winning the points competition at the 2005 Tour de Georgia. He...
taking victory in stage 3.
At the 2011 Giro d'Italia
Giro d'Italia
The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...
, Thomas Lofkvist was the highest placed Sky rider, finishing 21st overall. The closest the team came to a stage victory was Davide Appollonio's 2nd place on Stage 12.
Geraint Thomas secured Sky's first overall victory of the season, by winning the 5-day Bayern-Rundfahrt
2011 Bayern-Rundfahrt
The 2011 Bayern-Rundfahrt was the 32nd edition of the Bayern-Rundfahrt, an annual cycling road race. Departing from Pfarrkirchen on 25 May, it concluded in Moosburg on 29 May. The 798.2 km long stage race was part of the 2010–2011 UCI Europe Tour, and was rated as a 2.HC event...
race at the end of May. Edvald Boasson Hagen and Bradley Wiggins also won stages in the event, with Boasson Hagen claiming the points jersey. In June, Wiggins won the Critérium du Dauphiné, Sky's biggest victory to date.
In the 2011 Tour de France
2011 Tour de France
-Pre-race favourites:2010 winner Alberto Contador was suspended from cycling during a doping investigation from September 2010 to February 2011, during which time 2010 runner-up Andy Schleck was regarded as the favourite. When the suspension was lifted, Contador declared his desire to compete in...
the team jerseys were changed to black and green, to help raise awareness and support for Sky Rainforest Rescue, a three year partnership between Sky and WWF to help save a billion trees in the state of Acre, northwest Brazil. Sky finished 3rd on Stage 2, the team time-trial. Edvald Boasson Hagen secured the team's first ever Tour stage win on Stage 6. On stage 7, just over 40 km from the finish, a crash brought down team leader Bradley Wiggins breaking his collarbone and ending his tour. This prompted a change of approach from Sky, with their riders targeting stage wins. On Stage 9, Juan Antonio Flecha
Juan Antonio Flecha
Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni is an Argentine-born Spanish professional road bicycle racer for the UCI ProTour team .-Career:...
was hit by a French media car, which resulted in Flecha colliding with Vacansoleil rider Johnny Hoogerland, who crashed into a barbed-wire fence. Both riders were able to continue despite sustaining injuries in the incident. Geraint Thomas won the combativity award on Stage 12. Boasson-Hagen came second to compatriot Thor Hushovd on Stage 16, before winning the next stage (17) with a solo breakaway. He also finished second on the Stage 21 on the Champs Elysses. Rigoberto Urán
Rigoberto Urán
Rigoberto Urán Urán is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist, currently riding for UCI ProTeam .-Early life:Urán's first cycling race was at the age of 14, three months before his father was accidentally killed in a gunfight related to the drug war in Colombia...
was the highest placed Sky rider with 24th overall, whilst Boasson Hagen's efforts gave the team two stage wins in an eventful Tour.
In the third and final Grand Tour
Grand Tour (cycling)
In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour refers to one of the three major European professional cycling stage races:* Tour de France – Tour of France , held in July* Giro d'Italia – Tour of Italy , held in May...
of the 2011 season, the Vuelta a España
2011 Vuelta a España
The 2011 Vuelta a España was held from 20 August to 11 September. The race began in Benidorm with a team time trial and ended, as is traditional, in Madrid. The 2011 Vuelta was the 66th edition of the race and was the first Vuelta in 33 years that visited the Basque Country...
, Sky riders Chris Froome
Chris Froome
Chris Froome is a professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTour team .Born in Kenya, Froome moved with his family to South Africa as a teenager, and although he began his career registered with the Kenyan cycling federation, since spring 2008 has ridden under a British licence on the...
and Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Wiggins
Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British professional track and road bicycle racer, currently riding for Team Sky. Wiggins' career began on the track, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison disciplines....
finished second and third respectively in the general classification. Chris Sutton
Christopher Sutton (cyclist)
Christopher Sutton is professional cyclist from Australia, for UCI ProTour team .Born in Caringbah, Sydney, New South Wales, Sutton trained as a carpenter. He is the son of NSW Institute of Sport's head cycling coach, Gary Sutton, and nephew of British Cycling track coach, Shane Sutton; both...
won stage 2, while Froome won stage 17 of the event.
On 11 October, it was announced that World Champion Mark Cavendish
Mark Cavendish
Mark Cavendish MBE is a Manx professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam until the end of this season when the team is dissolved. He will join Team Sky at the start of the 2012 season...
would be joining the team for the 2012 season, bringing an end to months of speculation. He will be joined by his HTC-Highroad teammate Austrian Bernhard Eisel
Bernhard Eisel
Bernhard Eisel is an Austrian professional road bicycling racer who currently rides for . He will join Team Sky for the 2012 season.-Career:...
.
Team roster
As of 7 January 2011National Champions
2010
UK Road Race — Geraint ThomasGeraint ThomasGeraint Howell Thomas, MBE is a Welsh professional racing cyclist who rides for the UCI ProTour team . A track cycling world champion and Olympic gold medalist in the team pursuit, Thomas has also enjoyed success on the road, winning the Junior Paris-Roubaix in 2004, the British National...- UK Time Trial — Bradley WigginsBradley WigginsBradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British professional track and road bicycle racer, currently riding for Team Sky. Wiggins' career began on the track, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison disciplines....
Norway Time Trial — Edvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson Hagen is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist riding for the UCI ProTour team . He is the Norwegian Time Trial Champion and also considered as one of the biggest rising talents in the sport, being ranked as no...
2011
- UK Road Race — Bradley WigginsBradley WigginsBradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British professional track and road bicycle racer, currently riding for Team Sky. Wiggins' career began on the track, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison disciplines....
- UK Time Trial — Alex DowsettAlex DowsettAlex Dowsett is an English racing cyclist who rides for Team Sky. He was educated at Elm Green Preparatory School in Little Baddow, followed by King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford.-Career:...
Finland Road Race — Kjell CarlströmKjell CarlströmKjell Carlström is a Finnish road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . He has raced in the Tour de France in 2005, 2006 and 2007...- Norway Time Trial — Edvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson HagenEdvald Boasson Hagen is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist riding for the UCI ProTour team . He is the Norwegian Time Trial Champion and also considered as one of the biggest rising talents in the sport, being ranked as no...
Team management
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