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Team Halfords Bikehut
Team Halfords Bikehut was a 2008 UCI elite women's cycling team based in the United Kingdom. The team was formed in January 2008 with Dave Brailsford, performance director of British Cycling, the general manager. It had been a pro/national team mooted as the first full British professional women's team but there were two men in the team ( Rob Hayles and Tom Southam). The team was in 2009 not an UCI Women's Teams anymore and consisted of a mix of mountain bikers and road racers (mainly men): Rob Hayles, Ed Clancy, Ian Wilkinson, Andy Tennant, Mark McNally, Rob Partridge, Seb Batchelor, David Fletcher, Annie Last, Sharon Laws, Ian Bibby. The team disbanded ahead of the 2010 season, with a number of riders moving to the Scottish-based Endura Racing team. The team helped train some of the UK's medal-winning cyclists such as Nicole Cooke, who said: "Setting up Team Halfords was crucial to my success,". Team roster Ages as of 1 January 2008. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of 2008 UCI Women's Teams And Riders
Listed below are the UCI Women's Teams that competed in the 2008 women's road cycling events organized by the International Cycling Union ( UCI) including the 2008 UCI Women's Road World Cup. Teams overview Riders AA-Drink Cycling Team * Marlijn Binnendijk (The Netherlands) 12-05-1986 * Chantal Blaak (The Netherlands) 22-10-1989 * Latoya Brulee (Belgium) 09-12-1988 * Paulina Brzeźna-Bentkowska (Poland) 10-09-1981 * Maxime Groenewegen (The Netherlands) 14-07-1988 * Ludivine Henrion (Belgium) 23-01-1984 * Emma Johansson (Sweden) 23-09-1983 * Gabrielle Rovers (The Netherlands) 21-11-1976 * Theresa Senff (Germany) 02-02-1982 * Inge van den Broeck (Belgium) 21-03-1978 * Irene van den Broek (The Netherlands) 26-08-1980 * Laure Werner (Belgium) 22-02-1981 * Kirsten Wild (The Netherlands) 15-10-1982 Source: Cycling Team Titanedi-Frezza Acca Due O Ages as of 1 January 2008. Elk Haus Ages as of 1 January 2008. POL– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Brailsford
Sir David John Brailsford (born 29 February 1964) is a British cycling coach. He was formerly performance director of British Cycling and is currently general manager of UCI WorldTeam . Early life Brailsford was born in Shardlow, Derbyshire, and moved as a toddler with his parents and siblings to Deiniolen, near Caernarfon in Wales: He attended Ysgol Deiniolen and Ysgol Brynrefail, and learned Welsh. In 1984 he gave up his job as an apprentice draughtsman with the local highways department to travel to France, where he raced for four years as a sponsored amateur for a team based in Saint-Étienne. He has described his years in France as a time of autodidacticism: He returned in 1988 to study for a degree in Sport and Exercise Sciences and Psychology at Chester College of Higher Education (then an affiliated college of the University of Liverpool, now the University of Chester) and then an MBA at Sheffield Hallam University. Career Early career Brailsford spent some of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark McNally (cyclist)
Mark Thomas McNally (born 20 July 1989) is a British former professional road and track racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2018 for four different professional teams. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team . Biography McNally was born in Fazakerley, Liverpool. He took up cycling after watching the 2000 Summer Olympics on television. In November 2014, announced that McNally would join them for the 2015 season. Major results ;2007 : 1st Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Track Championships : 2nd Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships : 5th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ;2008 : 1st Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships : 2nd Points race, National Track Championships ;2009 : 3rd Beaumont Trophy : 4th Colne Town Centre Grand Prix ;2011 : 1st Overall Mi-Août Bretonne : 2nd Zellik–Galmaarden : 3rd Omloop van het Houtland : 3rd GP Raf Jonckheere : 4th Houtem-Vilvoorde : 6t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Houvenaghel
Wendy Louise Houvenaghel (née McLean; born 27 November 1974) is a Northern Irish former racing cyclist from Upperlands, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, riding on both the road and track, but specialising in the latter. She has represented Great Britain in various World Cycling Championships and in the 2008 Olympic Games, most notably winning the silver medal at the Beijing Olympic Games, and gold in the team pursuit at the 2008, 2009 and 2011 Track World Championships. She has also won many British national titles and represented England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and Northern Ireland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Houvenaghel is based in Cornwall, England. Early life Houvenaghel grew up in Upperlands near Maghera. She went to Ampertaine County Primary School in Upperlands and Rainey Endowed Grammar School in Magherafelt. She studied dentistry at the University of Dundee, where she met her husband. After qualifying, she became a dentist in the Royal Air Force, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanja Slater
Tanja Slater (born 9 May 1978) is a road cyclist from United Kingdom. She represented her nation at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships The 2007 UCI Road World Championships took place in Stuttgart, Germany, between September 25 and September 30, 2007. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23. Italy, Italian Paolo Bettini and Switzerland, .... Slater is married and has a BSc Hons, Sport & Exercise Science. References External links * * 1978 births British female cyclists Living people Place of birth missing (living people) {{UK-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katie Curtis
Catherine Rachel "Katie" Prankerd (née Curtis; born 1 November 1988) is a Welsh former professional road and track cyclist. Career Born in Cardiff, Prankerd began competing at a young age with the Maindy Flyers children's cycle club before joining Cardiff Ajax. Prankerd set the record for the Tandem Standing Start event on the track along with Alex Greenfield, with a time of 7 minutes 4.424 seconds. The record was set at the Newport Velodrome on 10 June 2004. They also held the Tandem Standing Start event on the track, with a time of 13 minutes 10.421 seconds. The record was also set at the Newport Velodrome, on 16 May 2006. In 2008 Prankerd rode with Team Halfords Bikehut before moving to Vision1 Racing in 2009. Prankerd suffered a setback to her cycling career when she was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Subsequently, she took up a coaching role at the Wales National Velodrome in Newport and teamed up with partially sighted cyclist Nia Knight with a view to competing i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Allen
Jessica Allen (born 21 August 1989) is a Welsh racing cyclist. She was born in Brecon After being spotted by the Welsh Talent Team, she was selected for the Olympic Development Programme in 2006. She was British Junior Time Trial Champion in 2006 and later British Junior Points Race and Time Trial Champion in 2007. She was a 1st category rider and was in 2008 ranked fifth in the UK. Palmarès ;2006 : 1st British National Time Trial Championships – Junior : 2nd Welsh National Road Race Championships ;2007 : 1st Points Race British National Track Championships – Junior : 1st British National Time Trial Championships – Junior ;2008 : 4th British National Road Race Championships :: 2nd U23 British National Road Race Championships The British National Road Race Championships cover different categories of British road bicycle racing events, normally held annually. History Between 1943 and 1958, two separate bodies – the British League of Racing Cyclists (BLRC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Hare Willianson
Catherine Hare Williamson (13 March 1982; Bridgend, Wales) is a Welsh cyclist, a resident of Whitby, and a participant of TransCape and Giro d'Italia. She participated at the 2005 UCI Road World Championships, 2005, 2007 UCI Road World Championships, 2007, 2010 UCI Road World Championships, 2010 and 2011 UCI Road World Championships. References 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Bridgend Welsh female cyclists {{UK-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sunday Times
''The Sunday Times'' is a British newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News UK, which is owned by News Corp. Times Newspapers also publishes ''The Times''. The two papers were founded independently and have been under common ownership since 1966. They were bought by News International in 1981. ''The Sunday Times'' has a circulation of just over 650,000, which exceeds that of its main rivals, including ''The'' ''Sunday Telegraph'' and ''The'' ''Observer'', combined. While some other national newspapers moved to a tabloid format in the early 2000s, ''The Sunday Times'' has retained the larger broadsheet format and has said that it would continue to do so. As of December 2019, it sells 75% more copies than its sister paper, ''The Times'', which is published from Monday to Saturday. The paper publishes ''The Sunday Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endura Racing
Endura Racing () was a British UCI Continental cycling team. History Endura Racing were a UCI Continental licensed professional road racing team owned by Endura, a Scottish cycling clothing company owned by the Pentland Group. The team rode senior professional events in the UCI Europe Tour and British domestic competitions. The team's UCI Continental status did not allow it to ride in the Grand Tours or UCI World Tour races. In 2013 the team merged with the German-based Pro Continental team, Team NetApp - becoming Team NetApp-Endura. Major wins ;2011 : Overall Tour de Normandie, Alexandre Blain ::Stage 7, Alexandre Blain :Overall Cinturón a Mallorca, Iker Camano ::Stage 2, Iker Camano :Stage 2 Tour de Bretagne, René Mandri :Stage 4 Tour of Norway, Iker Camano :Stage 1 Czech Cycling Tour, Team Time Trial :Preston Grand Prix, Ian Wilkinson :Stage 2 Tour of Utah, Jack Bauer :Overall Cinturó de l'Empordà, Paul Voss ::Stage 1, Paul Voss ;2012 : Overall Tour Méditer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Bibby
Ian Michael Bibby (born 20 December 1986) is a British former professional road and cyclo-cross cyclist from England, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2019. He was the winner of the 2010 British National Cyclo-cross Championships, and the 2015 British National Circuit Race Championships. He retired at the end of the 2019 season, following the disbandment of his last professional team . Major results ;2009 : 3rd British National Mountain Biking Championships, National Marathon Championships ;2010 : 1st British National Cyclo-cross Championships, National Cyclo-cross Championships : 1st London Nocturne : Tour Series ::1st Round 3, Portsmouth ::1st Round 8, Stoke-on-Trent : 1st Prologue Cinturón a Mallorca : 5th Overall Tour de Bretagne : 8th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León ;2011 : 1st Overall Premier Calendar : 1st Overall Tour of the Reservoir : 3rd Overall Cinturón a Mallorca ::1st Stage 3 : 5th British National Road Race Championships, Road race, National Road Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Laws
Sharon Laws (7 July 1974 – 16 December 2017) was a British professional cyclist and environmental consultant. Early life Laws was born in Nairobi, Kenya, grew up in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire and lived in Uganda, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom. She gained an MSc in conservation and worked both before and during her cycling career as an environmental consultant to organisations including the British Government, the United Nations and for mining company Rio Tinto in Australia. Cycling career Laws previously competed in adventure racing and endurance mountain biking. She won the eight-day Absa Cape Epic mountain-bike race in South Africa in 2004 with partner Hanlie Booyens. She then competed again with Booyens in the Women's Category in 2009, once again claiming 1st prize. She began riding on the road to train for mountain biking and her form on the road was confirmed when she moved to Australia. She was approached to ride for Australia after c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
