Team Halfords Bikehut was a 2008 UCI elite women's

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based in the

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. The team was formed in January 2008 with

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, performance director of

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, 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 (

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and

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). The team was in 2009 not an

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anymore and consisted of a mix of mountain bikers and road racers (mainly men):

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, Ian Wilkinson,

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, Mark McNally,

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, Seb Batchelor, David Fletcher,

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

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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 2008.2008 » Team Halfords Bikehut
Procyclingstats.com *''Male riders'':

Season victories

Results in major races

Podium women's points race - 2008 European Track Championships

UCI World Ranking

The team finished 10th in the UCI ranking for teams.2008 UCI Road Rankings Women Elite
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References

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