Wiggle-Honda team will continue to exist next season, insisted team manager Rochelle Gilmore, as three of it’s biggest stars move to new teams for 2015.
Olympic team pursuit champion Joanna Rowsell announced today that she will ride for the British Pearl Izumi - Sports Tours International team next season in a two year contract that will take her up to the 2016 Olympics.
The news follows her GB teammate Laura Trott’s move to Matrix-Fitness for next season as the British team seeks UCI status.
Wiggle-Honda's Commonwealth time trial champion Linda Villumsen (New Zealand) will also make a move to UnitedHealthcare.
“Absolutely,” Gilmore told Cycling Weekly when asked if Wiggle-Honda would exist next season.
“We will focus on performance and results next year and taking the team to a completely new level with riders that can potentially win the Giro and the Classics, and strengthening our sprint team even more.”
Gilmore could not comment about the future of the remaining GB riders on the Wiggle-Honda team: Amy Roberts, Dani King and Elinor Barker.
She added that further announcements regarding the team and its line-up next season will be made following the world championships in Spain later this month.
“These decisions that have been made are not one sided, it was something that we did together to develop the sport,” Gilmore said. “My approach to what I do is not just about Wiggle-Honda; Wiggle-Honda is just a part of developing women’s cycling.”
Laura Trott signs to Matrix Fitness-Vulpine team for 2015
Wiggle-Honda sign Kathryn Bertine ahead of La Course by Tour de France race
Co-founder of Le Tour Entier campaign group joins leading British team ahead of inaugural edition of iconic Parisien event.
Wiggle-Honda offers 'perfect set-up' for Trott, King and Rowsell
Wiggle-Honda sports director Simon Cope says the team will provide perfect set-up for GB team pursuit trio's switch to the
Thank you for reading 10 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access
Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1
*Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription
Join now for unlimited access
Try first month for just £1 / $1 / €1
-
-
'It's the ultimate drop bar bike' - Mosaic Cycles introduces new RT-1 model
Mosaic, the builders of custom titanium dream bikes, today unveiled a "sleeker, more capable" version of its flagship road racer, the RT-1
-
Cannondale Topstone loses 160g with new Lab71 edition
American bike brand gives its flagship gravel bike the high-end carbon treatment
-
Laura Kenny expecting second child
Olympic star shares news of pregnancy in heartfelt social media post
-
Laura Kenny considered quitting cycling at start of year: 'I was at breaking point'
The 30-year-old nearly left the sport after suffering a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy
-
'Life doesn't always go to plan' — Laura Kenny reveals miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy
Five-time Olympic champion returned to the track this week
-
Dame Sarah Storey nominated for BBC's Sports Personality of the Year as Cavendish and the Kenny's miss out
Britain's most successful Paralympian is nominated alongside the likes of Raheem Sterling, Emma Raducanu and Adam Peaty
-
'There were a lot of things in the run-up to Tokyo that weren't ideal': Laura Kenny opens up on team pursuit disappointment at the Olympics
Kenny's two medals at Tokyo were her first as a mother, and she plans on returning to the Olympic scene in Paris
-
Calls for Jason and Laura Kenny to receive knighthood and damehood after more Olympic success
The husband and wife duo are two of the most successful British athletes at the Games
-
Laura Kenny to make World Championships return in Apeldoorn this month
The four time Olympic champion will make her return at the UCI World Championships in Holland
-
Laura Kenny wins prestigious Bidlake Memorial Prize
British Olympic track champion Laura Kenny is presented with the 2016 FT Bidlake Memorial Prize after becoming the nation's most successful female Olympic athlete
