Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Use British English|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox cycling team | name = Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling | image = | code = MAT | registered = United Kingdom | founded = {{Start date|2009}} | discipline = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]] | status = National team (2009–2014) [[UCI Women's Team]] (2015– ) | bicycles = [[Velocite Bikes|Velocite]] (2012–2014) [[Trek Bicycle Corporation|Trek]] (2015– ) | website = http://www.onthedrops.cc | generalmanager = Jon Johnston | teammanager = Stefan Wyman | season = 2012 2013 2014 2015–2016 | oldname = Matrix Fitness-Prendas Matrix Fitness Racing Academy Matrix Fitness-Vulpine Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling | kitimage = | current = }}

'''Matrix Fitness''' (UCI code MAT) was a British [[cycling team]] which competed in [[road bicycle racing]] and [[track cycling]] events from 2009 to 2016. For the 2015 season the team registered as a [[UCI Women's Team]], the top level of professional women's cycling, so could compete in elite international events including the [[UCI Women's Road World Cup]]. The team was sponsored by Matrix Fitness,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.onthedrops.cc/looking-ahead-to-2015/ |title=Looking ahead to 2015 | Matrix Fitness – Vulpine |access-date=4 January 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141106185444/http://www.onthedrops.cc/looking-ahead-to-2015/ |archive-date=6 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Milltag]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.onthedrops.cc/milltag-continue-as-official-race-wear-provider/ |title=Milltag continue as "Official Race Wear Provider" | Matrix Fitness – Vulpine |access-date=4 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141121033528/http://www.onthedrops.cc/milltag-continue-as-official-race-wear-provider/ |archive-date=21 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Vulpine]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/matrix-fitness-velocite-and-vulpine-get-behind-women-s-cycling/015680 |title=Matrix Fitness, Velocite and Vulpine get behind women's cycling | Bicycle Business | BikeBiz |access-date=4 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103165309/http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/matrix-fitness-velocite-and-vulpine-get-behind-women-s-cycling/015680 |archive-date=3 January 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Team history==

===2014=== The team announced that in 2015 they would become a UCI Women's team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/news-shorts-froome-to-ride-tour-and-vuelta|title = News shorts: Froome to ride Tour and Vuelta?|date = 6 November 2014}}</ref> Trek will sponsor the team for the first season in the top division of Women's cycling, with the team riding the same bikes as the men's {{UCI team code|TFR|2015}} team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/news-shorts-froome-to-ride-tour-and-vuelta|title = News shorts: Froome to ride Tour and Vuelta?|date = 6 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.onthedrops.cc/trek-bikes-back-matrix-fitness-pro-cycling/ |title=Trek Bikes back Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling | Matrix Fitness – Vulpine |access-date=2016-08-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101152320/http://www.onthedrops.cc/trek-bikes-back-matrix-fitness-pro-cycling/ |archive-date=1 January 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

====Riders in==== For the 2015 season the team signed track World Champions, [[Elinor Barker]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.onthedrops.cc/world-champion-elinor-barker-joins-matrix-fitness-vulpine/ |title=World Champion Elinor Barker joins Matrix Fitness – Vulpine | Matrix Fitness – Vulpine |access-date=4 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019223904/http://www.onthedrops.cc/world-champion-elinor-barker-joins-matrix-fitness-vulpine/ |archive-date=19 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Laura Kenny|Laura Trott]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.onthedrops.cc/matrix-fitness-vulpine-sign-laura-trott/ |title=Matrix Fitness – Vulpine sign Laura Trott | Matrix Fitness – Vulpine |access-date=4 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014005221/http://www.onthedrops.cc/matrix-fitness-vulpine-sign-laura-trott/ |archive-date=14 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/womens-news-shorts-hosking-and-kirchmann-ready-for-qatar-matrix-signs-trott|title = Women's news shorts: Hosking and Kirchmann ready for Qatar, Matrix signs Trott|date = 3 February 2015}}</ref> from rival British team {{UCI team code|WHT|2015}}. The team also signed Sara Olsson ([[Team Hitec Products]]),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.onthedrops.cc/sara-ollson-joins-matrix-fitness/ |title=Sara Olsson joins Matrix Fitness | Matrix Fitness – Vulpine |access-date=4 January 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141106185426/http://www.onthedrops.cc/sara-ollson-joins-matrix-fitness/ |archive-date=6 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Lucy Martin (cyclist)|Lucy Martin]] ([[Estado de México–Faren Kuota]]), [[Christina Siggaard]] ([[Firefighters Upsala CK]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.onthedrops.cc/first-overseas-signing-for-matrix-fitness/ |title=First Overseas Signing for Matrix Fitness | Matrix Fitness – Vulpine |access-date=4 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141120220000/http://www.onthedrops.cc/first-overseas-signing-for-matrix-fitness/ |archive-date=20 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Molly Weaver]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.onthedrops.cc/4moreconfirmed/|title = Onthedrops.cc}}</ref> The team also negotiated contract extensions with [[Melissa Lowther]], [[Harriet Owen (cyclist)|Harriet Owen]], [[Penny Rowson]] and [[Jessie Walker]].

==Team roster==

===2015===

As of 10 March 2015. Ages as of 1 January 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/road/teams/|title=UCI Team Members; 2015 season|access-date=10 March 2015|work=UCI}}</ref> {{Cycling squad start}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Christina Siggaard]]|nat=DEN|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1994|03|24}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Penny Rowson]]|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1992|05|03}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Lucy Martin (cyclist)|Lucy Martin]]|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1990|05|05}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Elinor Barker]]|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1994|09|07}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Molly Weaver]]|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1994|03|15}}}} {{Cycling squad mid}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Melissa Lowther]]|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1996|05|15}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Harriet Owen (cyclist)|Harriet Owen]]|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1993|12|16}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Jessie Walker]]|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1994|09|20}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Laura Kenny|Laura Trott]]|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1992|04|24}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=Sara Olsson|nat=SWE|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1990|03|06}}}} {{Cycling squad end}} {{reflist|group=N}}

==Major wins== {{palmares start}} ;2012 :UCI Track World Cup London (Team pursuit), [[Dani King]] & [[Joanna Rowsell]] :UCI Track World Cup London (Individual pursuit), [[Joanna Rowsell]] :Johnson Health Grand Prix, [[Annabel Simpson]] :Newport Nocturne Criterium, [[Penny Rowson]] :Olympic Games, Track (Team Pursuit), [[Dani King]] & [[Joanna Rowsell]] :Rochster Cyclo-cross I, [[Helen Wyman]] :Rochster Cyclo-cross II, [[Helen Wyman]] :Breinigsville Cyclo-cross, [[Helen Wyman]] :Baltimore Cyclo-cross I, [[Helen Wyman]] :Baltimore Cyclo-cross II, [[Helen Wyman]] :Gloucester Cyclo-cross, [[Helen Wyman]] :Providence Cyclo-cross I, [[Helen Wyman]] :Providence Cyclo-cross II, [[Helen Wyman]] :Koppenberg Cyclo-cross, [[Helen Wyman]] :Iowa City Cyclo-cross I, [[Helen Wyman]] :Iowa City Cyclo-cross II, [[Helen Wyman]] :Iowa City Cyclo-cross II, [[Helen Wyman]] :Gieten Cyclo-cross, [[Helen Wyman]] ;2014 :National Championship, [[Helen Wyman]] :Otegem Cyclo-cross, [[Helen Wyman]] :Middelkerke Cyclo-cross, [[Helen Wyman]] :Heerlen Cyclo-cross, [[Helen Wyman]] :Baltimore Cyclo-cross, [[Helen Wyman]] :Baltimore Cyclo-cross I, [[Helen Wyman]] :Gloucester Cyclo-cross II, [[Helen Wyman]] :'s-Hertogenbosch Cyclo-cross, [[Helen Wyman]] ;2015 :Revolution Series – Manchester (Scratch), [[Elinor Barker]] :Grand Prix of Poland (Omnium), [[Laura Kenny|Laura Trott]] :Grand Prix of Poland (Scratch), [[Laura Kenny|Laura Trott]] :Jeux Africains 2015 de Brazzaville Road Race, [[Kimberley Le Court]] {{palmares end}}

==National, continental and world champions== {{palmares start}} ;2012 :[[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px]] British Cyclocross, Helen Wyman :[[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] World Track (Team pursuit), Dani King :[[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] World Track (Team pursuit), Joanna Rowsell :[[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px]] British U23 National XC, Annabel Simpson :[[File:UEC Champion Jersey.svg|20px]] European Cyclocross, Helen Wyman ;2015 :[[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px|link=National cycling champion jersey]] [[2015 British National Track Championships|British Track (Individual pursuit)]], Laura Trott :[[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px|link=National cycling champion jersey]] [[2015 British National Track Championships|British Track (Points race)]], Laura Trott :[[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px|link=National cycling champion jersey]] [[2015 British National Track Championships|British Track (Scratch race)]], Laura Trott :[[File:UEC Champion Jersey.svg|20px]] European (Team Pursuit), Laura Trott :[[File:UEC Champion Jersey.svg|20px]] European (Team Pursuit), Elinor Barker :[[File:UEC Champion Jersey.svg|20px]] European (Scratch race), Laura Trott :[[File:UEC Champion Jersey.svg|20px]] European (Omnium), Laura Trott

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:UCI Women's Teams]] [[Category:Cycling teams based in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Cycling teams established in 2009]]