Team Wiggins Le Col

{{Infobox cycling team | name = Team Wiggins Le Col | code = WGN | registered = United Kingdom | founded = {{start date|2014}} | disbanded = {{end date|2019}} | website = https://www.teamwiggins.co/ | generalmanager = Robert Dodds<br>Andrew McQuaid<br>[[Bradley Wiggins]] | teammanager = [[Simon Cope]] | discipline = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]] & [[Track cycling|track]] | bicycles = [[Pinarello]] | status = [[UCI Continental]] | season = 2014–2018<br/>2019 | oldname = WIGGINS<br/>Team Wiggins Le Col | kitimage = WIGGINS JERSEY 2018.jpg | current = }} '''Team Wiggins Le Col''' ({{UCI code|WGN}}), also known as ''Team Wiggins'' in media, was a professional developmental [[cycling team]] based in the United Kingdom, which began competing in elite [[road bicycle racing]] and [[track cycling]] in 2015. The team folded at the end of the 2019 season after completing the [[2019 Tour of Britain|Tour of Britain]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-wiggins-le-col-set-to-fold/|accessdate=30 September 2019|title=Team Wiggins Le Col set to fold|date=26 August 2019|work=[[CyclingNews]]}}</ref>

==Team history==

[[File:Saint-Ghislain - Grand Prix Pino Cerami, 22 juillet 2015, départ (B012).JPG|left|thumb|The WIGGINS team at the 2015 [[Grand Prix Pino Cerami]]]] The team was founded by [[Bradley Wiggins]], after much speculation in the latter part of the 2014 road season, in order to better facilitate his return to the track as part of his preparations for the [[2016 Olympic Games]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/sir-bradley-team-wiggins-might-work-144471|accessdate=17 October 2015|title=Sir Bradley and Team Wiggins: How it might work|date=13 November 2014|work=[[Cycling Weekly]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/more-details-emerge-on-team-wiggins|accessdate=17 October 2015|title=More details emerge on Team Wiggins|website=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|date=18 December 2014}}</ref>

The team has a reported budget of £460,000 which is comparable to [[JLT–Condor]] and [[Madison-Genesis]]. According to ''[[Cycling Weekly]]'' the team's management comprises Robert Dodds (president of [[XIX Entertainment]], and Wiggins's manager), Andrew McQuaid (rider agent and director of Trinity Sports Management) and Wiggins himself. The team appointed former {{UCI team code|WHT|2013}} DS [[Simon Cope]] as its first [[directeur sportif]] .<ref name="CW1">{{cite news|last=Bull|first=Nick|url=https://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/british-racing/team-wiggins-jersey-full-details-revealed-149481|accessdate=17 October 2015|title=Team Wiggins: jersey and full details revealed|date=15 December 2014|work=[[Cycling Weekly]]}}</ref>

For the team's inaugural season the team began with eight full-time riders, with Wiggins joining on 1 May 2015. Those eight were [[Steven Burke]], [[Mark Christian]], [[Jonathan Dibben]], [[Owain Doull]], [[Daniel Patten]], [[Iain Paton]], [[Andy Tennant (cyclist)|Andy Tennant]] and [[Michael Thompson (cyclist)|Michael Thompson]].<ref name="CW1" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/andy-tennant-mark-christian-ride-team-wiggins-2015-141019|accessdate=17 October 2015|title=Andy Tennant and Mark Christian to ride for Team Wiggins in 2015?|date=23 October 2014|work=[[Cycling Weekly]]}}</ref> These eight riders are supplemented by riders from the British Academy on a race to race basis. On 5 January 2015 the team was officially awarded its [[UCI Continental]] licence.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bull|first=Nick|url=https://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/team-wiggins-granted-uci-licence-150966|accessdate=17 October 2015|title=Team Wiggins granted UCI licence|date=5 January 2015|work=[[Cycling Weekly]]}}</ref>

In March 2015, Bradley Wiggins confirmed that he would make his debut with the team at the [[2015 Tour de Yorkshire|inaugural Tour de Yorkshire]] at the start of May.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/uci-grants-bradley-wiggins-special-dispensation-to-ride-the-tour-de-yorkshire-for-team-wiggins-162192 |title=Wiggins gets green light to join new team in May and ride Tour de Yorkshire |last1=Bull |first1=Nick|date=13 March 2015 |work=[[Cycling Weekly]] |accessdate=13 March 2015}}</ref> In 2016, he entered the [[2016 Tour de Yorkshire|Tour De Yorkshire]] with his team and dropped out in the first stage.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tour de Yorkshire: Sir Bradley Wiggins quits as Groenewegen wins stage one|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/36173351|access-date=22 September 2017|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=29 April 2016}}</ref> WIGGINS was not invited to the [[2017 Tour de Yorkshire]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Team Wiggins 'surprised' by Tour de Yorkshire omission|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/39357541|access-date=22 September 2017|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=27 March 2017}}</ref> In 2018 following the collapse of Team [[Aqua Blue Sport]], Team Wiggins participated at short notice in the [[2018 Tour of Britain]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Tour of Britain 2018: Team Wiggins added after Aqua Blue Sport withdraw|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/45333986|access-date=10 October 2018|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=28 August 2018}}</ref> [[Tom Pidcock]] was the team's highest placed rider in the race at 17th in the General Classification.

In November 2018 the team filed paperwork with [[Companies House]] which indicated that XIX Entertainment no longer held a 40 per cent stake in the team, and that this share had been transferred to Wiggins' firm, Wiggins Right Limited.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/bradley-wiggins-takes-full-control-team-wiggins-401524 |title=Bradley Wiggins takes full control of Team Wiggins |last=Pitt |first=Vern |date=30 November 2018 |website=[[Cycling Weekly]] |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref>

In August 2019, Wiggins announced that the team would be closing down at the end of the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/49460722|title=Team founded by Sir Bradley Wiggins will close down at end of year|date=24 August 2019|accessdate=25 August 2019}}</ref>

==Sponsorship== [[File:Saint-Ghislain - Grand Prix Pino Cerami, 22 juillet 2015, départ (A09).JPG|thumbnail|right|One of Team WIGGINS' Jaguar XF support cars]] [[Sky (United Kingdom)|Sky]] was the team's original sponsor.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/wiggins-team-confirmed-for-2015|accessdate=17 October 2015|title=WIGGINS team confirmed for 2015|website=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|date=16 February 2015}}</ref> The team's kit was initially produced by [[Rapha (sportswear)|Rapha]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/rapha-to-produce-wiggins-team-kit|accessdate=17 October 2015|title=Rapha to produce WIGGINS team kit|last=Ballard|first=Tom|website=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|date=18 February 2015}}</ref> but as of 2018 the team switched to use Le Col as their clothing supplier. In December 2018 Wiggins announced that Le Col would step up to becoming the team's co-title sponsor for 2019, with the team being known as Team Wiggins Le Col.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/british-racing/team-wiggins-unveils-new-co-title-sponsor-2019-401995 |title=Team Wiggins unveils new co-title sponsor for 2019 |last=Ballinger |first=Alex |date=5 December 2018 |website=[[Cycling Weekly]]|access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref> The team used [[Pinarello]] bikes equipped with [[Zipp]], [[Fizik]], Elite and [[SRAM Corporation|SRAM]] components.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/exclusive-gallery-bradley-wiggins-new-pinarello-race-bike|accessdate=17 October 2015|title=Exclusive gallery: Bradley Wiggins' new Pinarello race bike|last=Benson|first=Daniel|website=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|date=27 April 2015}}</ref>

==Final roster== {{Updated|30 September 2019.}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/team/team-wiggins-le-col-2019|accessdate=30 September 2019|title=Team Wiggins Le Col (CT)»2019|work=ProCyclingStats}}</ref> {{Cycling squad start}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Lawrence Carpenter]]|nat=GBR|birthdate={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|2019|09|30|1993|8|2}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Mark Christian]]|nat=GBR|birthdate={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|2019|09|30|1990|11|20}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Gabriel Cullaigh]]|nat=GBR|birthdate={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|2019|09|30|1996|4|8}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Mark Donovan (cyclist)|Mark Donovan]]|nat=GBR|birthdate={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|2019|09|30|1999|4|3}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[James Fouché]]|nat=NZL|birthdate={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|2019|09|30|1998|3|28}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Ben Healy (cyclist)|Ben Healy]]|nat=IRL|birthdate={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|2019|09|30|2000|9|11}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Samuel Jenner]]|nat=AUS|birthdate={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|2019|09|30|1997|4|2}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Corentin Navarro]]|nat=FRA|birthdate={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|2019|09|30|1997|11|29}}}} {{Cycling squad mid}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Michael O'Loughlin (cyclist)|Michael O'Loughlin]]|nat=IRL|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2019|09|30|1997|2|14}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Tom Pidcock]]|nat=GBR|birthdate={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|2019|09|30|1999|7|30}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Callum Riley]]|nat=GBR|birthdate={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|2019|09|30|1994|9|22}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Oliver Robinson (cyclist)|Oliver Robinson]]|nat=GBR|birthdate={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|2019|09|30|1999|3|30}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Jacques Sauvagnargues]]|nat=GBR|birthdate={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|2019|09|30|1999|9|24}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Robert Scott (cyclist)|Robert Scott]]|nat=GBR|birthdate={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|2019|09|30|1998|7|24}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Daniel Tullett]]|nat=GBR|birthdate={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|2019|09|30|1999|7|3}}}} {{Cycling squad end}} {{reflist|group=N}}

==Major wins== {{div col start|colwidth=22em}} ;2015 : Wiltshire GP, [[Andy Tennant (cyclist)|Andy Tennant]] : Stage 2 [[Flèche du Sud]], [[Andy Tennant (cyclist)|Andy Tennant]] : Stages 3 & 4 [[Flèche du Sud]], [[Owain Doull]] : Round 6 – Barrow [[Tour Series]], [[Christopher Lawless]] :[[File:Jersey blue.svg|20px|alt=|link=Points classification]] [[Points classification]] [[2015 Tour of Britain|Tour of Britain]], [[Owain Doull]] ;2016 : Stage 3a (ITT) [[Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux]], [[Jonathan Dibben]] : Stage 4 [[Ronde de l'Isard]], [[Scott Davies (cyclist)|Scott Davies]] : Stage 5 [[Olympia's Tour]], [[Christopher Latham]] ;2017 : Klondike Grand Prix, [[Christopher Latham]] ;2018 : [[Volta ao Alentejo]] ::Stages 1 & 6, [[Gabriel Cullaigh]] ::[[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]]Youth Classification, [[Mark Downey]] : [[Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic]], [[Gabriel Cullaigh]] : Stage 2 [[Giro della Valle d'Aosta]], [[Mark Donovan (cyclist)|Mark Donovan]] : [[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] Mountains classification [[Le Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux]], [[James Fouché]] ;2019 : [[Tour of Antalya]] ::[[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] Mountain classification, [[James Fouché]] ::Intermediate sprints classification, [[James Fouché]] : [[Volta ao Alentejo]] ::Stage 3, [[Gabriel Cullaigh]] ::[[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] Mountains classification, [[James Fouché]] : [[Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux]] ::[[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Points classification, [[Thomas Pidcock]] ::Stage 2b, [[Thomas Pidcock]] : [[Paris–Roubaix Espoirs]], [[Thomas Pidcock]] : [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Tour Alsace]], [[Thomas Pidcock]] ::[[File:Jersey blue.svg|20px]] Young rider classification, [[Thomas Pidcock]] ::Stage 2, [[Thomas Pidcock]] {{div col end}}

==National, continental and world champions== ;2015 : [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px|link=National cycling champion jersey]] British U23 Road Race, [[Owain Doull]] : [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px|link=National cycling champion jersey]] [[2015 British National Track Championships|British Track (Individual pursuit)]], [[Andy Tennant (cyclist)|Andy Tennant]] : [[File:UEC Champion Jersey.svg|20px]] [[2015 UEC European Track Championships|UEC European Track (Team pursuit)]] [[Bradley Wiggins]] ;2016 : [[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] [[2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|World Track (Points race)]], [[Jonathan Dibben]] : [[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] [[2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|World Track (Madison)]], [[Bradley Wiggins]] : [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px|link=National cycling champion jersey]] [[British National Time Trial Championships|British U23 Time Trial]], [[Scott Davies (cyclist)|Scott Davies]] : [[File:Gold medal olympic.svg|15px|link=Gold medal]] [[2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] ([[Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]), [[Steven Burke]], [[Owain Doull]] & [[Bradley Wiggins]] : [[File:Gold medal olympic.svg|15px|link=Gold medal]] [[Olympic Games]] ([[Team sprint|Team Sprint]]), [[Philip Hindes]] ;2017 : [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px|link=National cycling champion jersey]] British U23 Time Trial, [[Scott Davies (cyclist)|Scott Davies]] ;2018 : [[File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG|20px|link=National cycling champion jersey]] British U23 Road Race, [[Robert Scott (cyclist)|Robert Scott]] : [[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG |20px]] New Zealand U23 Road Race, [[James Fouché]] : [[File:MaillotIrlanda.PNG|20px]] Irish U23 Time Trial, [[Michael O'Loughlin (cyclist)|Michael O'Loughlin]] ;2019 : [[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG |20px]] New Zealand Road Race, [[James Fouché]] : [[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG |20px]] New Zealand U23 Road Race, [[James Fouché]] : [[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG |20px]] New Zealand U23 Time Trial, [[James Fouché]] : [[File:MaillotIrlanda.PNG|20px]] Irish U23 Time Trial, [[Michael O'Loughlin (cyclist)|Michael O'Loughlin]]

==See also== * {{UCI team code|SKY}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Team Wiggins|WIGGINS}} {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20230307131722/https://www.teamwiggins.co/}}

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