ONE Pro Cycling (UCI team code: ONE) was a British UCI Continental men's cycling team. Their first season was 2015, and they became a Professional Continental team in 2016.[2] Due to funding issues, they reverted to Continental level in 2017.[3]

ONE Pro Cycling
Team information
UCI codeONE
RegisteredUnited Kingdom
Founded2015 (2015)
Disbanded2018
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI Continental (2015)
UCI Professional Continental (2016)
UCI Continental (2017–2018)
BicyclesCervélo (2015)
Factor Bikes (2016)
Boardman Bikes (2017)
Storck (2018)
WebsiteTeam home page
Key personnel
General managerMatt Prior
Team manager(s)James McCallum[1]
Steve Benton
Rebecca Frewing
Team name history
2015–2018
ONE Pro Cycling
ONE Pro Cycling jersey
ONE Pro Cycling jersey
Jersey

History

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ONE Pro Cycling was owned by retired professional cricketer Matt Prior[4] and businessman Simon Chappell.[5] The team officially launched on 17 February 2015,[6] although started racing the week prior, at the opening race of the UK domestic road race season[7] Prior stated that the team's aim was to join the UCI World Tour within five years.[8] In November 2015 it was confirmed that the team had been granted a UCI Professional Continental licence for the 2016 season.[9] They returned to UCI Continental level for the 2017 season, in part because bike sponsor Factor withdrew their support from the team in favour of supplying bicycles to AG2R La Mondiale.[3][10] In September 2018 the team announced that they would disband their men's squad at the end of the season in favour of entering the women's peloton the following year.[10] One month later in October 2018 the team announced that they had scrapped plans to launch a women's team for the 2019 season, citing lack of sufficient sponsorship.[11]

Major wins

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National champions

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2015
  Poland National Time Trial, Marcin Bialoblocki
2016
  New Zealand National Time Trial, Hayden Mccormick

Team roster

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Rider Date of birth
  Tom Baylis (GBR) (1996-01-03) 3 January 1996 (age 28)
  Karol Domagalski (POL) (1989-08-09) 9 August 1989 (age 35)
  Jake Kelly (GBR) (1995-01-17) 17 January 1995 (age 29)
  Christopher Latham (GBR) (1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 (age 30)
  Emils Liepins (LAT) (1992-10-29) 29 October 1992 (age 32)
Rider Date of birth
  Hayden McCormick (NZL) (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30)
  James Oram (NZL) (1993-06-17) 17 June 1993 (age 31)
  Jacob Scott (GBR) (1995-06-14) 14 June 1995 (age 29)
  Szymon Tracz (POL) (1998-10-16) 16 October 1998 (age 26)
  Peter Williams (GBR) (1986-12-13) 13 December 1986 (age 38)

References

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  1. ^ Renton, Colin (27 August 2015). "Capital cyclist McCallum new manager of ONE Pro Team". Edinburgh Evening News. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Registration of UCI WorldTeams and UCI Professional Continental Teams for the 2016 season". UCI. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Reduced 12-rider roster in 2017 for ONE Pro Cycling - Cyclingnews.com".
  4. ^ "BBC Sport – Matt Prior co-founds One Pro Cycling team". BBC Sport.
  5. ^ "New cycling team founded by England cricketer launched in London".
  6. ^ "One Pro Cycling reveal jersey and lead partner". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Matt Prior looking to build a strong future with One Pro Cycling". Cycling Weekly. 11 February 2015.
  8. ^ Westby, Matt (14 December 2014). "Matt Prior aiming to elevate new ONE Pro Cycling team on to WorldTour within five years". skysports.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Matt Prior's One Pro team granted their Pro Continental licence but were not ambitious enough". theguardian.com. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  10. ^ a b Arthurs-Brennan, Michelle (1 September 2018). "One Pro cycling disband men's squad to focus on new women's team in 2019". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  11. ^ Gkam84 (2 October 2018). "One Pro Cycling scraps plans to launch women's team". Road.cc. Retrieved 2 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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