AT85 Pro Cycling

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AT85 Pro Cycling
Canyon dhb sungod leaders square (10.11.20).jpg
Team information
UCI codeRDW
RegisteredUnited Kingdom
Founded2017
Disbanded2023
Discipline(s) Road
Status UCI Continental
Bicycles Canyon
Website Team home page
Key personnel
General managerTim Elverson [1]
Team name history
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Bike Channel–Canyon
Canyon Eisberg
Canyon dhb p/b Bloor Homes
Canyon dhb p/b Soreen
Canyon dhb SunGod
WiV SunGod
AT85 Pro Cycling

AT85 Pro Cycling was a British UCI Continental cycling team founded in 2017 by sports director Tim Elverson. [2] The team folded on 17 March 2023. [3]

Contents

Team History

The team formed as Bike Channel–Canyon in 2017. It recorded three wins during its inaugural season, all at the Tour of Quanzhou Bay. Stage 1 was won by Harry Tanfield, with Rory Townsend taking the lead in the minor classifications. [4] Max Stedman won stage 2 of the race taking the lead on the Queen stage, he held the lead at the end of the following stage to win the race overall. [5]

On 1 January 2018, the team announced that Eisberg had stepped up its sponsorship to allow the team to function after Bike Channel went into administration. [6]

The team enjoyed two hugely successful seasons. Some of the highlights of their 2018 campaign include Harry Tanfield winning stage one of the Tour de Yorkshire, which led to him being signed by World Tour team Team Katusha–Alpecin. The team won the overall title in the Tour Series, the UK's premier circuit racing championship. Charlie Tanfield became a world champion in the UCI Track Cycling World Championships team pursuit and won a gold medal in the individual pursuit at the Commonwealth Games. He was also crowned British under-23-time trial champion on the road. Ryan Christensen, Max Stedman, and Charlie Tanfield were selected to race at the under-23 UCI Road World Championships in Austria, the latter in the time trial. At the Tour of Britain, the team recorded three top-10 stage finishes, Max Stedman was 20th in the general classification, and Alex Paton won the Eisberg sprints jersey.

2019 was another successful year for the team with multiple UK and European podiums. Some highlights included winning the Tour Series overall title for a second year running, a top 10 in the Tour de Yorkshire and the Tour of Britain, and the Eisberg sprints jersey at the Tour of Britain for the second time.

In December 2020, Elverson announced that the team had acquired sponsorship from British sunglasses maker 'SunGod' and that the team's name for the 2021 racing season would become Canyon DHB SunGod. [7]

Team roster

As of 14 July 2022. [8]
RiderDate of birth
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Toby Barnes  (GBR) (2001-12-21) 21 December 2001 (age 22)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Matthew Bostock  (GBR) (1997-07-16) 16 July 1997 (age 27)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jim Brown  (GBR) (2000-10-02) 2 October 2000 (age 23)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Damien Clayton  (GBR) (1992-07-30) 30 July 1992 (age 31)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Matthew Gibson  (GBR) (1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 (age 27)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Gruffudd Lewis  (GBR) (1987-11-11) 11 November 1987 (age 36)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Euan Macleod  (GBR) (2002-07-29) 29 July 2002 (age 21)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Ben Perry  (CAN) (1994-03-07) 7 March 1994 (age 30)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jacob Scott  (GBR) (1995-06-14) 14 June 1995 (age 29)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Robert Scott  (GBR) (1998-07-24) 24 July 1998 (age 26)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Matthew Teggart  (IRE) (1996-01-08) 8 January 1996 (age 28)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Rory Townsend  (GBR) (1995-06-30) 30 June 1995 (age 29)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Josh Whitehead  (GBR) (2000-06-01) 1 June 2000 (age 24)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Oliver Wood  (GBR) (1995-11-26) 26 November 1995 (age 28)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Reece Wood  (GBR) (1998-05-28) 28 May 1998 (age 26)

Major results

2017
Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Quanzhou Bay, Max Stedman
Stage 1, Harry Tanfield
Stage 2, Max Stedman
2018
Stage 1 Tour de Yorkshire, Harry Tanfield
Overall Tour of Quanzhou Bay, Max Stedman
Stage 2, Max Stedman
Eisberg Sprints Jersey Winner Tour of Britain, Alex Paton
2019
Arno Wallaard Memorial, Alexandar Richardson
Stage 3 Tour de la Mirabelle, Daniel Pearson
Stage 4 Tour de la Mirabelle, Alexandar Richardson
Sprints classification Tour of Britain, Rory Townsend
Stages 2 & 4 Tour of Fuzhou, Rory Townsend
2020
Tour of Antalya, Max Stedman
2021
Stage 1 Tour de la Mirabelle, Rory Townsend
2022
Stage 1b Olympia's Tour, Matthew Gibson
Stage 4 Olympia's Tour, Jim Brown
Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de la Mirabelle, Robert Scott
Stage 3, Robert Scott
Stage 4, Matthew Bostock
Paris–Troyes, Robert Scott
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland National Road Race Championships, Rory Townsend

National, continental, world, and Olympic champions

2018
MaillotReinoUnido.PNG British U23 Time Trial, Charlie Tanfield
Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships Charlie Tanfield
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal blank.svg Individual pursuit Charlie Tanfield

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