Podium Ambition Pro Cycling

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Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa
Team information
RegisteredUnited Kingdom
Founded2013
Disbanded2016
Discipline(s) Road
StatusNational (2013–2015)
UCI Women (2016)
Team name history
2013
2014
2015
2016
Breast Cancer Care Cycling Team [1]
Madison–Boot Out Breast Cancer Care [2]
Pearl Izumi–Boot out Breast Cancer
Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club La Santa

Podium Ambition Pro Cycling powered by Club La Santa was a UCI Women's cycling team based in the United Kingdom, founded in 2013. [3] The team folded at the end of 2016. [4]

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Major wins

2014
Stage 2 Tour de Bretagne, Sarah Storey
UCI Track World Cup – Guadalajara (Team Pursuit), Ciara Horne
UCI Track World Cup – Guadalajara (Team Pursuit), Katie Archibald
UCI Track World Cup – London (Team Pursuit), Ciara Horne
UCI Track World Cup – London (Team Pursuit), Katie Archibald
2015
Dudenhofen Omnium, Katie Archibald
Cheshire Classic, Sarah Storey
London Nocturne, Katie Archibald

National, continental and world champions

2014
Jersey rainbow.svg World Track (Team Pursuit), Katie Archibald
MaillotReinoUnido.PNG British Track (Individual Pursuit), Katie Archibald
MaillotReinoUnido.PNG British Track (Points race), Sarah Storey
UEC Champion Jersey.svg European Track (Team Pursuit), Ciara Horne
UEC Champion Jersey.svg European Track (Team Pursuit), Katie Archibald
UEC Champion Jersey.svg European Track (Individual Pursuit), Katie Archibald
2015
MaillotReinoUnido.PNG British Track, (Team Pursuit), Sarah Storey
MaillotReinoUnido.PNG British Track, (Team Pursuit), Joanna Rowsell
MaillotReinoUnido.PNG British Track, (Team Pursuit), Horne
MaillotReinoUnido.PNG British Track, (Team Pursuit), Katie Archibald
UEC Champion Jersey.svg European Track (Team Pursuit), Joanna Rowsell
UEC Champion Jersey.svg European Track (Team Pursuit), Katie Archibald
UEC Champion Jersey.svg European Track (Individual Pursuit), Katie Archibald
2016
UEC Champion Jersey.svg European Track (Omnium), Katie Archibald
UEC Champion Jersey.svg European Track (Individual Pursuit), Katie Archibald

Team roster 2016

As of 1 January 2016. Ages as of 1 January 2016. [5]

RiderDate of birth
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Katie Archibald  (GBR) (1994-03-12)12 March 1994 (aged 21)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Lauren Creamer  (IRL) (1992-01-20)20 January 1992 (aged 23)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Katie Curtis  (GBR) (1988-11-01)1 November 1988 (aged 27)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Neah Evans  (GBR) (1990-08-01)1 August 1990 (aged 25)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Grace Garner  (GBR) (1997-06-19)19 June 1997 (aged 18)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Amy Gornall  (GBR) (1996-09-13)13 September 1996 (aged 19)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Elizabeth-Jane Harris  (GBR) (1988-01-07)7 January 1988 (aged 27)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Bethany Hayward  (GBR) (1996-11-20)20 November 1996 (aged 19)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Hayley Jones  (GBR) (1995-09-26)26 September 1995 (aged 20)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Sharon Laws  (GBR) (1974-07-07)7 July 1974 (aged 41)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Nicole Moerig  (AUS) (1984-04-04)4 April 1984 (aged 31)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Claire Rose  (GBR) (1987-05-23)23 May 1987 (aged 28)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Joanna Rowsell-Shand  (GBR) (1988-12-05)5 December 1988 (aged 27)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Sarah Storey  (GBR) (1977-10-26)26 October 1977 (aged 38)

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    References

    1. "Breast Cancer Care 2013".
    2. "Madison - Boot Out Breast Cancer Care 2014".
    3. "Podium Ambition Pro Cycling p/b Club la Santa". Archived from the original on 28 January 2016.
    4. "Storey launches women's cycling team". BBC Sport.
    5. "UCI Women's teams". UCI.ch. Retrieved 10 October 2016.