Endura Racing

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Endura Racing
Endura Racing logo.jpg
Team information
UCI codeEDR
Registered United Kingdom
Founded2008 (2008)
DisbandedMerged with Team NetApp for 2013
Discipline(s) Road
Status UCI Continental
Bicycles Giant
Website Team home page
Key personnel
General manager Brian Smith
Team manager(s) Julian Winn
Team name history
2009–2012
Endura Racing

Endura Racing ( UCI team code:EDR) was a British UCI Continental cycling team. [1]

Contents

History

Endura Racing winning Team trophy at the 2012 Baltic Chain Tour Baltic Chain Tour 2012 - Best Team - Endura Racing 3.JPG
Endura Racing winning Team trophy at the 2012 Baltic Chain Tour

Endura Racing were a UCI Continental licensed professional road racing team owned by Endura, a Scottish cycling clothing company owned by the Pentland Group.

The team rode senior professional events in the UCI Europe Tour and British domestic competitions. The team's UCI Continental status did not allow it to ride in the Grand Tours or UCI World Tour races.

In 2013 the team merged with the German-based Pro Continental team, Team NetApp - becoming Team NetApp-Endura. [2]

Major wins

2011
Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Normandie, Alexandre Blain
Stage 7, Alexandre Blain
Overall Cinturón a Mallorca, Iker Camano
Stage 2, Iker Camano
Stage 2 Tour de Bretagne, René Mandri
Stage 4 Tour of Norway, Iker Camano
Stage 1 Czech Cycling Tour, Team Time Trial
Preston Grand Prix, Ian Wilkinson
Stage 2 Tour of Utah, Jack Bauer
Overall Cinturó de l'Empordà, Paul Voss
Stage 1, Paul Voss
2012
Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour Méditerranéen, Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Stages 1 & 4, Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour du Haut Var, Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Stage 2, Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Eddie Soens Memorial Road Race, Russell Downing
Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers, Russell Downing
Stage 3 Tour de Normandie, Ian Wilkinson
Stage 5 Tour de Normandie, Erick Rowsell
Maldon Dengie Tour, Alexandre Blain
Stage 1 Circuit des Ardennes, Russell Downing
Overall Tour Doon Hame, Jonathan McEvoy
Stage 1, Erick Rowsell
Stage 2, Scott Thwaites
Stage 3, Jonathan McEvoy
Rutland-Melton International CiCLE Classic, Alexandre Blain
Tour of the Reservoir, Scott Thwaites
Lincoln Grand Prix, Russell Downing
Stage 5 Glava Tour of Norway, Russell Downing
Tartu GP, Rene Mandri
MaillotReinoUnido.PNG British National Circuit Race Championships, Scott Thwaites
Stage 2 Czech Cycling Tour, Zak Dempster
Beaumont Trophy, Russell Downing
Prologue Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, Iker Camaño
Overall Halfords Tour Series:
Tour Series Kirkcaldy
Individual, Scott Thwaites
Tour Series Durham
Tour Series Oxford
Individual, Scott Thwaites
Tour Series Redditch
Tour Series Canary Wharf
Individual, Zak Dempster
Tour Series Colchester
Tour Series Woking
Individual, Zak Dempster
Premier Calendar Road Race Series, Scott Thwaites
Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour Alsace, Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Stages 2 & 4, Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Stage 3 Vuelta Ciclista a León, Rene Mandri
Stage 2 Mi-Août Bretonne, Ian Bibby
Jersey gold.svg Overall Tour of Britain, Jonathan Tiernan-Locke [N 1]

Notes

  1. In July 2014, Tiernan-Lockes 2012 Tour of Britain Overall victory was stripped as part of his biological violation and 2 year ban

2012 team

As of 31 December 2012. [3]

RiderDate of birth
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Jack Anderson  (AUS) (1987-07-02)2 July 1987 (aged 25)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ian Bibby  (GBR) (1986-12-20)20 December 1986 (aged 26)
Flag of France.svg  Alexandre Blain  (FRA) (1981-03-07)7 March 1981 (aged 31)
Flag of Spain.svg  Iker Camaño  (ESP) (1979-03-14)14 March 1979 (aged 33)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Zakkari Dempster  (AUS) (1987-09-27)27 September 1987 (aged 25)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Russell Downing  (GBR) (1978-08-23)23 August 1978 (aged 34)
Flag of Estonia.svg  Rene Mandri  (EST) (1984-01-20)20 January 1984 (aged 28)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jonathan McEvoy  (GBR) (1989-08-02)2 August 1989 (aged 23)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Rob Partridge  (GBR) (1985-09-11)11 September 1985 (aged 27)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Erick Rowsell  (GBR) (1990-07-29)29 July 1990 (aged 22)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Scott Thwaites  (GBR) (1990-02-12)12 February 1990 (aged 22)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jonathan Tiernan-Locke  (GBR) (1984-12-26)26 December 1984 (aged 28)
Flag of Germany.svg  Paul Voss  (GER) (1986-03-26)26 March 1986 (aged 26)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Alexander Wetterhall  (SWE) (1986-04-12)12 April 1986 (aged 26)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ian Wilkinson  (GBR) (1979-04-14)14 April 1979 (aged 33)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Dean Windsor  (AUS) (1986-09-09)9 September 1986 (aged 26)

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References

  1. "Union Cycliste Internationale". www.uci.ch. Archived from the original on 18 December 2009.
  2. Endura merger
  3. "Endura Racing (EDR) - GBR". UCI Continental Circuits . Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2012.