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Team Halfords Bikehut

Team Halfords Bikehut was a 2008 UCI elite women's cycling team based in the United Kingdom. The team was formed in January 2008 with Dave Brailsford, performance director of British Cycling, the general manager. It had been a pro/national team mooted as the first full British professional women's team[2] but there were two men in the team (Rob Hayles and Tom Southam). The team was in 2009 not an UCI Women's Teams anymore and consisted of a mix of mountain bikers and road racers (mainly men): Rob Hayles, Ed Clancy, Ian Wilkinson, Andy Tennant, Mark McNally, Rob Partridge, Seb Batchelor, David Fletcher, Annie Last, Sharon Laws, Ian Bibby. The team disbanded ahead of the 2010 season, with a number of riders moving to the Scottish-based Endura Racing team.

Team Halfords Bikehut
Team information
UCI codeHBH
RegisteredUnited Kingdom
Founded2008 (2008)
Disbanded2009
Discipline(s)Road with also riders active on the track
StatusUCI Women's Team
BicyclesBoardman Bike[1]
Key personnel
General managerDave Brailsford
2008 Team Halfords Bikehut
UCI Team ranking10th
Season victories
One-day racesRoad: 4
Track: 3
Stage race overall0
Stage race stages2
Best ranked riderNicole Cooke (4th)

The team helped train some of the UK's medal-winning cyclists such as Nicole Cooke, who said: "Setting up Team Halfords was crucial to my success,".[3]

Team roster

Ages as of 1 January 2008.[4][5]

RiderDate of birth
 Nicole Cooke (GBR) (1983-04-13)13 April 1983 (aged 24)
 Catherine Hare Willianson (GBR) (1982-03-13)13 March 1982 (aged 25)
 Jessica Allen (GBR) (1989-01-12)12 January 1989 (aged 18)
 Katie Curtis (GBR) (1988-11-01)1 November 1988 (aged 19)
 Tanja Slater (GBR) (1978-05-09)9 May 1978 (aged 29)
 Wendy Houvenaghel (GBR) (1974-11-27)27 November 1974 (aged 33)
RiderDate of birth
 Emma Trott (GBR) (1989-12-24)24 December 1989 (aged 18)
 Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) (1988-12-18)18 December 1988 (aged 19)
 Joanna Rowsell (GBR) (1988-12-05)5 December 1988 (aged 19)
 Helen Gaskell (GBR) (1983-01-16)16 January 1983 (aged 24)
 Sharon Laws (GBR) (1974-07-07)7 July 1974 (aged 33)
 Katie Colclough[N 1] (GBR) (1990-01-20)20 January 1990 (aged 17)

Season victories

Single day and stage races 2008[6]
DateNationRaceCat.Winner
17 May  FranceStage 1 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin2.2Nicole Cooke
9 September  FranceStage 1 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche2.2Nicole Cooke
National, Continental, World and Olympic champions 2008[6]
DateDisciplineJerseyWinner
28 MarchTrack Cycling World Champion – Team pursuit Joanna Rowsell
Wendy Houvenaghel
(with Rebecca Romero)
28 JuneBritish National Road Race Championships Nicole Cooke
10 AugustOlympic Champion – Women's road race–Nicole Cooke
7 SeptemberBritish National Time Trial Championships Nicole Cooke
SeptemberEuropean Track Champion – Under-23 team pursuit Lizzie Armitstead
Katie Colclough
Joanna Rowsell
7 SeptemberEuropean Track Champion – Under-23 scratch Lizzie Armitstead
27 SeptemberWorld Champion – Women's road race Nicole Cooke

Results in major races

Results at the 2008 UCI Women's Road World Cup races
#DateRaceCountryBest riderPlace
#124 FebruaryGeelong World Cup  Australia--
#224 MarchTrofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio  Italy Nicole Cooke20th
#36 AprilTour of Flanders for Women  Belgium Nicole Cooke16th
#412 AprilRonde van Drenthe  Netherlands--
#523 AprilLa Flèche Wallonne Féminine  Belgium Nicole Cooke8th
#64 MayTour de Berne   Switzerland--
#731 MayCoupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal  Canada--
#830 JulyOpen de Suède Vårgårda  Sweden--
#91 AugustOpen de Suède Vårgårda TTT  Sweden--
#1024 AugustGP de Plouay – Bretagne  France--
#1116 SeptemberRund um die Nürnberger Altstadt  Germany--
Lizie Armitstead (left) won the silver medal behind Ellen van Dijk in the points race at the European Track Championships
Results in other major single day races
DateRace[M 1]RiderPlace
28 MarchTrack Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit Joanna Rowsell
Wendy Houvenaghel
(with Rebecca Romero)
29 MarchTrack Cycling World Championships – Women's points race Lizzie Armitstead19th
30 MarchTrack Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch Lizzie Armitstead7th
10 AugustSummer Olympics – Women's road race  Nicole Cooke (GBR)
3 SeptemberEuropean Track Championships – Women's omnium Ellen van Dijk
SeptemberEuropean Track Championships – Women's under-23 team pursuit Lizzie Armitstead
Katie Colclough
Joanna Rowsell
6 SeptemberEuropean Track Championships – Women's under-23 individual pursuit Joanna Rowsell
7 SeptemberEuropean Track Championships – Women's under-23 scratch Lizzie Armitstead
Ex aequo with Ellen van Dijk
6 SeptemberEuropean Track Championships – Women's under-23 points race Lizzie Armitstead
24 SeptemberRoad World Championships – Women's road race[7]  Nicole Cooke (GBR)

UCI World Ranking

The team finished 10th in the UCI ranking for teams.[8]

Individual UCI World Ranking[8]
RankRiderPoints
4 Nicole Cooke536
143 Sharon Laws28
185 Joanna Rowsell16
210 Jessica Allen12
241 Catherine Hare10

References

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