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 but there were two men in the team. The team was in 2009 not an UCI Women's Teams anymore and consisted of a mix of mountain bikers and road racers : 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.
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,".

Team roster

Ages as of 1 January 2008.
DateNationRaceCat.Winner
17 MayStage 1 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin2.2Nicole Cooke
9 SeptemberStage 1 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche2.2Nicole Cooke

DateDisciplineJerseyWinner
28 MarchTrack Cycling World Champion - Team pursuit Joanna Rowsell
Wendy Houvenaghel
28 JuneBritish National Road Race ChampionshipsNicole Cooke
10 AugustOlympic Champion – Women's road race-Nicole Cooke
7 SeptemberBritish National Time Trial ChampionshipsNicole 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 raceNicole Cooke

Results in major races

DateRaceRiderPlace
28 MarchTrack Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit Joanna Rowsell
Wendy Houvenaghel
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
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

UCI World Ranking

The team finished 10th in the UCI ranking for teams.
RankRiderPoints
4 Nicole Cooke536
143 Sharon Laws28
185 Joanna Rowsell16
210 Jessica Allen12
241 Catherine Hare10