AT85 Pro Cycling explained

AT85 Pro Cycling
Code:RDW
Registered:United Kingdom
Founded:2017
Disbanded:2023
Discipline:Road
Status:UCI Continental
Bicycles:Canyon
Website:https://canyondhb.co.uk
Generalmanager:Tim Elverson[1]
Season:2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Oldname: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]

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 . 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]

Major results

2017
  • 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
  • Overall Tour de la Mirabelle, Robert Scott
  • Stage 3, Robert Scott
  • Stage 4, Matthew Bostock
  • Paris–Troyes, Robert Scott
  • National Road Race Championships, Rory Townsend

    National, continental, world, and Olympic champions

    2018
  • British U23 Time Trial, Charlie Tanfield
  • Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships Charlie Tanfield
  • Commonwealth Games
  • Individual pursuit Charlie Tanfield

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Bike Channel and Canyon join forces for British-registered Continental team. 2 December 2016 . cyclingnews.com. 2 February 2017.
    2. Web site: Bike Channel–Canyon . ProCyclingStats . 16 January 2017.
    3. Web site: Tom Thewlis . 2023-03-17 . Long-standing British team AT85 Pro Cycling collapses . 2023-04-09 . cyclingweekly.com . en.
    4. Web site: British cyclist wins opening stage at Tour of Quanzhou Bay . www.xinhuanet.com . 5 August 2023 . 2 December 2017.
    5. Web site: British cyclist grabs the leader jersey on queen stage of Tour of Quanzhou Bayn . www.xinhuanet.com . 5 August 2023 . 3 December 2017.
    6. Web site: Eisberg step up as headline partner. January 2018.
    7. News: Bonville-Ginn . Tim . 'I'm fully expecting to put 2020 behind us': Canyon-dhb announce new title sponsor for 2021 . 19 January 2021 . Cycling Weekly. TI Media. 1 December 2020.