Équipe Paule Ka Explained

Équipe Paule Ka
Website:http://www.bpct.ch/
Generalmanager:Ernst Meier, Mario Vonhof
Teammanager:Emil R. Zimmermann
Discipline:Road
Bicycles:BMC (2005–2009, 2012–2014)
Cervélo (2015–2018)
Chapter 2 (2019–2020)
Status:UCI Women's Team
Season:2005
2006–2015
2016–2018
2019
2020
2020
Oldname:Team Bigla
Bigla Cycling Team[1]
Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling
Bigla Pro Cycling
Bigla–Katusha
Équipe Paule Ka

Équipe Paule Ka[2] was a professional cycling team based in Switzerland, which competed in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour.

Team history

2015

For the 2015 season the team announced the signing of Annemiek van Vleuten,[3] Ashleigh Moolman[4] Shelley Olds, Doris Schweizer, Iris Slappendel and Sharon Laws. The team also extended the contracts of Vera Koedooder and Lotta Lepistö. On October 30 the Cyclingnews.com announced the signing of Joëlle Numainville.[5] On November 20 the team signed Clara Koppenburg and Caroline Baur as well as extending the contracts of Nicole Hanselmann and Emilie Aubry. On December 1 Jacqueline Hahn and Désirée Ehrler left the team to join Feminine Cycling Team.

2016

In September 2015 it was announced that Cervélo, who supplied bicycle frames for the team in 2015, would become a title sponsor for the 2016 season, with the team becoming Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling.[6]

In September 2016, the team announced that British rider Ciara Horne would be joining with immediate effect, and would compete with the team in the team time trial at the World Championships.[7]

2020 funding issues

In June 2020, the team's title sponsors Bigla and Katusha Sports announced they would withdraw funding for the team, with the team having to access their UCI bank guarantee in previous months in order to pay rider and staff wages. Paule Ka, a French ready-to-wear clothing brand was later announced as the new title sponsor for the team, agreeing to a deal through to the end of 2024.[2] In October there was uncertainty over the team's future with the team drawing on a UCI bank guarantee to pay rider's salaries.[8] On 16 October the team announced that it would cease racing and close with immediate effect.[9]

Major wins

See main article: List of wins by Team Bigla and its successors.

National and continental champions

2005
  • Kazakhstan Time Trial, Zoulfia Zabirov
  • Kazakhstan Road Race, Zoulfia Zabirova
    2006
  • Kazakhstan Time Trial, Zoulfia Zabirov
    2007
  • Kazakhstan Time Trial, Zoulfia Zabirov
  • Kazakhstan Road Race, Zoulfia Zabirova
    2008
  • Switzerland Track (Omnium), Andrea Wölfer
  • Kazakhstan Time Trial, Zoulfia Zabirov
  • Kazakhstan Road Race, Zoulfia Zabirova
  • Switzerland Road Race, Jennifer Hohl
    2009
  • Italy Time Trial, Noemi Cantele
  • Switzerland Time Trial, Karin Thürig
  • Switzerland Road Race, Jennifer Hohl
    2012
  • Switzerland Time Trial (Juniors), Caroline Baur
    2013
  • Austria Road Race, Andrea Graus
    2014
  • Austria Road Race, Jacqueline Hahn
  • Finland Road Race, Lotta Lepistö
    2015
  • South Africa Time Trial, Ashleigh Moolman
  • South Africa Road Race, Ashleigh Moolman
  • African Time Trial, Ashleigh Moolman
  • African Road Race, Ashleigh Moolman
  • Finland Time Trial, Lotta Lepistö
  • Switzerland Time Trial, Doris Schweizer
  • Canada Road Race, Joëlle Numainville
  • Finland Road Race, Lotta Lepistö
  • Netherlands Track (Points race), Vera Koedooder
    2016
  • USA Time Trial, Carmen Small
  • Finland Time Trial, Lotta Lepistö
  • Finland Road Race, Lotta Lepistö
  • Germany Track (Individual Pursuit), Lisa Klein
    2017
  • South Africa Time Trial, Ashleigh Moolman
  • Finland Time Trial, Lotta Lepistö
  • Finland Road Race, Lotta Lepistö
  • Denmark Time Trial, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
  • Germany Road Race, Lisa Klein
  • Switzerland Road Race, Nicole Hanselmann
  • Poland Track (Scratch race), Daria Pikulik
    2018
  • Belgium Time Trial, Ann-Sophie Duyck
  • Finland Time Trial, Lotta Lepistö
  • Switzerland Time Trial, Nicole Hanselmann
  • Denmark Time Trial, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
  • Finland Road Race, Lotta Lepistö
    2019
  • European Track (Madison), Julie Leth
    2020
  • New Zealand Road Race, Niamh Fisher-Black
  • New Zealand U23 Road Race, Niamh Fisher-Black
  • Switzerland Time Trial, Marlen Reusser
  • Czech Time Trial, Nikola Nosková Denmark Road Race, Emma Cecilie Norsgaard

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Bigla Cycling Team 2014. Cycling. cyclingarchives.com.
    2. News: Former Bigla-Katusha women's team rebranded as Équipe Paule Ka. Cyclingnews.com. 2 July 2020. 2 July 2020. Daniel. Ostanek.
    3. Web site: Van Vleuten leaves Vos for Bigla Cycling Team. Cyclingnews.com.
    4. Web site: Ashleigh Moolman joins Bigla on two-year deal. Cyclingnews.com.
    5. Web site: News shorts: Santambrogio to return with Amore & Vita. Cyclingnews.com.
    6. Web site: Cervélo becomes title sponsor for Bigla Pro Cycling Team. 27 September 2015 . . 27 September 2015.
    7. Web site: Ciara Horne brings time trial boost to CBPCT. BPCT.com . 8 September 2016. 9 September 2016.
    8. News: Mickey . Abby . Equipe Paule Ka in danger of folding for 2021, draws on UCI bank guarantee . 6 October 2020 . CyclingTips . 6 October 2020.
    9. News: La fin de l'Équipe Paule Ka . 16 October 2020 . Équipe Paule Ka . 16 October 2020 . 16 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201016085700/https://www.equipepauleka.com/la-fin-de-lequipe-paule-ka/ . dead .

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