NFTO (cycling team) explained

NFTO
Code:NPC
Registered:United Kingdom
Disbanded:2016
Bicycles:Swift/Felt
Website:http://www.nftopro.com
Teammanager:Tom Barras
Season:2014–2016
Oldname:NFTO
Discipline:Road
Status:UCI Continental

NFTO Pro Cycling were a British UCI Continental cycling team,[1] until October 2016.[2] According to the team's website, 'NFTO' stands for 'Not For The Ordinary'.

Founded in 2014 the team were planning to become a UCI Professional Continental team in 2016.[3] However this change of status did not occur, and in October of that year it was announced that the team's sponsor would cease to support the team, and that the team's manager Tom Barras would set up a successor team with UCI Continental status.[4] In December Barras confirmed that the new team would not race after the squad's prospective sponsor pulled out.[5]

Major wins

2014
  • Prudential RideLondon, Adam Blythe
  • Overall Totnes - Vire, James Lewis
  • Stage 1, James Lewis
  • Overall Tour Series Sprint classification, Jon Mould
  • Stoke-on-Trent, Jon Mould
  • Sprints classification, Jon Mould Durham, Jon Mould
  • Sprints classification, Jon Mould Edinburgh, Jon Mould
  • Sprints classification, Jon Mould Woking Sprints classification, Jon Mould
  • Otley Criterium (Elite Circuit Series), Adam Blythe
  • Grand Prix of Poland Points race, Jon Mould
  • Stockton GP, Russell Downing
    2015
  • Jock Wadley Memorial Road Race, Steele Von Hoff
  • Stage 4 Tour Down Under, Steele Von Hoff Duncan Sparrow Road Race, Tom Barras
  • Capernwray Road Race, Ian Bibby
  • Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic, Steele Von Hoff Chorley GP, Ian Bibby
  • Stage 6 Rás Tailteann, Ian Bibby

    National champions

    2014
  • British National Circuit Championships, Adam Blythe
    2015
  • Australian National Criterium Championships, Steele Von Hoff

    Team roster

    [6]

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: NFTO 2014. Cycling. cyclingarchives.com.
    2. Web site: NFTO Hands the Reigns Over to Tom Barras. www.nfto.com. 27 October 2016.
    3. Web site: NFTO unveils title sponsor and ProConti plans for 2016. 17 April 2015. Cycling Weekly.
    4. Web site: NFTO ends sponsorship of UCI Continental team but new outfit set to replace it . Marshall-Bell . Chris . 26 October 2016 . . 16 March 2017.
    5. Web site: Proposed team to replace NFTO fails to secure sponsorship . Marshall-Bell . Chris . 16 December 2016 . . 16 March 2017.
    6. Web site: Team NFTO homepage. 10 August 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140805113825/http://www.nftopro.com/DEV01/. 5 August 2014.

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