ONE Pro Cycling explained
ONE Pro Cycling was a British UCI Continental men's cycling team. Their first season was 2015, and they became a Professional Continental team in 2016.[2] Due to funding issues, they reverted to Continental level in 2017.[3]
History
ONE Pro Cycling was owned by retired professional cricketer Matt Prior[4] and businessman Simon Chappell.[5] The team officially launched on 17 February 2015,[6] although started racing the week prior, at the opening race of the UK domestic road race season[7] Prior stated that the team's aim was to join the UCI World Tour within five years.[8] In November 2015 it was confirmed that the team had been granted a UCI Professional Continental licence for the 2016 season.[9] They returned to UCI Continental level for the 2017 season, in part because bike sponsor Factor withdrew their support from the team in favour of supplying bicycles to .[3] [10] In September 2018 the team announced that they would disband their men's squad at the end of the season in favour of entering the women's peloton the following year. One month later in October 2018 the team announced that they had scrapped plans to launch a women's team for the 2019 season, citing lack of sufficient sponsorship.[11]
Major wins
- 2015
Perf's Pedal Race, Yanto Barker
Clayton Spring Classic, Peter Williams
Primavera Road Race, Marcin Białobłocki
Severn Bridge Road Race, George Harper
Eddie Soens Memorial Road Race, Peter Williams
Betty Pharoah Memorial Road Race, Marcin Białobłocki
Stage 1 Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour, Peter Williams
National Time Trial Championships, Marcin Białobłocki
- 2016
National Time Trial Championships, Hayden McCormick
Stage 3 New Zealand Cycle Classic, Kristian House
The REV Classic, Dion Smith
Tro-Bro Léon, Martin Mortensen
Stage 1 Tour of Norway, Steele Von Hoff
Stage 2 Tour de Korea, Chris Opie
Stages 3 & 5 Tour de Korea, Karol Domagalski
Stage 7 Tour de Korea, Kristian House
Beaumont Trophy, Dion Smith
Stage 1 Sibiu Cycling Tour, Steele Von Hoff
- 2017
Stage 5 Szlakiem Walk Majora Hubala, Tom Stewart
Beaumont Trophy, Peter Williams
Stage 2 Kreiz Breizh Elites, James Oram
Grand Prix des Marbriers, Karol Domagalski
Overall Ronde van Midden-Nederland, Kamil Gradek
Stage 1, Team time trial
- 2018
Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic, Hayden McCormick
Poreč Trophy, Emīls Liepiņš
Stage 3 Istrian Spring Trophy, Emīls Liepiņš
Heistse Pijl, Emīls LiepiņšNational champions
- 2015
Poland National Time Trial, Marcin Bialoblocki
- 2016
New Zealand National Time Trial, Hayden MccormickNotes and References
- Web site: Capital cyclist McCallum new manager of ONE Pro Team . Renton . Colin . 27 August 2015 . . 6 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150919230428/http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/capital-cyclist-mccallum-new-manager-of-one-pro-team-1-3869668 . 19 September 2015 . dead .
- Web site: Registration of UCI WorldTeams and UCI Professional Continental Teams for the 2016 season . UCI. 10 November 2015.
- Web site: Reduced 12-rider roster in 2017 for ONE Pro Cycling - Cyclingnews.com.
- Web site: BBC Sport – Matt Prior co-founds One Pro Cycling team. BBC Sport.
- Web site: New cycling team founded by England cricketer launched in London.
- News: One Pro Cycling reveal jersey and lead partner. Cycling Weekly. 19 February 2015.
- Web site: Matt Prior looking to build a strong future with One Pro Cycling. 11 February 2015. Cycling Weekly.
- Web site: Matt Prior aiming to elevate new ONE Pro Cycling team on to WorldTour within five years . Westby . Matt . 14 December 2014 . skysports.com. 17 February 2015.
- Web site: Matt Prior's One Pro team granted their Pro Continental licence but were not ambitious enough. 9 November 2015 . . 16 November 2015.
- Web site: One Pro cycling disband men’s squad to focus on new women’s team in 2019 . Arthurs-Brennan . Michelle . 1 September 2018 . . 1 September 2018.
- Web site: One Pro Cycling scraps plans to launch women's team . Gkam84 . 2 October 2018 . . 2 October 2018.
