Le Col–Wahoo – Wikipedia

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Cycling team

Le Col–Wahoo is a UCI women’s cycling team based in the United Kingdom, founded in 2015.
The team is jointly sponsored by cycling apparel firm Le Col and fitness technology company Wahoo.

Unlike many teams that are named purely after their sponsors the team have managed to maintain the ‘Drops’ brand throughout the majority of its existence whilst supplementing the Drops name with title sponsors. In 2018 Trek Bikes became title sponsors of the team.^[2] In 2019 the team reverted to its previous name as Trek ended their sponsorship after one year in order to start their own team.^[3] When a prospective replacement sponsor also pulled out the team launched a crowdfunding campaign in order to stay afloat
^[4] and raised £25,000.^[5]

In December 2020 it was announced that the team’s clothing supplier Le Col would step up to co-title sponsor for the 2021 season after agreeing to double their investment in the team. They were joined by American mattress and pillow manufacturer TEMPUR.^[6] The team confirmed that funding would not go as far as being able to pay a salary to riders, something Drops has always been transparent about its inability to do.^[7]

In August 2021 Le Col signed a two-year extension taking their sponsorship through to 2023. In doing so it was announced that they would be trebling their annual investment in the team.^[8] It was also announced that the teams tyre supplier Mavic would extend and increase their sponsorship of the team into 2022.^[9] In the following weeks the team announced a number of new rider signings and contract renewals with a number of 2 year contracts confirmed for the first time in the team’s history. In January 2022 it was announced that Wahoo would become the teams co-title for 2022 with the team being renamed Le Col–Wahoo.^[10] It has not been confirmed whether the increased sponsorship would enable the team to pay salaries to its riders.

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Team roster 2022[edit]

The following riders have been confirmed for the 2022 season
As of 29 December 2021.^[16]

Major wins[edit]

2016: UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Glasgow (Team Pursuit), Eleanor Dickinson; Revolution Series – Manchester (Scratch race), Eleanor Dickinson

2017

Mountains classification Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, Ann-Sophie Duyck

Stage 2, Ann-Sophie Duyck

Provincial Time Trial Championship West-Vlaanderen, Ann-Sophie Duyck

Stage 4 Gracia–Orlová, Martina Ritter

Ljubljana–Domžale–Ljubljana TT, Ann-Sophie Duyck

Stage 3 (ITT) Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska, Ann-Sophie Duyck

Youth classification 2017 BeNe Ladies Tour, Alice Barnes

Stage 1, Alice Barnes

Stage 2 Tour of the Reservoir, Laura Massey

2018: Youth classification Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, Eva Buurman; Youth classification Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, Abby-Mae Parkinson; Mountains classification Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen Kathrin Hammes

2019: Youth classification Giro Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini, Lizzie Holden

2021

Overall Tour de Feminin–Krásná Lípa, Joscelin Lowden

Stage 4 Joscelin Lowden

Omloop der Kempen, Maike van der Duin

UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Saint Petersburg (Elimination race), Maria Martins

UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Saint Petersburg (Omnium), Maria Martins

2022: Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic, Gladys Verhulst

World & national champions[edit]

2016: British U23 Road Race, Alice Barnes; British Junior Road Race, Eleanor Dickinson; Antigua & Barbuda Time Trial, Tamiko Butler; Antigua & Barbuda Road Race, Tamiko Butler

2017: Belgium Time Trial, Ann-Sophie Duyck; British U23 Road Race, Alice Barnes; Austria Time Trial, Martina Ritter; Austria Road Race, Martina Ritter