Madison Saracen
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| UCI code | MAD |
|---|---|
| Registered | United Kingdom |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Discipline | MTB |
| Status | UCI mountain bike team |
| Bicycles | Saracen |
| General manager | Will Longden |
Madison Saracen is a British-based UCI trade team, specialising in downhill mountain biking.
Founded in 2011, the team went on to achieve great success with original member Manon Carpenter.
Carpenter became junior UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Champion in the team’s debut season, before going on to take the senior titles of the UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup and World Championships in 2014.
In December 2015 Madison Saracen announced its new roster and the signing of Marc Beaumont.
Launched in 2011 the team’s aspiration was clearly laid out by Madison CEO Dominic Langan.
“The first year is mainly a development squad, with a couple of people riding the world cup series. It’s a minimum three-year program and hopefully we’ll be doing much more beyond that – the aim is to get more riders into the world cup series.
“We hope to build that up and hopefully we can get some champions. We just want to get good British riders out there.”
Manon Carpenter took the team’s first major win at the junior world championships in Champery, Switzerland.
The win was followed by the appointment of Tim Flooks as team manager in November 2011, but he was forced to stand down soon after due to health problems.
In February 2012, Will Longden took the position of team manager.
Longden – himself a four-time British champion in downhill, fourcross and dual slalom – took the reins of the team following a period of time coaching the MBUK development squad. He was also British Cycling’s rider representative for downhill mountain biking.
In 2012 Manon Carpenter took the team’s first world cup and world championship podium results.
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