Wiggle Honda
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| UCI code | WHT |
|---|---|
| Registered | Great Britain |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Discipline | Road |
| Status | UCI Women's Team |
| Bicycles | Colnago |
| Website | Team home page |
| General manager | Rochelle Gilmore |
| Team manager(s) | Simon Cope |
| 2013–2015 2016– |
Wiggle–Honda Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling |
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling (UCI team code: WHT) is a British professional cycling team based in Belgium, which competes in elite road bicycle racing and track cycling events, such as the UCI Women's Road World Cup. The team was the idea of the manager and rider Rochelle Gilmore, and was formed with backing from the Bradley Wiggins Foundation and British Cycling. The two main sponsors of the team are Wiggle and High5.
On 3 March the team achieved its first ever victory when Emily Collins won the Omloop van het Hageland one day race in Belgium. Collins Shelley Olds (Team TIBCO) and Emma Johansson (Orica-AIS) in a final sprint. On 18 May the team earned its first overall General classification win at the Tour of Zhoushan Island in China where Giorgia Bronzini took overall victory from the Hitec Products UCK pairing of Elisa Longo Borghini and Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen by 14 seconds and 1 minute 6 seconds respectively. The team's second overall victory came at the 2013 La Route de France, where Linda Villumsen won stage 7 and in doing so took overall victory from Emma Johansson by 5 minutes 52 seconds. The race will be remembered for the record breaking efforts of Bronzini who won six consecutive stages (1 – 6) breaking the all-time record for consecutive stage wins in a women’s stage racing and meaning that the team won all 7 road stages. The team finished the season 5th in the UCI Rankings (1060 points) and 7th in the Women's World Cup rankings (166 points).
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