Plowman Craven Madison start at the top
Dateline 10-Feb-2009
The year started very well for the UK team with an invite to five-day Tour of Majorca. And even though it would be too much to expect major successes it does provide that all important direct contact at the start of the season more...

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Rapha Condor Launch
Dateline 10-Feb-2009
The 2009 team held its official launch on 23-January at Smithfield in London - hosted by Robert Elms, the broadcaster and well-known cycling fan more...

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Barloworld Team for 2009
Dateline 10-Feb-2009
Even though the team is based in Italy and has its PR office in South Africa it is registered as a UK team. Quite how the UCI controls these “flags of convenience” arrangements (if at all) is a mystery to me. But it is common practice. However Barloworld does have one claim through its three solid riders - Steve Cummings, Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas (or Thomas Geraint according to the UCI web site - tell’em to fix it, Geraint!)

And the team has started off well with a third place for Robert Hunter in the GP Costa degli Etruschi last Saturday. But according to their outline schedule there are no British races planned - this may change once the Tour of Britain teams get resolved more...

UCI Registered UK Teams
Dateline 9-Feb-2009
At the UCI Continental Team level there are 5 UK teams registered for the coming season - CANDI TV - PINARELLO RT,  ENDURA RACING,  PLOWMAN CRAVEN - MADISON, RAPHA CONDOR and TEAM HALFORDS. And just Barloworld at the next higher division - Pro Continental. I don’t have any details yet for Endura or Team Halfords but the rest have links above.