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• Mark Cavendish Starting 2012 Season At Tour of Qatar
  January 17th, 2012
  

  PARIS, Jan 17, 2012 (AFP) – World road race champion Mark Cavendish will begin his 2012 season at the Tour of Qatar, staged between February 5-10, his Sky team announced [...]

• TEAM SKY ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH fi’zi:k
  January 14th, 2012
  

  Team Sky is delighted to announce fi’zi:k as their new official saddle supplier for the 2012 season. fi’zi:k – which is the phonetic spelling of the word physique – is [...]

• Team Sky Announces Partnership With Pro
  January 13th, 2012
  

  Team Sky is delighted to announce PRO as a new Official Supplier. PRO is a world-class performance brand which will supply Team Sky with handlebars, handlebar tape, stems and disc [...]

• Gatorade proud to be the fuel behind Team Sky’s success again in 2012 and beyond
  January 11th, 2012
  

  Gatorade is proud to be fuelling Team Sky as its Official Nutrition Partner for the third successive year. In 2012, Team Sky will use products from the G Series Pro [...]

• Tour de France Green Jersey Mark Cavendish Switches To Sky
  January 4th, 2012
  

  LONDON, Jan 4, 2012 (AFP) – Tour de France green jersey winner Mark Cavendish will ride for Team Sky in 2012, the British squad announced Wednesday. The Isle of Man [...]

• TEAM SKY UNVEILS 2012 SQUAD
  January 3rd, 2012
  

  Team Sky today unveiled the 28 riders that will make up the team’s squad for the 2012 season. Featuring world-class talents from 12 nations, and including ten British riders, the [...]

• Sky Pro Cycling Team returns ‘Down Under’
  November 18th, 2011
  

  Sky Pro Cycling will return to the 2012 Santos Tour Down Under for the third time, with a highly experienced and competitive team. This is the second team announcement for [...]

• Lars-Petter Nordhaug Signs New Contract With Team Sky
  November 2nd, 2011
  

  Team Sky is pleased to announce that Lars-Petter Nordhaug has signed a new one-year contract. The 27-year-old Norwegian, who joined Team Sky from Joker Bianchi at the end of the [...]

• BRITISH TRIO SIGN NEW CONTRACTS WITH TEAM SKY
  October 20th, 2011
  

  Team Sky is pleased to announce that Ian Stannard, Ben Swift and Peter Kennaugh have all re-signed with the team ahead of the 2012 season. Since the launch of the [...]

• Flecha, Knees and Barry re-sign with Sky
  October 13th, 2011
  

  PARIS, Oct 13, 2011 (AFP) – Team Sky trio Juan Antonio Flecha, Christian Knees and Michael Barry have signed new contracts with the British cycling outfit ahead of the 2012 [...]

• Bernard Eisel Joins Team Sky
  October 11th, 2011
  

  Team Sky is delighted to announce that Bernhard Eisel will join the squad next season. For the past five years, Eisel has ridden with Mark Cavendish at HTC-Highroad, supporting the [...]

• World Champion Mark Cavendish Joins Team Sky
  October 11th, 2011
  

  World Road Race Champion Mark Cavendish will join Team Sky from 2012. The 26-year-old ‘Manx Missile’ brings a world-class pedigree to Team Sky having enjoyed the most successful season of [...]

• Sutton and Hayman Sing New Contracts With Team Sky
  October 7th, 2011
  

  Team Sky is delighted to announce that Mathew Hayman and Chris Sutton have both signed new contracts ahead of the 2012 season. Newly crowned Paris-Bourges champion Hayman has long been [...]

• Team Sky Signs Belarusian Siutsou
  October 6th, 2011
  

  LONDON, Oct 6, 2011 (AFP) – Team Sky announced on Thursday that they have recruited Belarusian all-rounder Kanstantsin Siutsou for the 2012 season. The 29-year-old, who finished 10th in the [...]

• Danny Pate Joins Team Sky For 2012 Season
  October 5th, 2011
  

  Team Sky have bolstered their squad for the 2012 season with the signing of experienced American Danny Pate on a two-year contract. The 32-year-old will join the team from HTC-Highroad [...]

• Froome Signs New Contract With Team Sky
  September 16th, 2011
  

  Team Sky is delighted to announce that Chris Froome has signed a new three-year contract. Froome placed second at the Vuelta a España this month and in the process out [...]

• Froome Wins Vuelta Stage 17, As Cabo Keeps Leaders Red Jersey
  September 7th, 2011
  

  PENA CABARGA, Spain, Sept 7, 2011 (AFP) – Britain’s Chris Froome of Team Sky won the 17th stage of the Tour of Spain on Wednesday in a grueling uphill duel [...]

• Richie Porte Joins Team Sky For 2012 Season
  September 7th, 2011
  

  Team Sky is delighted to announce Richie Porte as the latest signing for the 2012 season. The 26-year-old Australian is one of cycling’s brightest talents and has enjoyed a meteoric [...]

• Salvatore Puccio Joins Team Sky For 2012 Season
  September 6th, 2011
  

  Team Sky have announced that under 23 Tour of Flanders champion Salvatore Puccio from Italy will join as a neo-pro for the 2012 season. One of cycling’s most exciting talents, [...]

• Luke Rowe Joins Team Sky For 2012 Cycling Season
  September 5th, 2011
  

  Team Sky have underlined their commitment to developing young British talent by signing Luke Rowe as a neo-pro for the 2012 season. Twenty one-year-old Rowe is one of cycling’s brightest [...]

• Albasini Wins Vuelta Stage13, Wiggins Red Jersey Dreams Continue
  September 2nd, 2011
  

  Ponferrada, Spain, Sept 2, 2011 (AFP) – Swiss rider Michael Albasini of HTC-Highroad scored his first victory in a Grand Tour on Friday, winning the 13th stage of the Spanish [...]

• Team Sky Announce Strong Tour of Britain Line-Up
  August 30th, 2011
  

  Olympic Gold Medalists Geraint Thomas and Ed Clancy head to The Tour Olympic Gold medalist Geraint Thomas will lead Team Sky in this September’s Tour of Britain, alongside former Tour [...]

• Wiggins to lead Sky in Tour of Spain
  August 16th, 2011
  

  PARIS, Aug 16, 2011 – Britain’s Bradley Wiggins will lead the Sky line-up for this year’s Tour of Spain, which starts next Saturday in Benidorm. Wiggins had to pull out [...]

• Cavendish Pays Tribute As HTC-Highroad Cycling Dreams Come To An End
  August 5th, 2011
  

  PARIS, Aug 5, 2011 (AFP) – An “immensely proud” Mark Cavendish paid tribute to his HTC-Highroad team Friday a day after it was announced it would fold at the end [...]

• Boasson Hagen makes It Four Stage Wins For Norway
  July 20th, 2011
  

  Pinerolo, Italy, July 20, 2011 (AFP) – Rising star Edvald Boasson Hagen kept Team Sky’s Tour de France campaign bubbling over by claiming his second stage win, and Norway’s fourth [...]

• Geraint Thomas signs new three-year deal with Team Sky
  July 19th, 2011
  

  The Welshman has been one of the big success stories of the Tour de France, wearing the young rider’s white jersey for most of the opening week after finishing sixth [...]

• Team Sky Ponder Legal Action Over Flecha Car Crash
  July 12th, 2011
  

  AURILLAC, France, July 12, 2011 (AFP) – Team Sky are pondering whether to take legal action against the television car which sent their Spaniard rider Juan Antonio Flecha flying during [...]

• Driver Did Not Even Say Sorry Says Flecha
  July 12th, 2011
  

  MADRID, July 12, 2011 (AFP) – Team Sky’s Spanish rider Juan Antonio Flecha, who was hit by an overtaking France TV car during the Tour de France, has expressed his [...]

• Brailsford Hails Thomas On Historic Day For Team Sky
  July 7th, 2011
  

  by Justin Davis (AFP) LISIEUX, France, July 7, 2011- British cycling chief Dave Brailsford hailed the unselfishness of Welshman Geraint Thomas as Team Sky finally made history by scoring their [...]

• Boasson Hagen Gets First Tour Win, Hushovd Retains Yellow Jersey
  July 7th, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis (AFP) LISIEUX, France, July 7, 2011 – Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen claimed his and Team Sky’s maiden Tour de France victory when he powered to victory [...]

• Team Sky Stage 4 Tour de France Quotes
  July 5th, 2011
  

  Bradley Wiggins, Team Sky Rider: “It’s probably not much of a climb if you do it in training but the way the stage was, with the wet, the wind and [...]

• Wiggins Has ‘Learned Lessons’
  June 30th, 2011
  

  by Justin Davis (AFP) LES HERBIERS, France, June 30, 2011 – Olympic pursuit champion Bradley Wiggins refuses to speculate on his chances of a podium place on the Tour de [...]

• Team Sky Names Wiggins To Lead Tour Bid
  June 23rd, 2011
  

  LONDON, England, June 23, 2011 (AFP) – British yellow jersey hope Bradley Wiggins will be supported by a “strong and balanced” team for the July 2-24 Tour de France, Team [...]

• HTC-Highroad Will Fight To Keep Cavendish
  June 16th, 2011
  

  by Justin Davis (AFP) TOBEL-TAGERSCHEN, Switzerland, June 16, 2011 – American cycling team HTC-Highroad said they still hoped to keep top British sprinter Mark Cavendish on board as reports of [...]

• Cavendish Lashes Out At Jumping To Team Sky
  June 16th, 2011
  

  LONDON, June 16, 2011 – HTC Highroad rider Mark Cavendish has played down media reports in Britain that he is set to join compatriot Bradley Wiggins at Team Sky next [...]

• Degenkolb Takes Dauphiné Stage, As Wiggins Retains Lead
  June 9th, 2011
  

  MACON, France, June 9, 2011 (AFP) – German rider John Degenkolb (HTC) won the sprint finish to take stage four of the Critérium du Dauphiné on Thursday but Britain’s Bradley [...]

• Hagen Roars To Victory In Freystadt
  May 25th, 2011
  

  Team Sky got their Bayern-Rundfahrt campaign off to the perfect start with Edvald Boasson Hagen romping to victory in Freystadt. The squad produced a textbook display during the 223.2km opening [...]

• Swift Strikes Gold In The USA
  May 16th, 2011
  

  Ben Swift rounded off a stunning lead-out from Team Sky in perfect style by winning stage two at the Amgen Tour of California and in the process claimed the race [...]

• Team Sky To Go With Lövkvist As Leader At Giro
  May 3rd, 2011
  

  PARIS, May 3, 2011 – Swede Thomas Lövkvist will be the leader for the Sky team in the Giro (May 7 to 29), it was announced Tuesday. Lövkvist, 27, has [...]

• Team Sky Might Relax “Zero Tolerance” Policy
  February 15th, 2011
  

  LONDON, Feb 15, 2011 – British cycling’s Team Sky may relax their “zero tolerance” doping policy as they seek to hire staff capable of improving the outfit’s performance, it was [...]

• Christian Knees, the German Road Race Champion, has signed to Team Sky for 2011
  January 7th, 2011
  

  The 29-year old brings a wealth of experience from his seven years in the professional ranks. He joins from Pegasus Racing after the new Australian team was unable to secure [...]

• Two Former Winners Return to Santos Tour Down Under
  November 23rd, 2010
  

  The 2011 Santos Tour Down Under will see former winners Simon Gerrans and Michael Rogers return to the race. Santos Tour Down Under Race Director Mike Turtur today confirmed that [...]

• Team Sky Harming British Trackies Says Jamie Staff
  November 22nd, 2010
  

  LONDON – Olympic track champion Jamie Staff fears the emergence of professional road cycling outfit Team Sky could harm Britain’s hopes of another dominating display in the velodrome at the [...]

• Team Sky Announces New Official Partner
  November 18th, 2010
  

  IG Markets, a world-leading provider of Contracts for Difference and part of IG Group, has been announced as an Official Partner of Team Sky from the start of the cycling [...]

• Bobby Julich Joins Team Sky
  November 10th, 2010
  

  Team Sky have announced that Bobby Julich is joining the team as a Race Coach ahead of the 2011 season. The 38-year-old made his breakthrough as a rider when finishing [...]

• Michael Rogers Signs To Ride With Team Sky
  November 1st, 2010
  

  PARIS – Australia’s Michael Rogers has ended a successful five-year spell with HTC-Columbia by signing for British outfit Team Sky. The 30-year-old from Canberra, a three-time world time trial champion, [...]

• Appollonio and Hunt Join Team Sky For 2011
  October 27th, 2010
  

  Team Sky are delighted to announce the signings of Davide Appollonio and Jeremy Hunt for the 2011 season. Both riders will be joining from Cervélo TestTeam and bring with them [...]

• Three New Riders Signings For Team Sky
  September 28th, 2010
  

  Team Sky have announced three new signings for the 2011 season – Rigoberto Urán, Xabier Zandio and Alex Dowsett. Announcing the new riders, Team Principal Dave Brailsford said: “These signings [...]

• Henderson Takes Lead In Tour of Britain
  September 12th, 2010
  

  LONDON – New Zealand’s Greg Henderson surged into the lead of the Tour of Britain here Sunday, producing a commanding ride on stage two to claim the yellow jersey. The [...]

• Team Sky Worker Dies After Contracting Virus
  September 3rd, 2010
  

  ORIHUELA, Spain, Sept 3, 2010 (AFP) – A masseur with Team Sky died on Friday, five days after he was taken to hospital with a virus that has also hit [...]

• Team Sky’s Flecha Withdraws From Tour of Spain
  September 3rd, 2010
  

  MURCIA, Spain, Sept 3, 2010 (AFP) – Spanish cyclist Juan Antonio Flecha withdrew from the Tour of Spain Friday, hours after being treated in hospital for a virus that has [...]

• Greg Henderson Wins Stage Four At The Eneco Tour
  August 21st, 2010
  

  Greg Henderson claimed a superb win on stage four of the Eneco Tour after another outstanding lead-out from the Team Sky train. The New Zealander has looked in good form [...]

• An Interview with Sky’s Steve Cummings
  August 2nd, 2010
  

  Interview by: BikePure.org Steve Cummings is enjoying his first season as part of the Team Sky set up after spending two years with Barloworld. A former track specialist with Olympic [...]

• Team Sky’s Russell Downing wins Tour of Wallonie
  July 28th, 2010
  

  Russell Downing produced a storming late kick to win the final stage of the Tour de Wallonie, and also secured the overall victory in the process. The Yorkshireman was guided [...]

• Team Sky’s Chris Sutton Wins at Brixia Tour
  July 23rd, 2010
  

  Chris Sutton rounded off a dominant display from Team Sky by sprinting to victory on stage three of the Brixia Tour today. The Australian was catapulted into contention by his [...]

• Sky Crashes In On Wiggins’ Tour Ambitions
  July 13th, 2010
  

  SAINT JEAN DE MAURIENNE, France, July 13, 2010 – Britain’s Bradley Wiggins swapped his Tour de France podium ambitions for hopes of a top ten finish after an epic day [...]

• Gerrans Ruled Out of Tour With Broken Arm
  July 12th, 2010
  

  MORZINE-AVORIAZ, France – Australian Simon Gerrans has been ruled out of the Tour de France after X-rays showed he has a broken arm, Team Sky said on Monday. Gerrans was [...]

• Wiggins To Lead Team Sky At Tour de France
  June 24th, 2010
  

  LONDON, June 24, 2010 – British cycling ace Bradley Wiggins will as expected lead Team Sky’s maiden Tour de France challenge after the team was announced on Thursday for the [...]

• Sports Director Sunderland Leaves Team Sky
  May 22nd, 2010
  

  PARIS, May 22, 2010 (AFP) – Australian Scott Sunderland has left his post as senior sports director with Team Sky after reaching a mutual agreement, the British cycling team announced [...]

• Briton Wiggins Wins Giro d’Italia First Stage
  May 8th, 2010
  

  AMSTERDAM, May 8, 2010 (AFP) – Britain’s three-time Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins got Team Sky’s Grand Tour debut off to the perfect start by winning the first stage of the [...]

• Wiggins Set For First Tour of Duty With Team Sky
  May 1st, 2010
  

  LONDON, April 30, 2010 (AFP) – Britain’s Bradley Wiggins will line up for the Giro d’Italia next week hoping a solid performance over three weeks of racing will boost his [...]

• Boasson Hagen Pulls Out of Paris-Roubaix Classic
  April 7th, 2010
  

  PARIS, April 7, 2010 (AFP) – Norwegian cyclist Edvald Boasson Hagen has withdrawn from Team Sky’s squad for this Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix classic race with an Achilles injury, his team confirmed. [...]

• Sky’s Rider Hagen Out of Flanders
  March 31st, 2010
  

  The Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen was injured and withdrew from the Tour of Flanders, which will be on Sunday, announced Wednesday by his team Sky. Boasson Hagen, who won last [...]

• Dramatic Stage 2 At Paris-Nice – Jens Voigt Still Second
  March 8th, 2010
  

  It was an extremely nervous first and 201, 5 kilometer long stage of Paris-Nice between Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines og Contres. Two crashes along the way was the direct consequence of the eager [...]

• Sky’s The Limit For Henderson In Paris-Nice
  March 8th, 2010
  

  New Zealand cyclist Greg Henderson won the first stage of the Paris-Nice race on Monday for the British-based Team Sky. The 33-year-old, a gold medal winner at the 2002 Commonwealth [...]

• Team Sky and Hagen Takes Stage 1 At Tour of Qatar
  February 7th, 2010
  

  Britain’s Team Sky won the first stage of the Tour of Qatar on Sunday with Norwegian rider Edvald Boasson Hagen taking the leader’s yellow jersey after finishing first in a [...]

• Wiggins To Make Sky Debut At Tour of Qatar
  January 26th, 2010
  

  Bradley Wiggins will make his debut in Team Sky colours at the Tour of Qatar which gets under way on February 7. The three-time Olympic gold medalist used the race [...]

• UCI Ponders Football Style Transfers
  January 23rd, 2010
  

  ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 23, 2010 (AFP) – Cycling is set to clamp down on transfers of riders between teams after high-profile swoops by Britain’s rich new Sky outfit, the sport’s [...]

• Clean, Green Cycling Emerges From Doping Era
  January 23rd, 2010
  

  by Talek Harris ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 23, 2010 (AFP) – Tough anti-doping measures, exciting new teams and a growing support base of amateur riders are helping cycling shed its drug-spoiled [...]

• Sky Boss Denies Pressure To Deliver
  January 21st, 2010
  

  by Talek Harris ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 21, 2010 (AFP) – Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford on Thursday denied he was under pressure to deliver after the rich new British outfit [...]

• Britain’s Sky Hail ‘Dream’ Debut
  January 18th, 2010
  

  ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 18, 2010 (AFP) – Team Sky on Monday hailed a “dream” debut on the professional cycling tour as they aim to produce Britain’s first ever Tour de [...]

• Britain’s Sky Storm To Imprssive Victory
  January 17th, 2010
  

  ADELAIDE (Australia), Jan 17, 2010 (AFP) – Britain’s all-new Team Sky stormed to a one-two win in the Cancer Council Helpline Classic on Sunday, their debut race and a prelude [...]

• Armstrong Looks Impressive As Team Sky Wins In Debut
  January 17th, 2010
  

  by Talek Harris ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 17, 2010 (AFP) – Cycling legend Lance Armstrong showed strong form in the Cancer Council Helpline Classic on Sunday before Britain’s all-new Team Sky [...]

• Team Sky Aiming For Tour de France Bullseye In Five Years
  January 4th, 2010
  

  Team Sky, the new professional team aiming to take Britain’s cycling success on the track onto the road was officially launched Monday with the aim of producing a Tour de [...]

• Team Sky Gives Kit Preview – Kind Of
  December 18th, 2009
  

  Team Sky will not be releasing their new kit design until January 4th, 2010, but they did give a small (very small) hint of what they might look like. They [...]

• Michael Barry To Ride With Team Sky in 2010
  October 29th, 2009
  

  Michael Barry has announced that he will be riding with Team Sky for the 2010 season. He stated that he is moving from Columbia-HTC to Team Sky to work more [...]

• Marcus Ljungqvist Says GoodbyeTo Saxo Bank As A Rider And Is Heading To Team Sky As Director
  October 20th, 2009
  

  [20.10 19:28] When Marcus Ljungqvist ended his career after last weekend’s Paris-Tours it was after thorough consideration and most importantly, it was his decision alone. Not even a contract from [...]

• Arvesen To Race Next Season With Team Sky
  October 19th, 2009
  

  Former Tour de France stage winner Kurt-Asle Arvesen will race next season for new British cycling outfit Team Sky, his Saxo Bank team announced on Sunday. The 34-year-old Norwegian champion [...]

• Dream Of Owning A Bicycle Racing Team
  October 10th, 2009
  

  We all dream, every night we close our eyes and dream the dreams of cyclists. No not those involving your favourite rider, massage oil, and a beautiful woman, although if [...]

• Wiggins Looking To Improve Performance, But Not With Garmin
  September 26th, 2009
  

  MENDRISIO, Switzerland, Sept 25, 2009 (AFP) – Britain’s Bradley Wiggins has indicated that staying with his current team Garmin is unlikely to boost his hopes of finishing on the Tour [...]

• UCI Grants Pro Tour Status To AG2R And Team Sky
  September 18th, 2009
  

  PARIS, Sept 18, 2009 (AFP) – New British cycling outfit Team Sky and French team AG2R were on Friday granted Pro Tour licenses, allowing them to compete in all of [...]

• Olympic Champion Geraint Thomas To Join Team Sky
  September 9th, 2009
  

  LONDON, Sept 9, 2009 (AFP) – Olympic gold medal winner Geraint Thomas is one of six British riders who will join new professional cycling squad Team Sky next season, the [...]