Équipe Paule Ka
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| Team information | |
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| UCI code |
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| Registered |
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| Founded | 2005 |
| Disbanded | 2020 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Status | UCI Women's Team |
| Bicycles | BMC (2005–2009, 2012–2014) Cervélo (2015–2018) Chapter 2 (2019–2020) |
| Website | Team home page |
| Key personnel | |
| General manager | Ernst Meier, Mario Vonhof |
| Team manager(s) | Emil R. Zimmermann |
| Team name history | |
2005 2006–2015 2016–2018 2019 2020 2020 | Team Bigla Bigla Cycling Team[1] Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling Bigla Pro Cycling Bigla–Katusha Équipe Paule Ka |
Équipe Paule Ka[2] (UCI team code: EPK) was a professional cycling team based in Switzerland, which competed in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour.
Team history
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2015
[edit]For the 2015 season the team announced the signing of Annemiek van Vleuten,[3] Ashleigh Moolman[4] Shelley Olds, Doris Schweizer, Iris Slappendel and Sharon Laws. The team also extended the contracts of Vera Koedooder and Lotta Lepistö. On October 30 the Cyclingnews.com announced the signing of Joëlle Numainville.[5] On November 20 the team signed Clara Koppenburg and Caroline Baur as well as extending the contracts of Nicole Hanselmann and Emilie Aubry. On December 1 Jacqueline Hahn and Désirée Ehrler left the team to join Feminine Cycling Team.
2016
[edit]In September 2015 it was announced that Cervélo, who supplied bicycle frames for the team in 2015, would become a title sponsor for the 2016 season, with the team becoming Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling.[6]
In September 2016, the team announced that British rider Ciara Horne would be joining with immediate effect, and would compete with the team in the team time trial at the World Championships.[7]
2020 funding issues
[edit]In June 2020, the team's title sponsors Bigla and Katusha Sports announced they would withdraw funding for the team, with the team having to access their UCI bank guarantee in previous months in order to pay rider and staff wages. Paule Ka, a French ready-to-wear clothing brand was later announced as the new title sponsor for the team, agreeing to a deal through to the end of 2024.[2] In October there was uncertainty over the team's future with the team drawing on a UCI bank guarantee to pay rider's salaries.[8] On 16 October the team announced that it would cease racing and close with immediate effect.[9]
Team roster
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Major wins
[edit]National and continental champions
[edit]- 2005
Kazakhstan Time Trial, Zoulfia Zabirov
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
Switzerland Track (Omnium), Andrea Wölfer
- 2009
Italy Time Trial, Noemi Cantele
- 2012
- 2013
Austria Road Race, Andrea Graus
- 2014
Finland Road Race, Lotta Lepistö
- 2015
South Africa Time Trial, Ashleigh Moolman
African Time Trial, Ashleigh Moolman
Canada Road Race, Joëlle Numainville
Netherlands Track (Points race), Vera Koedooder
- 2016
USA Time Trial, Carmen Small
Germany Track (Individual Pursuit), Lisa Klein
- 2017
Denmark Time Trial, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
Poland Track (Scratch race), Daria Pikulik
- 2018
Belgium Time Trial, Ann-Sophie Duyck
- 2019
European Track (Madison), Julie Leth
- 2020
New Zealand Road Race, Niamh Fisher-Black
Czech Time Trial, Nikola Nosková
Denmark Road Race, Emma Cecilie Norsgaard
References
[edit]- ^ Cycling. "Bigla Cycling Team 2014". cyclingarchives.com.
- ^ a b Ostanek, Daniel (2 July 2020). "Former Bigla-Katusha women's team rebranded as Équipe Paule Ka". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Van Vleuten leaves Vos for Bigla Cycling Team". Cyclingnews.com.
- ^ "Ashleigh Moolman joins Bigla on two-year deal". Cyclingnews.com.
- ^ "News shorts: Santambrogio to return with Amore & Vita". Cyclingnews.com.
- ^ "Cervélo becomes title sponsor for Bigla Pro Cycling Team". cyclingnews.com. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Ciara Horne brings time trial boost to CBPCT". BPCT.com. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ Mickey, Abby (6 October 2020). "Equipe Paule Ka in danger of folding for 2021, draws on UCI bank guarantee". CyclingTips. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "La fin de l'Équipe Paule Ka". Équipe Paule Ka. 16 October 2020. Archived from the original on 16 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ "Bigla – Katusha". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "Nuovo arrivo in casa Valcar-Travel & Service: ecco Martina Alzini" [New arrival at Valcar-Travel & Service: here is Martina Alzini]. Valcar–Travel & Service (in Italian). Team Valcar a.s.d. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.