Plowman Craven - Evans Cycles

Cycling team infobox
teamname = Plowman Craven Evans Cycles


code = PCA
base = UK
founded = 2006
disbanded =
manager =
teammanager = Garry Beckett
techdirector = Simon Barnes
discipline = Road, Track and Cyclo Cross
status =
season =
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Plowman Craven Evans Cycles Professional Cycle Racing ("UCI Team Code": PCA) is a British UCI Continental bicycle racing team.

History

Sponsored by geomatics company Plowman Craven and UK bicycle retailer Evans Cycles, in its inaugural season, the team won three National and one World title with Malcolm Elliot also taking the Elite Circuit Race Series.

The team's focus is senior professional events in the United Kingdom and second-tier road races such as the UCI Europe Tour.

PCA was among the first professional cycling teams to introduce "doping passports" to prevent blood doping in cycling when it launched its "Race Clean" initiative before to the 2007 Tour of Britain. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/7048972.stm Cyclists face rise in drugs tests] from BBC Sport, 22 October 2007]

2006 Riders

*Kevin Barclay
*Brian Biggs
*Simon Gaywood
*Tony Gibb
*Fredrik Johansson
*James McCallum
*Gordon McCauley
*James Millard
*Adam Norris
*James Taylor
*Chris Badger

2007 Riders

*Tony Gibb
*Gordon McCauley
*James Taylor
*Simon Gaywood
*James McCullum
*James Millard
*Richard Wilkinson
*Freddy Johansson
*Adam Norris
*Brian Biggs
*Jason Allen
*Kevin Barclay

2008 Riders

*Tom Barras
*Neil Coleman
*Simon Gaywood
*Tony Gibb
*Alex Higham
*James Jackson
*James McCallum
*Craig MacLean
*James Millard
*Evan Oliphant
*Simon Richardson

Equipment

For the 2007 the Plowman Craven Evans Cycles race team were supplied bicycles by Pinnacle Bikes, a bicycle brand established by cycle retailer Evans Cycles.

For 2008/2009 the team are again riding Pinnacle Bikes, namely Pinnacle Aeos Carbon Team Issue carbon fibre bikes, designed in the UK, and painted in matching team Pink & Blue colours. The team are also testing new track and time trial models ready for consumer sale in the future.

External links

* [http://www.uci.ch/ucinet/uci.asp?page=Teams&discipline=ROA&continent=eur&teamscategory=eur&teamstype=pct&ryear=2007&l=ENG UCI Team Page]
* [http://www.plowmancravenevanscycles.com/ Plowman Craven Evans Cycles] official website
* [http://www.evanscycles.com/ Evans Cycles] official website
* [http://www.pinnacle-bikes.co.uk/ Pinnacle Bikes] official website

References