Sky Track Cycling

Cycling team

Sky Track CyclingTeam information

UCI code| SKY
Registered| Manchester, United Kingdom
Founded| 2008 (2008)
Disbanded| 2013 (2013)
Discipline(s)| Track cycling
Key personnel
General manager| Shane Sutton

Sky Track Cycling was a professional track cycling team competing in the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics series. The team, based at the Manchester Velodrome, was made up of British riders, including Olympic Gold medalists Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny, Victoria Pendleton and Jamie Staff. It was managed by Shane Sutton with Dave Brailsford acting as team representative.

The team was launched in October 2008 with Hoy, Kenny, Pendleton, Staff, Ross Edgar and Shanaze Reade.[1] In the 2009 track cycling off-season, Reade was replaced by Peter Mitchell and Chris Newton. For the 2010–2011 season, Newton and Staff retired, Mitchell left the team, Reade made a return and Matthew Crampton joined the team.[2] The team remained unchanged for the 2011–2012 season.[3]

The team was not registered with the UCI for the 2013–14 track cycling season.

## Major achievements

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Date | Competition | Location | Country | Event | Placing | Rider | Nationality

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31 October 2008 | 2008–09 World Cup | Manchester |  United Kingdom | Sprint | 1 | Victoria Pendleton |  GBR
31 October 2008 | 2008–09 World Cup | Manchester |  United Kingdom | Keirin | 2 | Jason Kenny |  GBR
1 November 2008 | 2008–09 World Cup | Manchester |  United Kingdom | Sprint | 1 | Jason Kenny |  GBR
1 November 2008 | 2008–09 World Cup | Manchester |  United Kingdom | 500 m time trial | 1 | Victoria Pendleton |  GBR
2 November 2008 | 2008–09 World Cup | Manchester |  United Kingdom | Team sprint | 1 | Ross Edgar |  GBR
2 November 2008 | 2008–09 World Cup | Manchester |  United Kingdom | Team sprint | 1 | Jason Kenny |  GBR
2 November 2008 | 2008–09 World Cup | Manchester |  United Kingdom | Team sprint | 1 | Jamie Staff |  GBR
2 November 2008 | 2008–09 World Cup | Manchester |  United Kingdom | Keirin | 1 | Victoria Pendleton |  GBR
2 November 2008 | 5th International Keirin Event | Manchester |  United Kingdom | International keirin | 2 | Ross Edgar |  GBR
13 February 2009 | 2008–09 World Cup | Copenhagen |  Denmark | Team sprint | 1 | Chris Hoy |  GBR
13 February 2009 | 2008–09 World Cup | Copenhagen |  Denmark | Team sprint | 1 | Jason Kenny |  GBR
13 February 2009 | 2008–09 World Cup | Copenhagen |  Denmark | Team sprint | 1 | Jamie Staff |  GBR
13 February 2009 | 2008–09 World Cup | Copenhagen |  Denmark | Sprint | 1 | Victoria Pendleton |  GBR
30 October 2009 | 2009–10 World Cup | Manchester |  United Kingdom | Keirin | 1 | Chris Hoy |  GBR
30 October 2009 | 2009–10 World Cup | Manchester |  United Kingdom | Sprint | 1 | Victoria Pendleton |  GBR
30 October 2009 | 2009–10 World Cup | Manchester |  United Kingdom | Sprint | 1 | Chris Hoy |  GBR
30 October 2009 | 2009–10 World Cup | Manchester |  United Kingdom | 500 m time trial | 2 | Victoria Pendleton |  GBR
1 November 2009 | 2009–10 World Cup | Manchester |  United Kingdom | Team sprint | 1 | Ross Edgar |  GBR
1 November 2009 | 2009–10 World Cup | Manchester |  United Kingdom | Team sprint | 1 | Chris Hoy |  GBR
1 November 2009 | 2009–10 World Cup | Manchester |  United Kingdom | Team sprint | 1 | Jamie Staff |  GBR

## References

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1. ^ "SKY+HD TRACK TEAM OFFICIALLY UNVEILED". Cycling Weekly. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
2. ^ "2010 - 2011 UCI Track Teams: SKY TRACK CYCLING (SKY) - GBR". uci.ch. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
3. ^ "2011 - 2012 UCI Track Teams: SKY TRACK CYCLING (SKY) - GBR". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 1 February 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.