Mar 10, 2013

There was no luck for the riders of Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling in the Ronde van Drenthe, the opening round of the 2013 World Cup, as crashes and punctures cost the team any chance of a good result. In heavy rain, and temperatures barely above freezing, two-time World champion Giorgia Bronzini was the team’s best finisher in the 133km race, in 24th place, after...

Mar 8, 2013

Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini sprinted to second place in the Drentse 8 race in Dwingeloo, in the northeastern Netherlands, at the end of a tough race around the windswept course. The two-time World champion was just beaten to the line by current rainbow jersey Marianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv/Giant), with Swedish champion Emma Johansson (Orica-AIS)...

Mar 6, 2013

Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling is very pleased to announce the signing of four time World Time Trial Championship medallist Linda Villumsen, who becomes the team’s second New Zealand rider.  The Danish-born 27-year-old adds considerable power to the team’s time trial strengths and, having finished 2012 as number nine in the World, lifts Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling into...

Mar 4, 2013

Young Emily Collins has claimed Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling first UCI victory of the season by taking out the Omloop het van Hageland, the second round of Belgium’s Lotto Cycling Cup in a tight bunch finish. The 22-year-old New Zealander notched up her biggest career win to date, out sprinting pre-race favourites Shelly Olds [TIBCO To the Top] and Emma Johansson...

Mar 1, 2013

Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Emily Collins won the sprints classification at the Le Samyn des Dames race, the first round of the Lotto Cycling Cup, in the town of Dour in southern Belgium. The 119.2km race, run on the same day and the same course as the elite men’s version, was made up of a 38.8km loop, followed by four laps of a 20.1km circuit. Each lap was to...

Feb 26, 2013

Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Laura Trott took a hard-fought Silver Medal in the Omnium at the World Track Championships in Minsk, Belarus, behind Sarah Hammer of the United States. Trott, the reigning World and Olympic champion, was defending the title that she took in Melbourne, Australia, in 2012, but began the second and final day of the competition in third...