Plowman Craven-Madison: Team survives but faces changes

Plowman Craven Madison

Rumours of the Plowman Craven-Madison.co.uk team?s demise have been exaggerated. The team goes on, although it will undergo a name change ? perhaps as early as tonight?s Tour Series race in Woking ? relinquish its UCI Continental status and looks set to lose riders.

The team is set to be renamed Madison.co.uk, and the loss of the costly UCI Continental status means the squad will be ineligible for the Tour of Britain, unless an exception to the rules can be negotiated.

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Sports journalist Lionel Birnie has written professionally for Sunday Times, Procycling and of course Cycling Weekly. He is also an author, publisher, and co-founder of The Cycling Podcast. His first experience covering the Tour de France came in 1999, and he has presented The Cycling Podcast with Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe since 2013. He founded Peloton Publishing in 2010 and has ghostwritten and published the autobiography of Sean Kelly, as well as a number of other sports icons.