Rochelle Gilmore, owner of the Wiggle High5 women’s cycling team, has announced that the team will not be registering on for the 2019 season.
In a statement released in the YouTube video below, Gilmore explains that while she has had the time of her life with Wiggle High5, she now needs a break, stating: “I personally have never in my life had any time out of anything. Being a professional athlete, you’re always thinking about the next race. I switched straight into being the owner-manager of a women’s cycling team and for the past six years I haven’t had an evening or a day without having to answer e-mails or phone calls on the spot.”
“Am I tired of women’s cycling? Never. I couldn’t live without women’s cycling. It’s in my blood. It’s my passion”
The team was founded by Gilmore in 2012 with two staff members and 13 athletes and has grown to a team with 14 members of staff and 17 athletes, all paid, with up to five bikes per athlete, some of the riders paid six-figure salaries and 143 wins to the team’s name.
Throughout its five years Wiggle High5 has boasted a number of top athletes, including, amongst many others, the likes of Giorgia Bronzini, Laura Trott, Linda Villumsen, Jolien D’Hoore, Kathryn Bertine and Katie Archibald.
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