ONE Pro scrap plans for women's team
Plans for a women's squad at ONE Pro Cycling have been scrapped, a month after the British team announced they were cutting their men's Pro Continental squad in order to create the women's set-up.
The team, founded by Matt Prior in 2015, announced the change in direction at the start of September, describing the opportunities on the women's side of the sport as "very exciting".
At the time, they suggested their existing sponsors would move across to fund the women's team. "Our partners have been notified and the change of direction has been met with great positivity," read their statement.
However, the team announced on Tuesday that a lack of sponsorship has forced them to scrap the plans, and now the ONE Pro team will not exist in any guise in 2019.
"ONE Pro Cycling are sadly forced to announce that we will not be able to run a UCI cycling team for the 2019 season," ready Tuesday's statement.
"The team were committed to putting together a woman’s UCI squad for next season but due to lack of sponsorship we have not been able to raise a satisfactory budget to match our aims."
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