NFTO (cycling team)
{{short description|British cycling team}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox cycling team
| name = NFTO
| image = 2014 Tour of Britain stage 5 riders 152 Jon Mould and 153 Sam Harrison.JPG
| code = NPC
| registered = United Kingdom
| founded = {{start date|2014}}
| disbanded = 2016
| bicycles = Swift/Felt
| website = http://www.nftopro.com
| generalmanager =
| teammanager = Tom Barras
| season = 2014–2016
| oldname = NFTO
| Team captain =
| discipline = Road
| status = UCI Continental
| kitimage =
}}
NFTO Pro Cycling ({{UCI code|NPC}}) were a British UCI Continental cycling team,{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ploegfiche.php?id=20182|title=NFTO 2014|author=Cycling|work=cyclingarchives.com}} until October 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nfto.com/2016/10/25/nfto-hands-the-reigns-over-to-tom-barras/|title=NFTO Hands the Reigns Over to Tom Barras|website=www.nfto.com|access-date=27 October 2016}} According to the team's website, 'NFTO' stands for 'Not For The Ordinary'.
Founded in 2014 the team were planning to become a UCI Professional Continental team in 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/nfto-unveils-title-sponsor-and-proconti-plans-for-2016-167228|title=NFTO unveils title sponsor and ProConti plans for 2016|date=17 April 2015|work=Cycling Weekly}} However this change of status did not occur, and in October of that year it was announced that the team's sponsor would cease to support the team, and that the team's manager Tom Barras would set up a successor team with UCI Continental status.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/nfto-ends-sponsorship-uci-continental-team-new-outfit-set-replace-296889 |title=NFTO ends sponsorship of UCI Continental team but new outfit set to replace it |last=Marshall-Bell |first=Chris |date=26 October 2016 |website=Cycling Weekly |access-date=16 March 2017}} In December Barras confirmed that the new team would not race after the squad's prospective sponsor pulled out.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/proposed-team-replace-nfto-fails-secure-sponsorship-304263 |title=Proposed team to replace NFTO fails to secure sponsorship |last=Marshall-Bell |first=Chris |date=16 December 2016 |website=Cycling Weekly |access-date=16 March 2017}}
Major wins
File:Ian Bibby Chorley Grand Prix.jpg, shortly before winning the Chorley Grand Prix on 4 April 2015]]
{{palmares start}}
;2014
:Prudential RideLondon, Adam Blythe
:Overall Totnes - Vire, James Lewis
::Stage 1, James Lewis
:20px Overall Tour Series Sprint classification, Jon Mould
::Stoke-on-Trent, Jon Mould
:::Sprints classification, Jon Mould
::Durham, Jon Mould
:::Sprints classification, Jon Mould
::Edinburgh, Jon Mould
:::Sprints classification, Jon Mould
::Woking Sprints classification, Jon Mould
:Otley Criterium (Elite Circuit Series), Adam Blythe
:Grand Prix of Poland Points race, Jon Mould
:Stockton GP, Russell Downing
;2015
:Jock Wadley Memorial Road Race, Steele Von Hoff
:Stage 4 Tour Down Under, Steele Von Hoff
:Duncan Sparrow Road Race, Tom Barras
:Capernwray Road Race, Ian Bibby
:Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic, Steele Von Hoff
:Chorley GP, Ian Bibby
:Stage 6 Rás Tailteann, Ian Bibby
{{palmares end}}
National champions
;2014
:20px British National Circuit Championships, Adam Blythe
;2015
:20px Australian National Criterium Championships, Steele Von Hoff
Team roster
{{Updated|18 April 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nftopro.com/DEV01/|title=Team NFTO homepage|accessdate=10 August 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140805113825/http://www.nftopro.com/DEV01/|archivedate=5 August 2014}}
{{Cycling squad start}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Dale Appleby|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|12|9}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Tom Barras|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|6|21}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Ian Bibby|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|12|20}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Edmund Bradbury|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|9|10}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Eddie Dunbar|nat=IRL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|9|1}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Sam Harrison|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|6|24}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Justin Hoy|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|9|27}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=James Lewis|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|11|1}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Rhys Lloyd|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|1|23}}}}
{{Cycling squad mid}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=James Lowsley-Williams|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|1|12}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Richard Mardle|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|12|9}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Zach May|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|7|25}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Jonathan McEvoy|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|8|2}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Matthew Rowe|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|4|24}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Rob Partridge|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|9|11}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Steele Von Hoff|nat=AUS|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|12|31}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Hugh Wilson|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|4|18}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=Joe Wiltshire|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|3|1}}}}
{{Cycling squad end}}
References
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Category:Cycling teams based in the United Kingdom
Category:UCI Continental Teams (Europe)
Category:Cycling teams established in 2014
Category:2014 establishments in the United Kingdom
Category:Defunct cycling teams based in the United Kingdom