Ronny Lauke, director sportif of the world-class team Velocio-SRAM that is set to dissolve at the end of the season, will launch a new professional women’s team in 2016 under his own management company, Lauke Pro Radsport GmbH, and has brought on board Canyon Bicycles as the title sponsor and bike supplier for the team.
“I will be running a team next year,” Lauke told Cyclingnews. “It will be a top-ranked team and we will aim to be the number one team in the future. It is a very ambitious project and will be supported by the bicycle manufacturer Canyon. We want to do this for the future of the sport, for women’s cycling, and have a strong team.”
Lauke, a former track world champion and a six-day rider, has been a member of the management at Velocio-SRAM, helping the team to multiple international victories including three world titles in the team time trial, under the team’s former sponsors Specialized-lululemon in Valkenburg in 2012, Florence in 2013 and Ponferrada in 2014.
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Velocio-SRAM owner Kristy Scrymgeour, who ran the team under the management company Velocio Sports, announced last week that the team will cease to exist on January 1, 2016. Her decision was made, in part, to focus on the two brands that she co-founded: Velocio Apparel and Ally’s Bar.
Lauke’s new team will be run under his own management company Lauke Pro Radsport GmbH, and he will take on multiple roles including team owner, manager and director of the new squad.
“There will be a new company running the team and it will be set up in a different structure,” Lauke said. “I have expertise on the sporting part of the team and I will remain in that position because that is where I am most helpful for the athletes and for the team.”
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