Team IG-Sigma Sport will partner with Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research next year.
The blood cancer charity will become the London-based team’s official charity partner for 2013.
Former England footballer, Geoff Thomas, who was diagnosed with Leukaemia in 2003 and who has twice cycled the Tour de France route in support of his cause, said: “National interest in the sport has never been higher, so this is the ideal time for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research to be partnering with a successful and ambitious cycling team.
“Working with IG-Sigma Sport will help us build on our cycling heritage and provide huge opportunities to raise our profile and help us beat blood cancer’’.
Team IG-Sigma Sport competed this season in the Halfords Tour Series and enjoyed a solid Tour of Britain, placing Peter Hawkins, Dan Craven, and Simon Richardson in breakaways on stages three, four and eight respectively.
The team is finalizing its roster for 2013 and has promised exciting changes to its rider line-up and infrastructure.
Frewing said the team had worked hard to secure additional partners for next season and welcomed its association with Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research.
“They are fully committed to a number of cycling events including their iconic London Bikeathon and a new London to Paris ride in 2013 so the association with a professional cycling team makes a great fit’’ she said.
