Le Col–Wahoo

Unlike many teams that are named purely after their sponsors the team have managed to maintain the 'Drops' brand throughout the majority of its existence whilst supplementing the Drops name with title sponsors. In 2018 Trek Bikes became title sponsors of the team.[2] In 2019 the team reverted to its previous name as Trek ended their sponsorship after one year in order to start their own team.[3] When a prospective replacement sponsor also pulled out the team launched a crowdfunding campaign in order to stay afloat [4] and raised £25,000.[5]

In December 2020 it was announced that the team's clothing supplier Le Col would step up to co-title sponsor for the 2021 season after agreeing to double their investment in the team. They were joined by American mattress and pillow manufacturer TEMPUR.[6] The team confirmed that funding would not go as far as being able to pay a salary to riders, something Drops has always been transparent about its inability to do.[7]

In August 2021 Le Col signed a two year extension taking their sponsorship through to 2023. In doing so it was announced that they would be trebling their annual investment in the team.[8] It was also announced that the teams tyre supplier Mavic would extend and increase their sponsorship of the team into 2022.[9] In the following weeks the team announced a number of new rider signings and contract renewals with a number of 2 year contracts confirmed for the first time in the team's history. In January 2022 it was announced that Wahoo would become the teams co-title for 2022 wih the team being renamed Le Col-Wahoo.[10] It has not been confirmed whether the increased sponsorship would enable the team to pay salaries to its riders.

The following riders have been confirmed for the 2022 season
As of 29 December 2021.[16]

Rider Date of birth  Anna Christian (GBR) (1995-08-06) 6 August 1995  Elizabeth Holden (GBR) (1997-09-12) 12 September 1997  Eluned King (GBR) (2002-08-01) 1 August 2002  Maria Martins (POR) (1999-07-09) 9 July 1999  Eider Merino (ESP) (1994-08-02) 2 August 1994  Emilie Moberg (NOR) (1991-07-12) 12 July 1991  Flora Perkins (GBR) (2003-09-16) 16 September 2003

Rider Date of birth  April Tacey (GBR) (2000-10-12) 12 October 2000  Alice Towers (GBR) (2002-10-12) 12 October 2002  Maike van der Duin (NED) (2001-09-12) 12 September 2001  Marjolein van't Geloof (NED) (1996-03-27) 27 March 1996  Jesse Vandenbulcke (BEL) (1996-01-17) 17 January 1996  Gladys Verhulst (FRA) (1997-01-02) 2 January 1997

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