GT Factory Racing

GT Factory Racing
Team information
UCI code	GTR
Registered	United Kingdom
Founded	2007
Discipline(s)	Mountain bike
Bicycles	Trek
Key personnel
General manager	Dan Brown
Team manager(s)	Simon Atherton
Team name history
2007–2011; 2012–2015; 2015–	Animal Commençal; GT Factory Racing; Trek Factory Racing

Atherton Racing, competing officially as Trek Factory Racing, formerly as GT Factory Racing (UCI team code: ANC), is a professional mountain bike racing team competing in the World Cup and World Champs, as well as national level events, in the downhill category. The team began as Animal Commençal.

Palmarès[edit]

2008: 1st DH, Alpine Bikes Winter Series, Scotland - Gee Atherton; 1st DH, Alpine Bikes Winter series, Scotland - Rachel Atherton; 1st DH, Maxxis Cup, Gouveia, Portugal - Gee Atherton; 1st DH, Maxxis Cup, Gouveia, Portugal - Rachel Atherton; 2nd DH, Maxxis Cup, Gouveia, Portugal - Dan Atherton; 1st DH, NPS, Round 1, Ae Forest, Scotland - Gee Atherton; 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 1, Maribor, Slovenia - Rachel Atherton; 1st DH, Canadian Open, Kokanee Crankworx, Whistler, Canada - Rachel Atherton; 1st DH, Monster Energy Garbanzo Downhill, Kokanee Crankworx, Whistler, Canada - Gee Atherton; 1st DH, Monster Energy Garbanzo Downhill, Kokanee Crankworx, Whistler, Canada - Rachel Atherton; 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 2, Vallnord, Andorra - Gee Atherton; 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 2, Vallnord, Andorra - Rachel Atherton; 1st 4X, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 2, Vallnord, Andorra - Dan Atherton; 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 3, Fort William, Scotland - Rachel Atherton; 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, Trentino, Italy - Gee Atherton; 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, Trentino, Italy - Rachel Atherton; 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 4, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada - Rachel Atherton; 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 5, Bromont, Canada - Rachel Atherton; 2nd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 6, Canberra, Australia - Rachel Atherton; 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Round 7, Schladming, Austria - Rachel Atherton; 1st DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Series Overall - Rachel Atherton; 3rd DH, UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Series Overall - Gee Atherton

2009

2013 Team roster[edit]

	Rider	Date of birth
Dan Atherton (GBR)		(1982-01-25) 25 January 1982 (age 42)
Gee Atherton (GBR)		(1985-02-26) 26 February 1985 (age 39)
Rachel Atherton (GBR)		(1987-12-06) 6 December 1987 (age 36)
Marc Beaumont (GBR)		(1984-09-25) 25 September 1984 (age 39)
Martin Maes (BEL)		(1997-01-27) 27 January 1997 (age 27)
Taylor Vernon (GBR)		(1996-09-12) 12 September 1996 (age 27)
James Wolf (CAN)		(1993-03-20) 20 March 1993 (age 31)

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