The Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team have announced they have signed Fred Wright on a three-year contract to run through to the end of the 2027 season.
Wright spent the first six years of his career racing with Bahrain-Victorious, but will now join fellow Brits Tom Pidcock and Mark Donovan at the up-and-coming Q36.5 outfit.
It comes just a day after Q36.5 announced they had signed Eddie Dunbar (Jayco-Alula) for the 2026 season, with Wright relishing the new challenge after making the switch.
“I have been part of this team for my entire career so far and without discrediting them and all the opportunities I had here, it’s time for a new environment after six years,” Wright said.
“Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team feels like a good fit for me. I have known Tom [Pidcock] and Mark [Donovan] for a while, and it feels the group they are building for the future is familiar already.”
Wright, who won silver at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Time Trial, spent most of his early years as a track cyclist before transitioning onto the road.
However, he was inspired by watching Tom Boonen’s 2012 Tour of Flanders and has since developed a reputation for excelling in the one-day classics.
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He boasts two top-10 finishes in Flanders – a seventh and an eighth in 2022 and 2023, respectively – while he came ninth at Paris-Roubaix and 10th at Milan-San Remo earlier this year.
“I have always loved races like Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders,” Wright added. “When I was 13 we travelled to Belgium to do the Flanders sportive with VCL.
“We watched on the Oude Kwaremont and it was so cool to see Tom Boonen win and feel the spirit of thousands of enthusiastic Belgian fans.
“Back then I didn’t realise I would be part of those races because road cycling is not the most logical choice for a kid in south London.
“Later on, I never could imagine a pro road career because my future plans were on the track with the aim of qualifying for the Olympic team pursuit.
“When my coach said I had what it takes to be pro, I was unsure at first but the coin flipped and I set my sights on road cycling.”
Now, he is excited to embark on a new chapter in his career having been impressed by how far the team has come in such a short space of time.
He said: “There are opportunities for me in many races and after having done more or less the same race schedule for years, I am looking forward to discover new races too.
“I am here to help build the team but they are on a great trajectory already. The ambition is there and they will keep growing.
“Everything they now already have is quite premium: the look and feel online and offline, the staff, the clothing of course.
“They are already at the highest level in terms of knowledge. I already met some people of the Q36.5 brand as well. You wear the kit everyday so knowing the people behind it – see their passion and what they stand for – is inspirational.
“Tom explained already how happy he is with everything from clothing and nutrition and how short the communication lines are with the sponsors, so I can’t wait to get started.”
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General manager Doug Ryder is equally excited to see what Wright is able to achieve with the team.
“Fred is an intelligent rider,” Ryder said. “He reads the races well and is very versatile.
“He has already achieved top 10s in Monuments like Milan-Sanremo, Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, and adding a focused classics block to his season will be a big objective for us together.
“He was close to wins in the Tour de France and Vuelta a España already, and I feel we can offer him the final step to win again.”
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