Madison Saracen
| Team information | ||
|---|---|---|
| UCI code | MAD | |
| Registered | United Kingdom | |
| Founded | 2011 | |
| Discipline(s) | MTB | |
| Status | UCI mountain bike team | |
| Bicycles | Saracen | |
| Key personnel | ||
| General manager | Will Longden | |
| ||
Madison Saracen is a British-based UCI trade team, specialising in downhill mountain biking.
In 2018 the team announced the signing of two-time world champion Danny Hart.
Founded in 2011, the team achieved great success with Manon Carpenter and later Matt Walker.
Carpenter became junior UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Champion in the team’s debut season, before going on to take the senior titles of the UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup and World Championships in 2014.
Walker became junior UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Champion in 2017.
In 2018 the team made the high-profile signing of two-time World Champion Danny Hart who would go onto earn several podium results as well as the team’s first Elite Men’s World Cup win at Snowshoe in 2019.
Now, the Madison Saracen Factory Race Team is made up of Matt Walker and Greg Williamson who race in the Elite Men’s category as well as George Madley who competes in the Junior Men’s category.
The Madison Saracen Development Team is also managed by former racer Matt Simmonds and is made up of two young riders, Olivia Taylor and Felix Griffiths.