Équipe Paule Ka

Team information
UCI code	TBG (2005) BCT (2006–2009, 2012–2015) CBT (2016–2018) BIG (2019–2020) EPK (2020)
Registered	Switzerland (2005–2015, 2020) Germany (2016–2017) Denmark (2018–2019)
Founded	2005 (2005)
Disbanded	2020 (2020)
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Women's Team
Bicycles	BMC (2005–2009, 2012–2014) Cervélo (2015–2018) Chapter 2 (2019–2020)
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Ernst Meier, Mario Vonhof
Team manager(s)	Emil R. Zimmermann
Team name history
2005 2006–2015 2016–2018 2019 2020 2020	Team Bigla Bigla Cycling Team[1] Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling Bigla Pro Cycling Bigla–Katusha Équipe Paule Ka

Équipe Paule Ka^[2] (UCI team code: EPK) was a professional cycling team based in Switzerland, which competed in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour.

For the 2015 season the team announced the signing of Annemiek van Vleuten,^[3] Ashleigh Moolman^[4] Shelley Olds, Doris Schweizer, Iris Slappendel and Sharon Laws. The team also extended the contracts of Vera Koedooder and Lotta Lepistö. On October 30 the Cyclingnews.com announced the signing of Joëlle Numainville.^[5] On November 20 the team signed Clara Koppenburg and Caroline Baur as well as extending the contracts of Nicole Hanselmann and Emilie Aubry. On December 1 Jacqueline Hahn and Désirée Ehrler left the team to join Feminine Cycling Team.

In September 2015 it was announced that Cervélo, who supplied bicycle frames for the team in 2015, would become a title sponsor for the 2016 season, with the team becoming Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling.^[6]

In September 2016, the team announced that British rider Ciara Horne would be joining with immediate effect, and would compete with the team in the team time trial at the World Championships.^[7]

In June 2020, the team's title sponsors Bigla and Katusha Sports announced they would withdraw funding for the team, with the team having to access their UCI bank guarantee in previous months in order to pay rider and staff wages. Paule Ka, a French ready-to-wear clothing brand was later announced as the new title sponsor for the team, agreeing to a deal through to the end of 2024.^[2] In October there was uncertainty over the team's future with the team drawing on a UCI bank guarantee to pay rider's salaries.^[8] On 16 October the team announced that it would cease racing and close with immediate effect.^[9]

As of 29 July 2020.^[10][11]

Rider Date of birth  Lizzy Banks (GBR) (1990-11-07)7 November 1990 (aged 29)  Elise Chabbey (SUI) (1993-04-24)24 April 1993 (aged 27)  Niamh Fisher-Black (NZL) (2000-08-12)12 August 2000 (aged 19)  Mikayla Harvey (NZL) (1998-09-07)7 September 1998 (aged 21)  Clara Koppenburg (GER) (1995-08-03)3 August 1995 (aged 24)  Emma Cecilie Norsgaard (DNK) (1999-07-26)26 July 1999 (aged 21)

Rider Date of birth  Nikola Nosková (CZE) (1997-07-01)1 July 1997 (aged 23)  Marlen Reusser (SUI) (1991-09-20)20 September 1991 (aged 28)  Maria Vittoria Sperotto (ITA) (1996-11-20)20 November 1996 (aged 23)  Kathrin Stirnemann (SUI) (1989-10-22)22 October 1989 (aged 30)  Leah Thomas (USA) (1989-05-30)30 May 1989 (aged 31)  Sophie Wright (GBR) (1999-03-15)15 March 1999 (aged 21)

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