Team RadioShack
American bicycle racing team (2010–2011)
Team RadioShack UCI code RSH[ 1] Registered United States Founded 2010 (2010 ) Disbanded 2011 Discipline(s) Road Status UCI ProTeam Bicycles Trek General manager Johan Bruyneel Team manager(s) Dirk Demol
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Team RadioShack was a professional road bicycle racing team , with RadioShack as the title sponsor, the creation of which was announced on July 23, 2009. Lance Armstrong co-owned and led the team, which raced in the Grand Tours and the UCI ProTour . The team was managed by Capital Sports and Entertainment, an Austin, Texas sports and event management group that also manages the Trek-Livestrong U23 development cycling team and that ran the former Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team .[ 2]
Johan Bruyneel was Team RadioShack's initial overall manager[ 3] Dirk Demol was the directeur sportif .[ 4] [ 5] Viatcheslav Ekimov from Russia and José Azevedo from Portugal was also part of the managerial squad.[ 3] [ 6] Livestrong anti-cancer campaigns of his Lance Armstrong Foundation , and will also be sponsored by Trek Bicycle Corporation , SRAM Corporation and Nike, Inc. sportswear.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
The team ceased to exist in its current structure from the end of the 2011 season as Radioshack returned their World Tour Licence to the UCI. Their two main sponsors, RadioShack and Nissan, moved their sponsorship to Team Leopard Trek . Sporting Director Johan Bruyneel moved to the newly named RadioShack-Nissan team along with several of the current Radioshack riders. While effectively a merge, there is some debate between the two teams as to the nature of the agreement. Radioshack described it as a merge,[ 10] [ 11] UCI .
Team history
2010
On November 25, 2009, The UCI ProTour Council (UPTC) announced that the team was successfully registered for the 2010 season [ 12] [ 3] Fumiyuki Beppu joined in February.[ 13] [ 14] Astana Qazaqstan Team in the UCI ProTour, including eight of the team's nine riders on the winning team in the 2009 Tour de France . In April 2010 Li Fuyu was suspended by the team after failing a doping test.[ 15]
The team had planned on racing in the 2010 Tour de France and the 2010 Vuelta a España , among other races, but it controversially was not invited to the Vuelta.[ 16] Discovery Channel in 2007. After the Tour de France, the team promoted Taylor Phinney and Jesse Sergent from the Trek-Livestrong U23 team and Clinton Avery from the PWS Eijssen team to the RadioShack roster as "stagiaires" ("trainees" in French) for the remainder of the season.[ 17]
2011
The 2011 season for Team RadioShack began in January at the Tour Down Under , and ended in October with Robbie McEwen 's participation in the Noosa Grand Prix . As a UCI ProTeam , they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour .
While the team had 28 wins in 2011, and showed well enough to briefly be the leading team in the UCI World Tour rankings, they were nearly invisible in the Grand Tours , the races which have defined manager Johan Bruyneel 's managerial career. A Tour de France besieged by crashes and injuries led to Haimar Zubeldia in 15th place being their best finisher, the worst showing for a Bruyneel-led team at the Tour in five years. The team's principal successes were the three major stage races in the United States, the Tour of California , the Tour of Utah , and the USA Pro Cycling Challenge . Team RadioShack fielded the overall winner in all three events, Chris Horner in California and Levi Leipheimer in Utah and Colorado. The team also won seven other stage races, easily the most of any major team on the season.
2011 team roster
As at December 31, 2011.
Rider
Date of birth
Fumiyuki Beppu (JPN ) (1983-04-10 ) April 10, 1983 (aged 28)
Sam Bewley (NZL ) (1987-07-22 ) July 22, 1987 (aged 24)
Janez Brajkovič (SLO ) (1983-12-18 ) December 18, 1983 (aged 28)
Matthew Busche (USA ) (1985-05-09 ) May 9, 1985 (aged 26)
Manuel Cardoso (POR ) (1983-04-07 ) April 7, 1983 (aged 28)
Philip Deignan (IRE ) (1983-09-07 ) September 7, 1983 (aged 28)
Ben Hermans (BEL ) (1986-06-08 ) June 8, 1986 (aged 25)
Chris Horner (USA ) (1971-11-10 ) November 10, 1971 (aged 40)
Robert Hunter (RSA ) (1977-04-22 ) April 22, 1977 (aged 34)
Ben King (USA ) (1989-03-22 ) March 22, 1989 (aged 22)
Andreas Klöden (GER ) (1975-06-22 ) June 22, 1975 (aged 36)
Michał Kwiatkowski (POL ) (1990-06-02 ) June 2, 1990 (aged 21)
Markel Irizar (ESP ) (1980-02-05 ) February 5, 1980 (aged 31)
Levi Leipheimer (USA ) (1973-10-24 ) October 24, 1973 (aged 38)
Rider
Date of birth
Geoffroy Lequatre (FRA ) (1981-06-30 ) June 30, 1981 (aged 30)
Tiago Machado (POR ) (1985-10-18 ) October 18, 1985 (aged 26)
Jason McCartney (USA ) (1973-09-03 ) September 3, 1973 (aged 38)
Robbie McEwen (AUS ) (1972-06-24 ) June 24, 1972 (aged 39)
Dmitriy Muravyev (KAZ ) (1979-11-02 ) November 2, 1979 (aged 32)
Nelson Oliveira (POR ) (1989-03-06 ) March 6, 1989 (aged 22)
Sérgio Paulinho (POR ) (1980-03-26 ) March 26, 1980 (aged 31)
Yaroslav Popovych (UKR ) (1980-01-04 ) January 4, 1980 (aged 31)
Grégory Rast (SUI ) (1980-01-17 ) January 17, 1980 (aged 31)
Sébastien Rosseler (BEL ) (1981-07-15 ) July 15, 1981 (aged 30)
Ivan Rovny (RUS ) (1987-09-30 ) September 30, 1987 (aged 24)
Bjørn Selander (USA ) (1988-01-28 ) January 28, 1988 (aged 23)
Jesse Sergent (NZL ) (1988-07-08 ) July 8, 1988 (aged 23)
Haimar Zubeldia (ESP ) (1977-04-01 ) April 1, 1977 (aged 34)
2012 Bontrager-Livestrong U23 team roster
As of December 31, 2012.[ 18] [ 19]
List of wins
2010
Stage 4 Volta ao Algarve , Sébastien Rosseler
Tiago Machado
Giro di Sardegna Critérium International , Tiago Machado
Stage 2b Circuit de la Sarthe , Tiago Machado
Overall Tour of the Basque Country , Chris Horner
Stage 6, Chris Horner
De Brabantse Pijl , Sébastien Rosseler Vuelta a Castilla y León Tour de Romandie Overall Tour of the Gila , Levi Leipheimer
Stage 1, Levi Leipheimer
Stage 5 Tour of Belgium , Ben Hermans
Tour de Luxembourg Overall Critérium du Dauphiné , Janez Brajkovič
Stage 4, Janez Brajkovič
Tour of Austria Tour de France
Stage 10, Sergio Paulinho Overall Tour de l'Ain , Haimar Zubeldia
Prologue, Haimar Zubeldia
Overall Tour of Utah , Levi Leipheimer
Prologue, Taylor Phinney
Stage 3, Levi Leipheimer
Stage 4 Tour du Poitou-Charentes , Markel Irizar
Prologue Tour de l'Avenir , Taylor Phinney
Leadville Trail 100 MTB, Levi Leipheimer
Taylor Phinney World U23 Road Race championships, Taylor Phinney
2011
Trofeo Inca-inca , Ben Hermans Tour De Mumbai II , Robbie Hunter Overall Vuelta a Andalucía Ruta ciclista del Sol , Markel Irizar
Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen , Jesse Sergent
Prologue Jesse Sergent
Stage 5 Paris–Nice , Andréas Klöden
Stage 4 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya , Manuel Cardoso
Stage 3 Critérium International , Andréas Klöden
Overall Three Days of De Panne , Sébastien Rosseler
Overall Tour of the Basque Country , Andréas Klöden
Stage 1 Giro del Trentino , Andréas Klöden
Overall Amgen Tour of California , Chris Horner
Stage 4, Chris Horner
Stage 7, Levi Leipheimer
Matthew Busche Fumiyuki Beppu Overall Tour de Suisse , Levi Leipheimer
Nelson Oliveira Fumiyuki Beppu Slovenia National Time Trial championships, Janez Brajkovič Stage 1 Tour of Austria , Robert Hunter
Stage 4 Tour de Wallonie , Robbie McEwen
Stage 5 Eneco Tour , Jesse Sergent
Overall Tour of Utah , Levi Leipheimer
Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge , Levi Leipheimer
Stages 1 & 3, Levi Leipheimer
Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes , Jesse Sergent
Stage 4, Jesse Sergent
Overall Tour de Wallonie-Picarde , Robbie McEwen
Stages 1 & 4, Robbie McEwen
Supplementary statistics
Sources[ 20] [ 21]
National championships
2010
Ben King Taylor Phinney Taylor Phinney 2011
Fumiyuki Beppu Fumiyuki Beppu Matthew Busche Janez Brajkovič Nelson Oliveira
References
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^ [1] Archived August 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine ^ "Armstrong brings Classics riders to RadioShack" . Cycling News . August 25, 2009.^ "José Azevedo dirige Armstrong na Austrália" . A Bola . January 9, 2010. Archived from the original on January 12, 2010. Retrieved January 9, 2010 .^ Richard Tyler (23 July 2009). "Radio Shack Joins Forces With Livestrong" . Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2012-01-02 . ^ [2] Archived July 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine ^ "Armstrong, RadioShack form team for '10 Tour – Tour de France- NBC Sports" . Nbcsports.msnbc.com. 2009-07-23. Archived from the original on 2012-04-04. Retrieved 2012-01-02 .^ "RadioShack Nissan Trek Cycling Super Team Links Top Riders and Sponsors | Team Radioshack" . Livestrong.com. Retrieved 2012-01-02 .^ "Becca Confirms Nygaard's Departure From Leopard Trek" . Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2012-01-02 .^ "UCI Registers Seventeen ProTour Teams For 2010" . Cyclingnews.com. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 2012-01-02 .^ Tyler, Richard. "RadioShack leave Beppu matter to Skil-Shimano" , Cycling News, 2009-11-25. Retrieved on 2009-12-23.
^ Skil-Shimano terminates contract with Beppu ^ Radioshack suspends Li after doping positive ^
Press Release: Team Manager Johan Bruyneel Stunned over Team RadioShack's Non-Invite to the Vuelta , retrieved 2010-06-16
^ Vaughn Trevi (2010-07-30). "Stagiaire roundup, 30 July 2010" . Daily Peloton. Retrieved 2010-08-01 . ^ "Bontrager Livestrong Team (TLS) – USA" . UCI Continental Circuits Union Cycliste Internationale . Retrieved February 5, 2012 .^ "USA Cycling announces American UCI-registered Continental Teams" . Cycling News . Retrieved February 5, 2012 .^ "firstcycling" . firstcycling.com. Retrieved 5 March 2021 .^ "ProCyclingStats" . ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 5 March 2021 .
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