Team information | |
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Registered | United States |
Founded | 1989 |
Disbanded | 1994 |
Discipline(s) | Road |
Status | Div I (1989–1994) |
Bicycles | Serotta [1] |
Components | Shimano |
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Coors Light Cycling Team was an elite road bicycle racing cycling team in the United States. The team was very prominent in races held in the United States, but they did not achieve many other major results. [2]
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