Floyd's Pro Cycling

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Floyd's Pro Cycling
Team information
UCI codeFPC
RegisteredCanada
Founded2019
Disbanded2019
Discipline(s) Road
Status UCI Continental
Team name history
2019
Floyd's Pro Cycling

Floyd's Pro Cycling was a Canadian UCI Continental cycling team established in 2019. [1] The team disbanded at the end of the 2019 season as they could not find a new title sponsor. [2]

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The team was created by former cyclist Floyd Landis after receiving 1.1 million dollars from the federal government as part of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. The team was sponsored by Landis' cannabis shop, Floyd’s of Leadville. [3]

Team roster

As at 31 December 2019

RiderDate of birth
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Jonathan Clarke  (AUS) (1984-12-18)18 December 1984 (aged 35)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Alexander Cowan  (CAN) (1996-11-19)19 November 1996 (aged 23)
Flag of the United States.svg  Noah Granigan  (USA) (1996-01-18)18 January 1996 (aged 23)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Émile Jean  (CAN) (1993-10-21)21 October 1993 (aged 26)
Flag of the United States.svg  Travis McCabe  (USA) (1989-05-12)12 May 1989 (aged 30)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Carson Miles  (CAN) (2000-07-02)2 July 2000 (aged 19)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Robin Plamondon  (CAN) (2000-01-07)7 January 2000 (aged 19)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Noah Simms  (CAN) (1997-07-20)20 July 1997 (aged 22)
Flag of the United States.svg  Jacob Sitler  (USA) (1989-06-18)18 June 1989 (aged 30)
Flag of the United States.svg  Keegan Swirbul  (USA) (1995-09-02)2 September 1995 (aged 24)
Flag of Romania.svg  Serghei Țvetcov  (ROM) (1988-12-29)29 December 1988 (aged 31)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Nicolas Zukowsky  (CAN) (1998-06-03)3 June 1998 (aged 21)

Major wins

2019
Overall Tour de Taiwan, Jonathan Clarke
Stage 2, Jonathan Clarke
Stage 4 Joe Martin Stage Race, Alexander Cowan
Points classification Tour de Langkawi, Travis McCabe
Stage 3, Travis McCabe
Stage 2 Tour of the Gila, Travis McCabe
Stage 3 (ITT) Tour of the Gila, Serghei Țvetcov
Overall Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay, Nicolas Zukowsky
Stage 3a (ITT) Tour de Beauce, Serghei Țvetcov

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References

  1. "Floyd's Pro Cycling". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  2. Malach, Pat (12 November 2019). "Floyd's Pro Cycling will not return in 2020". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  3. Colbert, Austin (3 January 2019). "Keegan Swirbul enters the 2019 season chasing cycling dreams with new team". The Aspen Times. Swift Communications, Inc. Retrieved 25 July 2019.