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UCI code | IAM | |
Registered | Switzerland | |
Founded | 2013 | |
Disbanded | 2016 | |
Discipline(s) | Road | |
Status | UCI Pro Continental (2013–2014) UCI WorldTeam (2015–2016) | |
Bicycles | Scott Sports | |
Components | Shimano | |
Website | Team home page | |
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IAM Cycling was a Swiss registered UCI WorldTour cycling team. It is managed by former French road race champion Serge Beucherie. [1] [2]
The title sponsor was IAM Independent Asset Management SA, a Swiss investment management company. [3]
The team was officially launched in January 2013. [4] IAM Cycling is a member of the Mouvement pour un cyclisme crédible. IAM Cycling was selected as a wild-card entry for the 2013 Paris–Nice race. [5]
On 22 August 2013 the team announced that it had signed Sylvain Chavanel and Jérôme Pineau from Omega Pharma–Quick-Step, Mathias Frank from BMC Racing Team and Roger Kluge from NetApp–Endura for the 2014 season. [6] On 28 January it was announced that IAM Cycling had been granted a "wild card" entry to Tour de France 2014, its first Grand Tour. It also raced the Vuelta a España. Subsequently, in December 2014 the UCI announced that the team would be granted a WorldTour licence for the 2015 season. [7]
In May 2016, the team announced they would fold at the end of the season due to not being able to secure a secondary sponsor. [8]
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