Team information | |
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UCI code | LRT |
Registered | United States |
Founded | 2014 |
Disbanded | 2016 |
Discipline(s) | Road |
Status | Domestic (2014) UCI Continental (2015–2016) |
Bicycles | Eddy Merckx Cycles |
Key personnel | |
General manager | Brenden Sullivan |
Team manager(s) | Steve Carpenter |
Team name history | |
2014–2016 | Lupus Racing Team |
Lupus Racing Team was an American UCI Continental cycling team established in 2014. LRT was dedicated to raising awareness and funding in search of a cure for this autoimmune disease. [1] [2] In late 2016, it was announced that the team was closing. [3]
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