Team information | |
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UCI code | TCM (2022–) |
Registered | Uzbekistan |
Founded | 2022 |
Discipline(s) | Road |
Status | UCI Continental Team (2021–) |
Key personnel | |
General manager | Ruslan Useynov |
Team name history | |
2022– | Tashkent City Professional Cycling Team |
Tashkent City Professional Cycling Team is an Uzbekistan Men's road bicycle racing team, established in 2022, which participates in elite Men's races. [1] [2]
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