Team information | |
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UCI code | XRG |
Registered | United States |
Founded | 2009 |
Disbanded | 2012 |
Discipline(s) | Road |
Status | UCI Continental Team |
Team Exergy was a professional cycling team, classified as a Continental pro team as of 2009. [1] They participated in the 2011 and 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge. [2] Former Tour de France rider Fred Rodriguez was a member of the 2012 team. [3]
On 29 November 2012, it was announced that Exergy Development Group would drop its sponsorship of cycling for 2013, citing the doping scandals that had occurred recently, namely the USADA doping investigation of Lance Armstrong and the U.S. Postal Service cycling team. [4] As a result, the team collapsed. [5]
Astana Qazaqstan Team is a professional road bicycle racing team sponsored by the Samruk-Kazyna, a coalition of state-owned companies from Kazakhstan and named after its capital city Astana. Astana attained UCI ProTeam status in its inaugural year, 2007. Following a major doping scandal involving Kazakh rider Alexander Vinokourov, team management was terminated and new management brought in for the 2008 season. The team was then managed by Johan Bruyneel, former team manager of U.S. Postal/Discovery Channel team. Under Bruyneel the ethical nature of the team did not improve, although Astana in this period was very successful.
Levi Leipheimer is an American former professional road racing cyclist. He was twice US national champion, winning the time trial title in 1999 and the road race in 2007, and is an Olympic medalist. Leipheimer was born and raised in Butte, Montana and resides in Santa Rosa, California. He is the patron of the widely attended King Ridge GranFondo, a mass participation ride in Sonoma County.
Visma–Lease a Bike is a Dutch professional bicycle racing team, successor of the former Rabobank. The team consists of four sections: ProTeam, Women's Team, Development Team, and cyclo-cross.
Danny Pate is an American retired professional cyclist, who competed professionally in road racing, cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing between 2000 and 2018 for the Saeco–Valli & Valli, Prime Alliance, Health Net–Maxxis, Jelly Belly–Pool Gel, Garmin–Transitions, HTC–Highroad, Team Sky and Rally Cycling teams.
Gordon "Gord" Fraser is a Canadian former professional road racing cyclist. As a rider he specialised in sprinting.
Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling, was an American professional cycling team. The squad was registered in the United States as a UCI Continental Team. For many years the team was sponsored by Jelly Belly, a candy manufacturer. The final title sponsor was Wildlife Generation, an American conservation organization.
Bissell Pro Cycling Team, or simply Bissell, was an elite men's cycling team registered in the United States as a UCI Continental. The team competed on the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar and the UCI America Tour.
Katusha–Alpecin was a Russian road bicycle racing team which competed at the UCI WorldTeam level using Canyon bikes. The team was created in 2008 by Igor Makarov, an ex-professional cyclist and entrepreneur. In 2017 the team took a broader international direction, still supported by Igor Makarov's company ARETI International Group, Swiss clothing company Katusha Sports and German shampoo manufacturer Alpecin. The team competed as a UCI ProTeam/WorldTour team between 2009 and 2019. Joaquim Rodríguez, Alexander Kristoff, Daniel Moreno, Simon Špilak, Filippo Pozzato, Luca Paolini, Ilnur Zakarin and Tony Martin are some of the most successful riders who rode for Katusha.
The Tour of the Gila is a cycling stage race for both men and women located in New Mexico, United States. It is sponsored by the component maker SRAM. The "Gila" began in 1987. Beginning in 2012, the men's Gila has been added to the UCI America Tour as a UCI classification 2.2 stage race, which permits UCI ProTeams to enter if they so choose; beginning in 2015, the women's Gila has also been added to the women's UCI international tour as a UCI classification 2.2 stage race.
Kirk R. Carlsen is an American former professional cyclist, who competed professionally between 2010 and 2014. He previously rode for Garmin–Transitions. He grew up in New Hampshire, and among his best results include several European victories with the U.S. National Team, U.S. U23 National Champion in 2008, and best climber at the Redlands Classic in 2009. Before Garmin, Carlsen rode for Garmin's development program, the U.S. National Team, Rubicon, and Peerless Insurance Junior Cycling Team.
Competitive Cyclist Racing Team was a professional road bicycle racing team based in the United States. The title sponsor, CompetitiveCyclist.com, is an online retailer specializing in premium cycling goods. The team merged with Kenda-5 Hour Energy at the end of 2012.
Virginia's Blue Ridge TWENTY24 is a professional Women's road bicycle racing team based in the United States. The team's most notable riders are 3-time Olympic time trial champion Kristin Armstrong, 2013 Giro d'Italia Femminile overall winner Mara Abbott, and 3-time Olympic medalist Jennifer Valente.
Hincapie–Leomo p/b BMC was an American cycling team focusing on road bicycle racing. The team was developed by former professional racing cyclist George Hincapie, and was managed by Rich Hincapie with assistance from directeur sportif Thomas Craven. The team was founded as a junior development team known as Hincapie–Holowesko Partners. It joined the UCI Continental Tour in partnership with UCI ProTour team BMC Racing Team in 2012. Riders who have gone on to compete for UCI WorldTeams and Professional Continental teams include Tanner Putt, Tyler Magner, Joey Rosskopf and Dion Smith.
Robert Britton is a Canadian former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2021 for the Bissell, Team Raleigh, Team SmartStop and Rally Cycling teams. He won the overall classification of the Tour of the Gila, a race held in New Mexico, in 2015, and 2018.
Serghei Țvetcov is a Moldovan-born Romanian racing cyclist, who rides for the Denver Disruptors. He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships, where he competed in both the road race and the individual time trial.
The 2014 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah was the eleventh edition of the Tour of Utah, a seven-stage professional cycling race which took place from August 4–10, 2014. It covered 753.8 miles, and 57,863 feet of total climbing. 16 men's professional cycling teams competed in the 2014 edition, with 6 of these teams also being featured in the 2014 Tour de France, with riders representing 24 different countries. For the second year in succession, the race was won by Tom Danielson of the Garmin–Sharp squad.
Elevate–Webiplex Pro Cycling is a professional men's cycling team based in the United States. The team started competing in 2011 as an amateur team, starting competition in elite road bicycle racing events under UCI Continental rules in 2016.
Benjamin Jefrey "Ben" Perry is a Canadian cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2015 to 2023.
Floyd's Pro Cycling was a Canadian UCI Continental cycling team established in 2019. The team disbanded at the end of the 2019 season as they could not find a new title sponsor.