Team information | |
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UCI code | FAK |
Founded | 1999 |
Disbanded | 2003 |
Discipline(s) | Road |
Status | Trade Team III (1999) Trade Team II (2000–2002) Trade Team I (2003) |
Bicycles | Pinarello |
Team name history | |
1999–2002 2002 2003 | Team Fakta EDS–Fakta Team Fakta |
Team Fakta was a Danish professional road bicycle racing team, which was active in the seasons 1999 to 2003.
The main sponsor FDB is a consumer owned grocery chain, whose discount outlets are called Fakta.
Nicki Sørensen was on the team from 2000, Kurt Asle Arvesen and Scott Sunderland from 2001 and Magnus Bäckstedt from 2002.
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