Team information | |
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UCI code | ILU |
Registered | United States |
Founded | 2014 |
Discipline(s) | Road |
Status | UCI Continental |
Website | Team home page |
Key personnel | |
General manager | Chris Johnson [1] |
Team name history | |
2014 2015 2016– | Airgas Cycling Airgas-Safeway Cycling Team Team Illuminate |
Team Illuminate is an American UCI Continental cycling team established in 2014. [2]
Team Illuminate grew out of the 2015 Airgas–Safeway team that included 2013 Vuelta a España winner Chris Horner. [3] The team launched the 2016 season with success at the 2.1 rated Tour of Taiwan. [4] Later in the season the team became the first US team to compete in Iran, where US rider Connor McCutcheon captured a stage win and wore the yellow jersey in the 2.1 rated Tour of Iran. [5]
In December 2016, the organisation announced that it was adding a UCI Women's Team for the 2017 season. [6]
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