UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling (men's team)

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UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team logo.png
Team information
UCI codeUHC
RegisteredUnited States
Founded2003 (2003)
Disbanded2018 (2018)
Discipline(s) Road
Status UCI Professional Continental
Bicycles Orbea [1]
Website Team home page
Key personnel
General managerThierry Attias
Team manager(s)Mike Tamayo
Hendrik Redant
Rachel Heal
Team name history
2003
2004–2008
2009
2010
2011–2018
Health Net Cycling Team
Health Net presented by Maxxis
OUCH presented by Maxxis
UnitedHealthcare presented by Maxxis
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
Cycling current event.svg Current season
UnitedHealthcare at Tour de Beauce 2012 WPQc-146 Tour de Beauce 27e edition.JPG
UnitedHealthcare at Tour de Beauce 2012

UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team (UCI identifier: UHC) was a professional road bicycle racing team, run by Momentum Sports Group and based in the United States. The team is sponsored principally by UnitedHealth Group. It began at the end of 2009 as a reorganization of the OUCH Pro Cycling Team, with headlining cyclist Floyd Landis leaving the team. [2] The team folded at the end of the 2018 season, with the main sponsor transferring to Rally Cycling. [3] [4]

Contents

Team roster

RiderDate of birth
Flag of Colombia.svg  Janier Acevedo  (COL) (1985-12-06) December 6, 1985 (age 37)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Carlos Alzate  (COL) (1983-03-23) March 23, 1983 (age 40)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Alexander Cataford  (CAN) (1993-09-01) September 1, 1993 (age 30)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Jonathan Clarke  (AUS) (1984-12-18) December 18, 1984 (age 38)
Flag of the United States.svg  Daniel Eaton  (USA) (1993-07-04) July 4, 1993 (age 30)
Flag of Argentina.svg  Lucas Sebastián Haedo  (ARG) (1983-04-18) April 18, 1983 (age 40)
Flag of the United States.svg  Adrian Hegyvary  (USA) (1984-01-15) January 15, 1984 (age 39)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Daniel Jaramillo  (COL) (1991-01-15) January 15, 1991 (age 32)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of the United States.svg  Luke Keough  (USA) (1991-08-10) August 10, 1991 (age 32)
Flag of the United States.svg  Gavin Mannion  (USA) (1991-08-24) August 24, 1991 (age 32)
Flag of the United States.svg  Eric Marcotte  (USA) (1980-02-08) 8 February 1980 (age 43)
Flag of the United States.svg  Travis McCabe  (USA) (1989-05-12) May 12, 1989 (age 34)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Lachlan Norris  (AUS) (1987-01-21) January 21, 1987 (age 36)
Flag of the United States.svg  Tanner Putt  (USA) (1992-04-21) April 21, 1992 (age 31)
Flag of Romania.svg  Serghei Țvetcov  (ROM) (1988-12-29) 29 December 1988 (age 34)
Flag of Argentina.svg  Hugo Angel Velazquez  (ARG) (1992-07-16) 16 July 1992 (age 31)

Major wins

2003
Stage 1 Sea Otter Classic, Mike Sayers
Stage 3 GP de Beauce, Gordon Fraser
Stage 1 Herald Sun Tour, Mike Sayers
2004
Prologue Sea Otter Classic, Hayden Godfrey
Stage 1 & 7 Tour de Georgia, Gordon Fraser
Stage 5 Tour de Georgia, Jason McCartney
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Road Race Championship, Gordon Fraser
Stage 7 Tour de l'Avenir, Tyler Farrar
2005
Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic, Chris Wherry
Prologue, Chris Wherry
Overall Sea Otter Classic, Doug Ollerenshaw
Prologue, Gordon Fraser
Stage 2, Doug Ollerenshaw
Stage 6 Tour de Georgia, Gordon Fraser
Stage 3b Ronde de l'Isard, Tyler Farrar
Wachovia Invitational, Greg Henderson
Wachovia Classic, Gordon Fraser
Wachovia USPRO Championships, Chris Wherry
Stage 6 GP de Beauce, Doug Ollerenshaw
USPRO Criterium Championship, Tyler Farrar
Stage 2 Tour de l'Avenir, Tyler Farrar
2006
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia, Time Trial Championships, Nathan O'Neill
Overall Tour de Taiwan, Kirk O'Bee
Stage 5, Kirk O'Bee
Reading Classic, Greg Henderson
Wachovia Cycling Series  – Philadelphia, Greg Henderson
Stage 2 Herald Sun Tour, Karl Menzies
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand, Road Race Championship, Hayden Roulston
2007
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia, Time Trial Championships, Nathan O'Neill
Stage 1 Tour Down Under, Karl Menzies
Overall Tour de Taiwan, Shawn Milne
Stage 1, Shawn Milne
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada, Time Trial Championships, Ryder Hesjedal
2008
Overall Tour de Taiwan, John Murphy
Stage 6, Kyle Gritters
Stage 8 Tour of Southland, Kirk O'Bee
2009
Stage 6 Vuelta Mexico Telmex, Cameron Evans
Stage 8 Vuelta Mexico Telmex, Andrew Pinfold
2010
Stage 3 & 5 Tour de Beauce, Marc de Maar
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg Netherlands Antilles, Road Race Championships, Marc de Maar
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg Netherlands Antilles, Time Trial Championships, Marc de Maar
2011
Stage 8 Tour de Langkawi, Robert Förster
Stage 2a Vuelta a Asturias, Robert Förster
Stage 4 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Robert Förster
Stage 1 Tour of Elk Grove, Karl Menzies
Stage 3 Tour of Elk Grove, Hilton Clarke
2012
Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao Road Race Championships, Marc de Maar
Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao Time Trial Championships, Marc de Maar
Overall Tour of the Gila, Rory Sutherland
Stage 1, Rory Sutherland
Overall Tour de Beauce, Rory Sutherland
Stage 1 Tour of Utah, Rory Sutherland
Stage 4 Tour of Utah, Jake Keough
Stage 1 Volta a Portugal, Jay Thomson
Stage 6 Volta a Portugal, Jason McCartney
Stage 7 Volta a Portugal, Kai Reus
Stage 6 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Rory Sutherland
Stage 5 Tour of Britain, Marc de Maar
2013
World Track Championships (Scratch race), Martyn Irvine
Overall Tour of the Gila, Philip Deignan
Stage 4, Kiel Reijnen
Philly Cycling Classic, Kiel Reijnen
Stage 5 Tour de Beauce, Marc de Maar
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland National Track Championships (Individual pursuit), Martyn Irvine
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland National Track Championships (Scratch race), Martyn Irvine
Stage 6 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Robert Förster
Stage 13 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Jake Keough
Stage 10 Volta a Portugal, Jake Keough
Bucks County Classic, Kiel Reijnen
2014
Stage 5 Tour de Langkawi, Bradley White
Stage 1 Tour de Taiwan, Luke Keough
Stage 2 Tour of Norway, Marc de Maar
The Philadelphia Cycling Classic, Kiel Reijnen
Stage 1 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Kiel Reijnen
Flag of the United States.svg United States National Track Championships (Team pursuit), Adrian Hegyvary
Flag of the United States.svg United States National Criterium Championships, John Murphy
2015
Overall Joe Martin Stage Race, John Murphy
Stages 2 & 3, John Murphy
Stage 1 Tour of Utah, Kiel Reijnen
Stage 3 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Kiel Reijnen
Stage 7 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, John Murphy
2016
Stage 4 Herald Sun Tour, John Murphy
Stage 3 Tour de Langkawi, John Murphy
Stage 3 Joe Martin Stage Race, Carlos Alzate
Stage 5 Tour of the Gila, Daniel Jaramillo
Stage 5 Tour of Japan, Daniel Jaramillo
2017
Stage 3 Herald Sun Tour, Travis McCabe
Stages 2 & 8 Tour de Langkawi, Travis McCabe
Stage 3 Tour de Taiwan, Daniel Summerhill
Stage 2 Joe Martin Stage Race, Lucas Sebastián Haedo
Stages 2, 3 & 9 Tour du Maroc, Luke Keough
Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Hongrie, Daniel Jaramillo
Stage 4, Daniel Jaramillo
Stage 5 Tour of Utah, Travis McCabe
2018
Stage 3 (ITT) Tour of the Gila, Serghei Țvetcov
Stage 5 Tour of the Gila, Gavin Mannion
Overall Tour de Korea, Serghei Țvetcov
Stage 3, Serghei Țvetcov
Stage 3a Tour de Beauce, Serghei Țvetcov
Chrono Kristin Armstrong, Serghei Țvetcov
Stages 1 & 3 Tour of Utah, Travis McCabe
Stage 2 (ITT) Colorado Classic, Gavin Mannion
Stage 2 Tour of Romania, Serghei Țvetcov

National and world champions

2006
MaillotAustralia.PNG Australia Time Trial Championships, Nathan O'Neill
MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG New Zealand Road Race Championship, Hayden Roulston
2007
MaillotAustralia.PNG Australia Time Trial Championships, Nathan O'Neill
MaillotCan.PNG Canada Time Trial Championships, Ryder Hesjedal
2010
Maillot Antilles.png Netherlands Antilles Road Race Championships, Marc de Maar
Maillot Antilles.png Netherlands Antilles Time Trial Championships, Marc de Maar
2012
MaillotCuracao.png Curaçao Road Race Championships Marc de Maar
MaillotCuracao.png Curaçao Time Trial Championships, Marc de Maar
2013
Jersey rainbow.svg World Track Championships (Scratch race), Martyn Irvine
MaillotIrlanda.PNG National Track Championships (Individual pursuit), Martyn Irvine
MaillotIrlanda.PNG National Track Championships (Scratch race), Martyn Irvine
2014
MaillotUSA.PNG National Track Championships (Team pursuit), Adrian Hegyvary
MaillotUSA.PNG National Criterium Championships, John Murphy

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References

  1. "UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling to ride Orbea bikes". cyclingnews.com . 3 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  2. UnitedHealthcare announces title sponsorship Cycling News, Dec 17, 2009
  3. "UnitedHealthcare folds after ending sponsorship search for 2019". 24 October 2018.
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