US The Pro Service Post Cycling Team is a professional road cycling team based in the United States. On 15 June 2004, Discovery Channel signed an agreement to sponsor the team for the 2004-2007 season and renamed it to Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team ( UCI team code: DSC ) From 2005 to 2007, this team is one of 20 teams competing in the new UCI ProTour. As part of the sponsorship deal, Lance Armstrong, the undisputed leader of the team, gave an air performance to the Discovery Networks TV channel. The deal does not affect the rights of OLN's secondary sponsors, now known as the NBC Sports Network in the US, to air large cycling events such as the Tour de France, although both channels are competitors.
The team is directed by Johan Bruyneel Belgium, who also manages the US Postal. The main mechanic is Julien DeVries. The team is jointly owned by Tailwind Sports Corp. of San Francisco and Capital Sports & amp; Entertainment Austin, Texas. On 10 February 2007, Discovery Channel announced that it would not renew its sponsorship of the team at the end of the 2007 season. On August 10, 2007 the cycling team announced that they would not seek new sponsors, but ceased operations and disbanded at the end of the 2007 season.
In October 2012, USADA released a report that said the team had run "the most advanced, professional and successful doping program ever seen by sport". The report contains a written statement of eleven riders on the team including Frankie Andreu, Tyler Hamilton, George Hincapie, Floyd Landis, Levi Leipheimer, and others, describing their own use of erythropoietin (EPO), blood transfusions, testosterone, and other illicit practices Tour de France and other races. They also involved seven-time Tour Armstrong winners. On October 22, 2012, UCI upheld USADA's recommendation to lift Armstrong from all results since August 1, 1998, and banned him from lifetime cycling. In February 2013, the US government joined the Landis Demand Lawsuit Agreement against Armstrong, alleging that Armstrong had tricked the US Postal Service sponsorship fund by breaking cycling rules by using performance-enhancing drugs while boarding the team.
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Team list
Last season
On August 10, 2007, Tailwind Sports announced the end of the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. Tailwind officials suspended their search for a new title sponsor for the Discovery team, citing the current chaotic conditions in cycling sports. Team operations continued until the end of the 2007 season.
After the 2007 season Johan Bruyneel went to rebuild the Astana Team for the 2008 season. He brought many Discovery personnel, such as rider Alberto Contador, Levi Leipheimer, Yaroslav Popovych, Tomas Vaitkus, and coach Sean Yates.
US national road champion George Hincapie signed a contract for Team High Road in 2008, which came to be known as the HTC-Columbia Team, run by American Bob Stapleton.
The final squad (2007)
On April 30, 2007. Age is from August 10, 2007.
Former Discovery Channel members
Former US Postal members
Maps U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team
Important victory
2005 results
2006 results
2007 results
AS. Post Cycling Pro Service History
The US Post Service Cycling Team and subsequently named the The US Post Pro Cycling Service Team presented by Berry Floor was operated from 1996 to 2004. The United States Postal Service is the title of (main) sponsored from 1996 to 2004 and the team was dubbed the "Blue Train". Berry Floor, Belgian flooring company, is a secondary sponsor, also known as Sponsorship Award. Inside the Pro USPS Cycling Team was presented by Alloc, the American subsidiary of Berry Floor.
Lance Armstrong won six Tours de France (1999-2004) with the US Postal, and in 2003 Roberto Heras - at that time a US Post rider - won Vuelta a Espaà ± a. Armstrong went on to win the seventh Tour de France in 2005, after the USPS and sponsorship contract expired.
The US Postal Service announced that it will stop sponsorship at the end of the 2004 racing season when its eight-year contract expires. It had previously been attacked for expenditures from organizations such as Pos Watch, the critical website of the United States Postal Service. Legitimate problems of mismanagement and careless accounting are shown by the Postal Service itself, through the USPS Inspector General's Office. Prior to the expiry of the USPS contract, Armstrong insisted that he would only continue to ride with the USPS team structure. This request was fulfilled on 15 June 2004 when Discovery Networks stepped in and agreed to sponsor the team for the next three years as the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team .
1996 results
With the help of Thomas Weisel and Eddie Borysewicz, the US Postal Service started his reign as title sponsor for what has become the most successful cycling team from the United States. Borysewicz served as a team sporteur team and the team ran mainly in domestic events in the United States.
1997 results
Thomas Weisel brought Mark Gorski, Olympic Gold Medalist 1984 in Sprint (Scratch) 1000m, as team manager. Due largely to Russian Viatcheslav Ekimov and his key stage victories at Paris-Nice and CritÃÆ' © rium du Dauphinà ©  © Libà © la, the USPS team got the first invitation to ride in the Tour de France.
1998 results
Lance Armstrong joined the US Postal team in late 1997, when he returned to professional cycling after his cancer treatment.
1999 results
2000 results
2001 results
In 2001, the US Postal Service Cycling Team was named USOC Team of the Year. Also, Armstrong was named USOC Sportsman of the Year, which he also won in 1999.
2002 results
2003 results
2004 results
Early history and important victories
1988-1989 - Sunkyong (Amateur)
Eddie Borysewicz, known as "Eddy B", is the road trainer of the pro/amateur cycling team set up by George Taylor and sponsored by Sunkyong, a South Korean-based manufacturing and industrial conglomerate. At the 1984 Summer Olympics, Borysewicz served as the US Olympic Cycling Launcher and led American cyclists to an unprecedented nine Olympic medals.
1992-1994 - Subaru-Montgomery
Subaru dan Montgomery Securities, dipimpin oleh Thomas Weisel, melayani sebagai sponsor co-title.
1995 - Montgomery-Bell
Montgomery Securities Chief Executive Thomas W. Weisel, an avid cyclist, continues his support for cycling.
Sponsors
The following companies and organizations serve as sponsors for the 2007 squad:
- Discovery Channel
- AMD
- 24 Hour Fitness
- Tracks
- Nike, Inc.
- Thomas Weisel Partners
- ? Automatic koda
- Europe Mio Technology
- Bissell
- Bontrager
- Shimano
- Giro
- PowerBar
- Carmichael Training System
- First Resilience
- Tacx
- Hutchinson
- FRS Antioxidant Energy
- eSoles
- Park Tool USA
- Sci Con
- Sapim Race Spokes
- SRM
- Maximize
References
External links
Media associated with the US Postal Service Cycling Team on Wikimedia Commons
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